InstantSpaceSwitcher

Native instant workspace switching on macOS. No more waiting for animations.

Instantspaceswitcher.mp4

Features

• Does not require disabling SIP
• Uses native macOS spaces
• Free

A simple CLI is provided (InstantSpaceSwitcher.app/Contents/MacOS/ISSCli --help)

Installation

Homebrew

brew install --cask jurplel/tap/instant-space-switcher

Downloads

Pre-built binaries are available through Github Releases here.

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/jurplel/InstantSpaceSwitcher
cd InstantSpaceSwitcher
./dist/build.sh
open ./build/InstantSpaceSwitcher.app

Background

When I first bought a high refresh rate monitor, around ~2018, I could tell that the space switching animation was longer because it had scaled with the refresh rate. Because of this, I eventually stopped using spaces altogether, and have been looking for a solution ever since.

The workaround in this project is to create a synthetic trackpad gesture with an artificially high velocity. This effectively skips the animation.

If you work at Apple, and your team owns the space switching animation, please fix this long-standing bug (and let us disable the animation natively, please).