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App Switcher

Hold Right ⌘ and press an app's first letter to switch to it. Press again to cycle or hide.

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  • Signed by navbytes
  • Runs in its own sandbox
  • v1.1.0
App Switcher: Hold Right ⌘ and press a letter

About

Switch apps without ⌘Tab. Hold Right ⌘ and press an app’s first letter: S for Safari, X for Xcode. If several apps share a letter, pressing it again moves to the next one. If only one does and it’s already in front, pressing it again hides it (or shows its next window, if you prefer). Letters with no app pass through, so Right ⌘ C still copies.

To pin a letter, bring an app to the front and press Right ⌘ ⌥ plus the letter. A pinned letter opens the app even when it isn’t running. Hold Right ⌘ on its own for a moment to see the whole letter map.

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A letter for every app

Hold Right ⌘ and press S for Safari, X for Xcode. Press again to cycle through apps that share a letter, or to hide the app in front.

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Pin the apps you use most

Right ⌘ ⌥ plus a letter pins the app in front to it. A pinned letter opens the app even when it isn't running.

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Stays out of your way

Letters with no app pass straight through, so Right ⌘ C still copies. Hold Right ⌘ on its own to see the whole letter map.

Gallery

Every place it shows up.

App Switcher's menu bar in dark modeApp Switcher's menu bar in light mode
Menu bar
App Switcher's panel in dark modeApp Switcher's panel in light mode
Panel

From anywhere

Run it without opening it.

Every command is in Stackbar's palette, and can have its own hotkey, a stackbar:// link, or a Shortcuts action.

Tools for your AI

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Inside

Everything it does.

Settings

the key you hold (Right ⌘, ⌥, ⌃ or ⇧), what pressing the letter of the app in front does, the letter map, automatic letters, and opening pinned apps.

Not covered

jumping between Spaces, a window grid, and searching for apps by name (Spotlight does that). While an app has Secure Input on, such as in a password field, macOS blocks every keyboard listener. The panel tells you which app has it on.

Install

Two clicks in Stackbar.

  1. Open it in Stackbar, or open Stackbar → Settings → Store and find App Switcher.
  2. Choose Install.
  3. It appears in your menu bar, panel.

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Or from a terminal
stackbarctl install --index https://navbytes.github.io/stackbar-plugins/index.json io.navbytes.stackbar.plugins.app-switcher
Version
1.1.0
Updated
November 4, 2026
Category
Productivity
Shows in
Menu bar, Panel, Settings page
Requires
Stackbar 0.17.0 or later
Publisher
navbytes
Bundle
sha256 f89a7c8f7b40…

Version history

What's new

  1. 1.1.0Latest
    • Store screenshots now show it in use, with sample data, instead of its first-run screen.
  2. 1.0.0
    • First release: hold Right ⌘ and press a letter to switch apps, and pin letters to the apps you use most.

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