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Switch apps with trackpad on macOS. (by ris58h)

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An ultra-light MacOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons (by dwarvesf)

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13	Mentions	47
161	Stars	10,124
-	Growth	3.1%
7.1	Activity	0.0
3 months ago	Latest Commit	9 months ago
Swift	Language	Swift
-	License	MIT License

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Touch-Tab

Posts with mentions or reviews of Touch-Tab. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-23.

macOS 13.5 no longer allows setting system wide ulimits
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Aug 2023
What are your favorite open source apps?
16 projects | /r/macapps | 29 Apr 2023

Touch-Tab - switch apps with 3-finger swipe https://github.com/ris58h/Touch-Tab
Mapping trackpad gestures to key combos in Ventura?
1 project | /r/OSXTweaks | 25 Mar 2023
Stage Manager is fluid and snappy in the upcoming 13.3 release!
6 projects | /r/MacOS | 23 Mar 2023

There are some free apps to make window management on macOS easier: - Rectangle - AltTab - Touch-Tab
Essential macOS-only apps for 2023
7 projects | /r/macapps | 9 Mar 2023

Touch-Tab - switch between apps with 3-finger swipes.
Supersize my M1 MBP
4 projects | /r/macapps | 1 Feb 2023

Touch-Tab
Distributing Mac apps outside the App Store, a quick start guide
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Jan 2023

Right-click, Open, Open should work for ad-hoc signed apps as others mentioned.
I've made my very first MacOS app and people didn't complain installing it. It's https://github.com/ris58h/Touch-Tab BTW.
11 MacOS apps to increase productivity with trackpad
6 projects | dev.to | 10 Jan 2023

Emulate Command-Tab with Trackpad on macOS. Use 3-fingers swipe right (emulates Command-Tab) or 3-fingers swipe left (emulates Command-Shift-Tab) to switch between apps. Hold after the swipe or swipe slowly to show the App Switcher UI. Disclaimer: I'm the developer Site: https://github.com/ris58h/Touch-Tab Price: free Source code: https://github.com/ris58h/Touch-Tab
Touch-Tab - an app to switch apps using trackpad. It's free and open-source.
1 project | /r/macapps | 9 Dec 2022

Download the latest Touch-Tab-VERSION.zip from Releases page.
I've made an app to switch apps using trackpad. It's free and open-source.
1 project | /r/MacOS | 9 Dec 2022

Touch-Tab adds gestures to emulate Cmd+Tab. Use 3-fingers swipe right (emulates Command-Tab) or 3-fingers swipe left (emulates Command-Shift-Tab) to switch between apps. Hold after the swipe or swipe slowly to show the App Switcher UI.

hidden

Posts with mentions or reviews of hidden. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-12.

Native macOS fix for applications hiding under the MacBook Pro notch
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Feb 2024

> * I discovered a free, native macOS solution that doesn't require installing Bartender or any other additional apps.*
> You can adjust the values from 0 to 6 to accommodate even more icons. Personally, I found 6 to be a good fit.
It's ultimately a really petty point - but this is not a fix. This increases the number of apps on the top bar before the problem occurs. Bartender (and hidden[1] - which I discovered in this thread) fix the problem. Calling a technique that delays the problem "a solution" after sneering at a project that actually is a solution just rubs me the wrong way.
[1] https://github.com/dwarvesf/hidden
Tell HN: macOS Bartender disables features, forcing users to buy license again
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Sep 2023
Show HN: Menu Bar Calendar on macOS
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Sep 2023
Windows like hide/unhide menu bar items in Mac?
1 project | /r/osx | 5 May 2023

There's Hidden Bar but I think it's a lot like Bartender. It has an arrow too if that's what you want.
In your opinion, what is the best one-time (non-recurring) purchase Mac App?
3 projects | /r/macapps | 3 May 2023

Hidden is a great free and open-source alternative
What are your favorite open source apps?
16 projects | /r/macapps | 29 Apr 2023

Hidden Bar - hides menu bar icons
Got my first Mac.
2 projects | /r/mac | 15 Apr 2023
Request: menu bar manager? Ideally free
1 project | /r/macapps | 8 Apr 2023

hidden bar is the best one from my experience and it’s open source!
App LIST!!!
32 projects | /r/MacOS | 5 Mar 2023

Dozer (free - open source), HiddenBar (free), free alternatives to bartender, however, only does 1 thing and that's hiding the icons, not adding an extra menu, nothing just icons here, icons gone.
What happens when your menu bar has too many icons and it goes underneath the notch? Thoughts on notch and the need to use an app like Bartender for the new-gen MBPs?
1 project | /r/macbookpro | 25 Feb 2023

For apps that you never interact with that way, and won't let you turn their icons off, get HiddenBar.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Touch-Tab and hidden you can also consider the following projects:

sol - MacOS launcher & command palette

Dozer - Hide menu bar icons on macOS

Menu-Bar-Search - Quickly search through menu options of the front-most application - Alfred Workflow

HoRNDIS - Android USB tethering driver for Mac OS X

Calendr - Menu bar calendar for macOS

Mos - 一个用于在 macOS 上平滑你的鼠标滚动效果或单独设置滚动方向的小工具, 让你的滚轮爽如触控板 | A lightweight tool used to smooth scrolling and set scroll direction independently for your mouse on macOS

feeds - Collection of Dash docset feeds

KeepingYouAwake - Prevents your Mac from going to sleep.

Gestr - [Maintained] [macOS] Launch apps and bookmarks on your Mac with multitouch trackpad drawings.

Rectangle - Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas

getstreamline - Streamline is a stream-of-consciousness writer for Obsidian

eul - 🖥️ macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI.