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Witch by Many Tricks

Ranked 2 of 4 window switchers by recommenders

Mac app for keyboard-driven window switching, including filtering open windows by their title. Mentioned alongside Rectangle as a help with window management.

Mac app for keyboard-driven window switching, including filtering open windows by their title. Mentioned alongside Rectangle as a help with window management.

7 people gave an opinion

recommend it
7
criticize it
0
approval share
100%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 6 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: recommended
  3. January 2026: recommended
  4. February 2026: recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: not recommended
  9. July 2026: recommended
  10. August 2026: not recommended
  11. September 2026: recommended
  12. October 2026: not recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.

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The three most recommended other window switchers, 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.

Witch by Many Tricks compared with 3 alternatives
ProductRecommendCriticizeApprovalMonthsOwnedBadge
AltTab44296%113 yrs4 ownersApproved
Witch by Many TricksThis page70100%6——
Contexts5183%3——
HopTab5271%1——
See all 4 window switchers, ranked

What people said

5 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“which actually worked well”

RecommendsComment from 7 Sep 2026 in “Asahi Linux on M3”

“There's a font manager in Crosspoint and Witch, you can download that font directly from the device.”

RecommendsComment from 22 Jul 2026 in “Freeink: Open Ecosystem for E-Readers”

“Rectangle and Contexts or Witch help.”

RecommendsComment from 11 Apr 2026 in “Filing the Corners Off MacBooks”

“All 4 are tracks I come back to often.”

RecommendsComment from 6 Feb 2026 in “Fela Kuti First African to Get Grammys Lifetime Achievement Award”

“Among other features that might solve your problem, it lets you use your keyboard to filter by window title.”

RecommendsComment from 10 Dec 2025 in “Making macOS Bearable”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.