Alternatives to AltTab
Brings the Windows-style Alt-Tab window switcher to macOS. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
AltTab
Brings the Windows-style Alt-Tab window switcher to macOS.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as AltTab.
DockDoor
Shows window previews when hovering macOS Dock icons, plus an Alt-Tab switcher.
DockDoor also offers an Alt-Tab switcher on macOS and adds window previews when hovering Dock icons, with extra features sold separately in DockDoor Pro.
Contexts
A Mac window switcher with fuzzy search, a sidebar, gestures and a replacement Command-Tab.
Contexts switches Mac windows through fuzzy search, a sidebar and gestures as well as Command-Tab, but it is paid and closed source after the trial.
Witch
A macOS switcher that moves between individual windows and tabs, not just applications.
Witch switches between individual Mac windows and tabs with several independently configured switchers, but it is paid after the trial and not open source.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Switcheroo
Find an open Windows application by typing its title.
Rectangle
Snap macOS windows to halves, thirds, quarters and corners with keyboard shortcuts or by dragging to an edge.
Amethyst
Arrange macOS windows automatically with a keyboard-driven tiling manager.
Hidden Bar
Hide less-used macOS menu-bar items behind a toggle.
yabai
A tiling window manager for macOS that arranges windows by binary space partitioning and is driven entirely from the command line.
Alt-Tab Terminator
A replacement for the Windows Alt+Tab switcher with search, live previews and keyboard or mouse navigation.
