Swish

Who It's For

Swish is for Mac users who want window management driven entirely by trackpad gestures on the window itself — swipe the title bar left to snap left half, pinch the title bar to close, swipe down from the Dock to hide an app. It aims for a native macOS feel: gestures are short and decisive, with haptic feedback confirming each action. At $16 one-time, it's designed for users who prefer keeping their hands on the trackpad over memorizing keyboard shortcuts.

How It Works

Swish intercepts trackpad gestures applied to specific screen zones: the title bar, Dock, menu bar, and window edges. Each zone supports a set of gestures — swipe, pinch, spread — and each gesture maps to a window action. On title bars: swipe left/right for half-screen snapping, swipe up for fullscreen, swipe down to minimize, pinch to close. On the Dock: swipe up or down on a Dock icon to show or hide that app's windows. Gestures are triggered with two fingers. Haptic feedback fires on compatible hardware when an action completes.

Grid snapping extends this: swipe in a direction and hold to get a grid overlay for quarter/third positions. Magic Mouse is supported in addition to Magic Trackpad, with appropriate gesture adaptations.

Compared to Similar Tools

Compared to Multitouch ($19.99 lifetime), Swish is more specialized for window management while Multitouch covers broader gesture customization (key remapping, app launching). Swish's window-specific zone model (gestures on title bars and Dock) is more opinionated than Multitouch's flexible gesture-to-action mapping. Compared to BetterTouchTool ($22 lifetime), Swish is simpler and focused — BTT can replicate Swish's behavior but requires manual configuration. Users who want the best out-of-box gesture experience for windows choose Swish; users who want full customization choose BTT.

Requirements

• macOS 12 Monterey or later
• Accessibility permission required
• $16 one-time, purchased from highlyopinionated.co

Getting Started

Purchase at highlyopinionated.co/swish and download. Grant Accessibility permission on first launch. Gestures work immediately on title bars — try a two-finger swipe on any window's title bar to see the snapping in action.