BetterCmdTab

The Command +Tab macOS deserves. Fast, native, liquid glass, zero telemetry, and free forever.

macOS's built-in Command+Tab switches apps, not windows. Third-party alternatives either cost money (Witch, Contexts) or feel heavy and have not adopted Liquid Glass. BetterCmdTab is a single menu-bar agent that boots in milliseconds, draws with the system Liquid Glass material on macOS 26, and ships with no subscription, no license key, and no analytics.

Features:

• Two layouts — classic vertical list, or a grid of app icons with spatial arrow-key navigation.
• Letter-prefix jump — type the first letters of an app's name to jump straight to it.
• Fuzzy search & app launch — press / to open the search bar: fuzzy-filter running apps, launch any installed app via an indexed catalog, or reopen one you recently closed.
• Reopen recently closed apps — apps you recently quit stay in the switcher so you can relaunch them.
• Window-level switching — Command + ` cycles the windows of the frontmost app. Works on every app, including fullscreen.
• Pin & filter — pin the apps you reach for most and filter the rest out of the list.
• Quick actions on the highlighted row — quit, close window, minimize, hide, all without leaving the switcher.
• Unread Dock badges — surfaces the badge counts macOS shows on the Dock, in the switcher (on by default).
• Audio indicator — flags apps that are currently playing sound.
• Instant Space switching — committing a selection on another Space switches with no animation.
• Liquid Glass backdrop on macOS 26, NSVisualEffectView fallback below.
• Multi-monitor aware — opens on the screen with the cursor; repositions when displays connect, disconnect, or change resolution.
• Trackpad & feedback — a three-finger swipe can trigger the switcher, with optional haptic and sound feedback on commit.
• Configurable & tunable — set your own switcher hotkey, and adjust its size, scale, and layout in Settings.
• Shift+tap to step backwards without holding Tab.
• Menu bar agent — no dock icon, no main window, no Electron. The menu bar icon itself can be hidden.