The all-in-one macOS app switcher

You get a full refund within 7 days of purchase. Just email admin@sxitch.app or reach out on Discord and it will be processed. No questions asked.

Pro adds window picking (switch between multiple windows of the same app), app hiding and quitting from the switcher, launching apps from custom hotkeys, key remapping within Sxitch, and unlimited custom modes. The free version includes 2 custom modes and core app switching.

The free plan has no device count attached. It is simply free to use on your Macs. Pro licenses cover 3 Macs per purchase. If you need Pro on more than 3 Macs, get in touch and we will work something out.

As long as you still have the email address you used to purchase Sxitch, you can retrieve and manage your license key anytime from the Polar customer portal at polar.sh/sxitch/portal. If that doesn't work, email admin@sxitch.app from the address you used at purchase and the key will be resent to you.

Sxitch uses Polar.sh as the payment processor, which is outside of the Mac App Store. Apple Pay support depends on Polar. Since Polar's embedded checkout doesn't support Apple Pay, open the checkout link in a new tab, and Apple Pay will work.

Sxitch is open source, and has certain features behind a paywall. Sxitch was open sourced for transparency with its users due to the permissions it required.

Yes, in the Pro version. When you have multiple windows open for an app like Ghostty, you select the app first and then choose which window you want to switch to.

Yes. You can set a key remap so that, for example, pressing 'F' always opens Finder regardless of what other apps are open. You can also set sequences like 'fi' to always filter for Firefox and Finder. This is what makes the muscle memory approach work. You can also rename an app to what would fit your workflow better.

Sxitch asks you to type more characters to disambiguate. So if both Mail and Music are open, pressing 'M' narrows it down and then 'Ma' selects Mail while 'Mu' selects Music. You can also set a key remap to skip this disambiguation entirely.

Sxitch will move you to the Space where the target app has its windows. You need to enable 'When switching to an application, switch to a Space with open windows for the application' in System Settings > Desktop and Dock (scroll to the bottom). macOS handles the Space transition automatically after that.

No. The default flow is: tap your trigger hotkey to open Sxitch, type the letters for your target app, and Sxitch switches instantly without any confirmation key. You do not need to hold the trigger key down while you type.

You can click on apps in the switcher with your mouse and also let sxitch show up at your cursor position, but Sxitch is designed around keyboard use. The radial, list, and grid views are all navigable by keyboard.

No. Sxitch has a fully customisable trigger hotkey, so you can assign it to a different key combination and run both side by side without conflicts.

Both use a keyboard-first, non-cycling approach. The main differences are that Sxitch adds radial, list, and grid view layouts, supports custom modes (quick-access app groups), window picking, vendor prefix stripping (so 'Microsoft Word' becomes 'Word'), and app hiding or quitting from within the switcher.

Dory prioritises using the mouse for switching, whereas Sxitch focusses more on the keyboard with mouse also being an option.

Sxitch (pronounced 'switch') is a native macOS app switcher and CMD Tab replacement. Instead of cycling through the CMD Tab bar, you trigger Sxitch with a hotkey and type the first letters of the app's name, and it switches the moment there is a single match. It also offers multiple views (grid, list, radial and search), window picking, hide and quit modes, custom themes, and app blacklists.

Sxitch runs 100% on your Mac. The only time it touches the network is to verify your license key. No telemetry, no cloud dependency.

Sxitch does not capture your screen. It needs this permission to get the list of windows and their metadata via standard macOS accessibility APIs.

Sxitch requires macOS 15 (Sequoia) or later. It is a native SwiftUI app built for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.

Run 'brew install --cask sxitch' in Terminal. You can also download the installer directly from sxitch.app.

Yes. The source code is available on GitHub at github.com/MystikoLab/sxitch under the Apache 2.0 license. Stars are appreciated and help the project get listed on the official Homebrew cask.