SYS::ONLINE // macOS APP SWITCHER_

NEONSWITCH⌘Tab, rewired.

A circular, cyberpunk replacement for the macOS app switcher. Your apps orbit a glowing neon ring: hold ⌘, tap Tab, let go to jack in.

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Free & open source · macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple Silicon & Intel

NeonSwitch circular app switcher with the Toxic Green theme

// 09 PRESETS

Pick your city at night.

Plus Vaporwave, Akira and Arctic Ghost in the app. Each theme has its own animated backdrop: radar grid, digital rain, hex cells or an outrun horizon.

// SPEC SHEET

Built to replace ⌘Tab, not sit next to it.

Drop-in ⌘Tab

Takes over the real shortcut. A quick tap switches instantly, just like the native switcher. Toggle it off from the menu bar any time.

Orbital layout

Apps sit on a ring in most-recently-used order. The selection keeps rotating forward past the start instead of snapping back.

Mouse aware

Point at any slice of the ring to select, click to switch, scroll to rotate. Optional sticky mode keeps it open after you let go of ⌘.

Nine themes

Two-tone palettes, animated backdrops and per-theme HUD taglines. Glitch text, scanlines and ring animations can each be turned off.

App control

Press Q to quit or H to hide the selected app without leaving the switcher. Minimized windows come back when you switch.

Tiny & native

Pure Swift + SwiftUI, a ~2 MB download, no Dock icon. Lives in your menu bar with launch-at-login built in.

// BOOT SEQUENCE

Install in a minute.

Download and open the DMG, then drag NeonSwitch into Applications.
Open NeonSwitch. It isn't signed with an Apple Developer ID, so macOS blocks the first launch.
Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway. Or run this once in Terminal:
```
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/NeonSwitch.app
```
Grant Accessibility access when asked (System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility).
NeonSwitch needs it to catch ⌘Tab and bring apps to the front. It doesn't log or send anything.
Press ⌘Tab. Use the menu bar icon to change themes, size and effects, or turn on Launch at Login.

// CONTROLS

Keys & mouse.

`⌘` `Tab` / `⌘` `⇧` `Tab`	Cycle forward / back. Release ⌘ to switch.
`←` `→` `↑` `↓`	Move the selection.
`Return` / `Esc`	Switch now / cancel.
`Q` / `H`	Quit / hide the selected app.
Hover · Click · Scroll	Select · switch · rotate the ring. Click outside to cancel.