alt-tabr vs Tilemode

alt-tabr swaps the standard Command Tab app switcher on macOS for one that lists each individual window, including minimised ones, while using very little memory.

Tilemode packs three Mac utilities into one: it wraps websites as standalone apps, assigns global hotkeys to any app, and arranges windows from the keyboard.

About alt-tabr

alt-tabr is a native window switcher for macOS 13 and later, written entirely in Rust and running on both Apple silicon and Intel Macs. It hooks into the familiar Command Tab shortcut but shows every open window rather than just apps, and it restores minimised windows when they are selected. Three visual themes are offered: one that hangs from the camera notch, a carousel and a Liquid Glass style. The app needs only the Accessibility permission, never screen recording, and collects no analytics. In the maker's own benchmarks against AltTab, it used far less memory, CPU time and energy. It sells for a 9 USD launch price, normally 29 USD, with lifetime updates.

About Tilemode

Tilemode is a native macOS utility for people who prefer the keyboard. It can turn any website into a separate app with its own window, icon, Dock entry and logins, so web tools behave like desktop software. Any app, web or native, can be bound to a hotkey that launches, focuses or cycles its windows, including a leader key mode. Tiling shortcuts arrange windows as halves, thirds, quarters or a main and stack layout, and named layouts can be saved. A command line tool and an installable skill let coding agents configure it, with settings stored in one config.toml file. It costs 9 USD once at an early bird price, down from 29 USD.