Orbit

Orbit

Spherical window switching for macOS.

A gesture summons a sphere of your windows floating over the desktop. Spin it, and the window facing you takes focus.

Illustrated Orbit preview using a fictional workspace. The app icon, interface geometry, 10-day trial, and download are real.

Or install with Homebrew

brew install --cask 143yoav/tap/orbitInstallation and update instructions

Free for 10 days — the full app, no card, no account. Licensing is $19 USD paid once; checkout is not available yet.

How it works

01

Summon

Rest three fingers on the trackpad, or press ⌃⌥Space. A sphere of your open windows appears over the desktop — real window snapshots, captured the moment you summon.

02

Spin

Move your fingers and the sphere turns. Flick it and it glides, then settles on the nearest window. You're browsing everything you have open, in space.

03

Pick

Lift your fingers. The window facing you takes focus. Summon, spin, pick — one motion, no keyboard required.

Controls

Trackpad

Rest three fingers, then move — that's summon, steer, and pick on lift. A fast swipe stays native, so Mission Control is untouched.

Hotkey

⌃ ⌥ Space summons the sphere; press it again to dismiss. Rebindable in Settings.

Keys

Arrow keys step the selection tile by tile. Return focuses it, Esc backs out.

Mouse

Point to select without turning the sphere. Scroll to spin, click a window to focus it directly.

macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon & Intel · 10-day free trial · No account · No subscription

Questions

Why isn't it on the App Store?

The trackpad gesture is continuous — Orbit reads finger contacts the whole time the sphere is up, without stealing them from macOS. That takes APIs the App Store doesn't allow. Dropping the gesture would gut the product, so Orbit ships as a direct download instead.

Is it a subscription?

No. Orbit is $19 USD paid once for a perpetual personal license. Checkout is not available yet; the 10-day trial is available now and is the full app, not a cut-down version.

What data does it collect?

The app: none — no accounts, no crash reporter, no in-app analytics or telemetry. Window snapshots stay on your Mac. The app makes two network requests: a daily update check against orbit.visionz.ai, and — once you enter a license key — a Keygen validation. This website does not load visitor analytics or advertising trackers. Details on the privacy page.

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