FlickbarFlick windows into place.
Swipe two fingers on a title bar to snap a Mac window to a half, a third or a quarter, fill the screen or send it to another display.
brew install --cask flickbar/tap/flickbar- Put the pointer on a window’s title bar
- Swipe or pinch with two fingers on the trackpad
- The window snaps into place
Pick a gesture to watch it:
Arrange windows without reaching for the keyboard
Your hand is already on the trackpad. Flickbar turns the title bar into a place to gesture, and leaves the rest of your scrolling alone.
Every common layout is one swipe
Swipe left or right for a half, then keep swiping the same way for two thirds and one third. Swipe up to fill the screen, and down to minimize.
While your fingers are down, a highlight glides to where the window will land and a light haptic tap confirms it. Changed your mind? Swipe the other way before lifting to change the gesture, or press Esc to cancel.
A grid for everything in between
Rest two fingers on a title bar for a moment and a grid appears: three columns, each full height or split into a top and bottom half. Slide to a cell and lift to snap there.
The Dock listens too
Swipe up on an app’s Dock icon to show all of its windows, down to hide it, sideways to bring its next window forward, or pinch in to quit it. On a minimized window’s tile, any title-bar gesture brings it back and snaps it.
Learn it in a minute
After you grant access, a practice window walks you through the main gestures and ticks each one off as you do it. Open it again any time from the menu.
Set it up your way
Choose what each gesture does, give any action a keyboard shortcut, add space between snapped windows, and turn gestures off in apps that need their title bars to themselves.
Hold ⌥ Option to gesture anywhere in a window, or ⌘ to send it to the display on that side. Flickbar speaks English, French and Persian.
Every gesture
Put the pointer on a window’s title bar or a Dock icon and use two fingers. Each of these can be remapped in Settings.
| Swipe left or right | Left or right half; repeat for ⅔, then ⅓ |
| Swipe sideways, then up or down | That quarter |
| Swipe up | Fill the screen; repeat for the middle third |
| Swipe down | Minimize (or restore the size from before snapping, if you choose) |
| Double-tap | Center the window |
| Pinch out | Toggle full screen |
| Pinch in | Close the window |
| Hold ⌘ and swipe | Move to the display on that side |
| Touch, hold, then move | Pick a layout from the grid |
| Swipe up | Show all of the app’s windows |
| Swipe down | Hide the app |
| Swipe left or right | Bring the app’s next window to the front |
| Pinch in | Quit the app |
Every action can also have a keyboard shortcut. None are set at first, so Flickbar never takes over keys you already use.
Nothing leaves your Mac
No analytics, no account. Update checks are off until you turn them on, and they send only Flickbar’s version number.
Signed and notarized
Releases are signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple, and updates install only if they match Flickbar’s own signing key.
Open source
Made by Parsa Kamalipour and licensed under the GPL. Read the code, build it yourself, or send a pull request.
Questions
Is it really free?
Yes. There’s no trial, paid tier or account. Flickbar is free software under the GPL-3.0-or-later license.
Why does it ask for Accessibility access?
macOS requires it for any app that moves or resizes other apps’ windows. Flickbar uses it only to find the window or Dock icon under the pointer and act on it when you gesture or press a shortcut.
Will it get in the way of normal scrolling?
No. Only two-finger gestures that start on a title bar or Dock icon are used. All other scrolling and zooming passes through untouched, and mouse wheels are ignored.
Do I need a trackpad?
For gestures, yes. Keyboard shortcuts work with any keyboard, so you can use Flickbar with a mouse too.
Pinch or double-tap doesn’t work
Turn on Zoom in or out and Smart zoom in System Settings → Trackpad → Scroll & Zoom. macOS only sends those gestures when they’re enabled.
Which languages does it speak?
English, French and Persian. Flickbar follows your Mac’s language, or choose one in Settings → General → Language.
How do I update or uninstall it?
Choose Check for Updates… from Flickbar’s menu, or turn on daily checks in Settings. With Homebrew you can also run brew upgrade --cask flickbar. To uninstall, quit Flickbar from its menu bar icon and move it to the Trash, or run brew uninstall --cask flickbar.
Give your title bars something to do
Free, open source and ready in a minute.
brew install --cask flickbar/tap/flickbar