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GroupTab

Grouped App Switcher for macOS

Download on the Mac App Store

If you run a lot of apps at once, Cmd-Tab turns into a mess.
A single row of 15+ icons and no way to know what's where.

GroupTab fixes this. Multiple rows, one for each group you define.
Code apps in one row, communication in another, browsers and references in a third.
Hit Option-Tab, navigate with arrow keys or vim keys, release to switch.

For keyboard-driven power users who juggle IDEs, terminals, browsers, and docs, and find Cmd-Tab a crowded carousel.

macOS default app switcher showing many apps in a single row
macOS Switcher
GroupTab switcher showing apps organized into groups
GroupTab Switcher

How it works

Press Option + Tab and the GroupTab switcher appears. Your running apps are sorted into groups you create: "Code", "Comms", "Design", whatever makes sense for how you work. Navigate horizontally between apps and vertically between groups. Release Option to switch to the highlighted app.

Apps you haven't assigned land in a default group. Drag an app to another group (or use Shift + arrow keys) and the assignment sticks. Next time that app runs, it shows up in the right place.

It's a native macOS app with native visuals. Apps sort by most-recently-used within each group, so your last-used app is always one tap away.

Read the documentation

See it in action

Basic switching

Navigate between groups

Assign apps to groups

Create and manage groups

Keyboard shortcuts

⌥ + Tab Step forward through apps
⌥ + ⇧ + Tab Step backward through apps
⌥ + ← or ⌥ + H Step backward through apps
⌥ + ↓ or ⌥ + J Select next group
⌥ + ↑ or ⌥ + K Select previous group
⌥ + → or ⌥ + L Step forward through apps
⌥ + ⇧ + ↑ or ⌥ + ⇧ + K Move app to group above
⌥ + ⇧ + ↓ or ⌥ + ⇧ + J Move app to group below
⌥ + 1-9 Jump directly to that app
Esc Cancel without switching
Release ⌥ Confirm and switch

Try GroupTab

$1.99 on the Mac App Store

Download on the Mac App Store

Read the documentation

Latest release

1.4.1: Various bug fixes and minor improvements

31 Jan, 2026

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