Native Instant Space Switching
Shares rank 19 of 30 window managers by recommenders
Recommended for making macOS Space switches look instant by emulating the swipe very fast. Caveats: fails on one Intel MacBook Pro report, and does not solve Spaces itself.
Recommended for making macOS Space switches look instant by emulating the swipe very fast. Caveats: fails on one Intel MacBook Pro report, and does not solve Spaces itself.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 73%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Makes Space switches feel instant
“the app they're recommending emulates that swipe, but really really fast, so it looks instant”
Comment from 9 Apr 2026 in “Native Instant Space Switching on macOS” “No animations for quickly switching to displaying apps in the foreground”
Comment from 10 Apr 2026 in “Native Instant Space Switching on macOS” Huge quality-of-life upgrade, works as promised
“I've been using this app for a week or so on my daily driver and it's been great.”
Comment from 9 Apr 2026 in “Native Instant Space Switching on macOS” “works exactly as promised. This is a huge quality of life upgrade”
Comment from 9 Apr 2026 in “Native Instant Space Switching on macOS”
Other window managers people recommend
The four most recommended other window managers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyprland | 82 | 33 | 71% | 12 | 1 mo4 owners | Approved |
| Rectangle for macOS | 67 | 3 | 96% | 11 | 1 yr3 owners | Approved |
| Enlightenment window manager | 51 | 19 | 73% | 8 | — | Approved |
| FVWM | 28 | 4 | 88% | 8 | 25 yrs7 owners | Approved |
| Native Instant Space SwitchingThis page | 8 | 3 | 73% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I use it on an ultrawide at work, never really noticed it.”
“No animations for quickly switching to displaying apps in the foreground”
“It doesn't work macbook pro(Intel Sonoma 14.4.1), any thoughts?”
“this was SO annoying. thank you.”
“This is beyond stupid for macbook using trackpad gestures.”
“I've been using this app for a week or so on my daily driver and it's been great.”
“works exactly as promised. This is a huge quality of life upgrade”
“the app they're recommending emulates that swipe, but really really fast, so it looks instant”
“I don't however think that this will solve spaces on MacOS”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.