Built 100% Native for macOS

A Superpowered Window Switcher for macOS

Overtab combines a GNOME-style Activities Overview and Windows 11-style Tab Switcher into one fluid utility. Switch windows with zero latency, search open apps, and control your workspace.

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Latest Version: v0.1.1 • macOS 13.0+ required

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Interactive simulation. Test Overtab features right in your browser.

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Overtab📶Sun Jun 7 14:45
🤖 Planning Overtab Marketing...
📁 Sources 📄 main.swift 📄 UI.swift
// Antigravity AI
import NextJS

struct MarketingSite {
  var host = "Vercel"
  var styling = "Vanilla CSS"
}
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📄 Overtab.dmg.zip
📄 README.md
📄 RELEASING.md
📄 PDFgear — Welcome

📕 Overtab User Guide

1. Press Option key

2. Toggle Desktop grid

🌐 Overtab for macOS — Website
🔒 https://overtab.app
Option Key
Tap or press Option key to trigger Activities Overview
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Overtab

🪐 Activities Overview: Heavy screen background blur with open application cards lined up in a clean horizontal layout, search bar focused at the top center, and close buttons.

Real Screenshots

Overtab running natively on a macOS workspace.

GNOME Activities Overview style grid on macOS
GNOME-style Activities Overview
Alt+Tab Switcher on macOS
Windows-style Tab Switcher

Key Features

Engineered for speed, built for productivity.

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GNOME Activities Overview

Press and release the Option key alone to view all open windows on your current desktop space in a fluid grid. Focus windows with a click or close them immediately on hover.

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Spotlight Window Search

An autofocusing search bar inside the grid allows you to filter open windows instantly, query Spotlight for Applications and Local Files, and press Enter to launch.

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Tab Switcher HUD

Hold Option and press Tab to overlay a Windows-style horizontal switcher. Cycles forward and backward in MRU (Most Recently Used) order.

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100% Native Swift

Written from scratch in Swift and SwiftUI. It connects directly to AppKit APIs for event interception and window tracking. Zero Electron or WebKit overhead.

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Privacy First

Screen capture and Accessibility permissions are only used locally to grab window previews and shift active windows. Zero data is transmitted or stored.

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Preferences HUD

A clean status item menu lets you customize key triggers, disable individual components, and verify system-level permissions at a glance.

Upgrade Your macOS Window Switching

Download the unsigned package and run it in seconds with standard Gatekeeper bypass steps. Fully open source, secure, and fast.