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  1. window-switcher

    Easily switch between windows of the same app with Alt+` (Backtick), also switch between apps with Alt+Tab.

  2. Nutrient

    Nutrient - The #1 PDF SDK Library. Bad PDFs = bad UX. Slow load times, broken annotations, clunky UX frustrates users. Nutrient’s PDF SDKs gives seamless document experiences, fast rendering, annotations, real-time collaboration, 100+ features. Used by 10K+ devs, serving ~half a billion users worldwide. Explore the SDK for free.

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  3. toshy

    Keymapper config to make Linux work like a 'Tosh!

    I miss these macOS shortcuts when I am other platforms. For Windows, I wrote my own extensive AHK scripts to duplicate most Mac shortcuts I regularly use, including cursor movement

    On Linux I now use Toshy

    https://github.com/RedBearAK/toshy

  4. kinto

    Mac-style shortcut keys for Linux & Windows.

    This is one of my essential quality of life tools:

    https://github.com/rbreaves/kinto

    Decades of using the Mac convention of CMD instead of CTRL makes it hard to switch to CTRL. I get cramping super quickly when using Windows or Linux without Kinto!

    Of course, try explaining that to corporate IT who insist you use a locked down Windows PC... thank god I dont have to endure that anymore!

  5. easy-move-resize

    Adds "modifier key + mouse drag" move and resize to OSX

    this area only recently, but I think macOS is still behind.

    When I'm using macOS, I can't stand the GUI without these tools:

    Rectangle: https://rectangleapp.com/

    Easy Move+Resize: https://github.com/dmarcotte/easy-move-resize

    They move the macOS desktop usability near the place where KDE was in

  6. Rectangle

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

    this area only recently, but I think macOS is still behind.

    When I'm using macOS, I can't stand the GUI without these tools:

    Rectangle: https://rectangleapp.com/

    Easy Move+Resize: https://github.com/dmarcotte/easy-move-resize

    They move the macOS desktop usability near the place where KDE was in

  7. macOS-plus-AHK

    Add macOS style keyboard shortcuts, plus my personal window management

    I had to clean up the code a bit and move it to a public GitHub repository.

    https://github.com/leejoramo/macOS-plus-AHK

    As others have mentioned it is probably worth looking at Kinto to add macOS keyboard shortcuts to Windows. I started this project years before I learned about Kinto, plus I have most of my other system customizations in here.

    Currently my main workstation is KDE/Ubuntu where I use Toshy for the macOS shortcuts, and have customized the rest via KDE shortcut management and my hardware keyboard.

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