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24 alternatives to Bonsplit – Tabs and splits for native macOS apps

A native macOS tab bar library with split pane support for SwiftUI applications. Features 120fps animations, drag-and-drop tabs, and full keyboard navigation.

Bonsplit is a native macOS application that enables users to organize and manage multiple tabs and split views within their apps. Designed for Mac users who work with multiple windows and need better organization, it… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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    TabTab▲271

    Supercharged windows & tabs manager for Mac

    2024 · tabtabapp.net · its alternatives →

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    A spatial alternative to Cmd+Tab for macOS

    May 2026 · lucidbit.app · its alternatives →

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    Windows alt-tab on macOS . Contribute to lwouis/alt-tab-macos development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    TabDog▲102

    Hey everyone! I have a bad habit that I always end up with dozens of browser tabs and apps open at the same time. It gets so messy that finding one specific website becomes a nightmare. So I developed a extension + macOS menu bar app for myself and after using it for a while, I found it is much more better than I expected, so I decided to package it and release it as open source, completely free! I'd love to hear your feedback and looking forward to improve our app together!

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Find, install, update and remove Mac apps in one click. Thousands of apps in one place. Free and open source.

    2023 · aerolite.dev · its alternatives →

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    Everything you need in one native macOS command bar

    Jun 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    ExtraBar▲152

    Hey Hacker News The ones that know me here know that I am a productivity geek. After DockFlow to manage my Dock and ExtraDock, which gives me more space to manage my apps and files, I decided to tackle the macOS big boss: the menu bar. I spend ~40% of my day context-switching between apps — Zoom meetings, Slack channels, Code projects, and Figma designs. My macOS menu bar has too many useless icons I almost never use. So I thought to myself, how can I use this area to improve my workflows? Most solutions (Bartender, Ice) require screen recording permissions, and did not really solve my…

    Dec 2025 · extrabar.app · its alternatives →

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    iPaste▲95

    Lightweight and efficient clipboard tool for iOS & macOS.

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    A new tab saver for Safari, designed natively for macOS.

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Share a portion of your screen - All from your macs menu bar

    2024 · sliceshare.app · its alternatives →

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    NoteTabs▲129

    Native macOS text editor with horizontal tabs & auto-restore

    Jan 2026 · notetabs.azurewebsites.net · its alternatives →

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    It is like Apple's App switcher, but for Layouts on macOS

    2022 · layoutswitcher.carrd.co · its alternatives →

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    Deep work menubar app for macOS

    2023 · hyperfocused.app · its alternatives →

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    Window with tabs and multiple NSDocument instances - gloubibou/BSMultipleDocumentsWindowController

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Taphouse▲120

    Taphouse is a native Homebrew GUI for Mac — a visual Homebrew package manager to install, update, and clean up brew packages without the terminal. Free download for macOS.

    Jan 2026 · taphouse.multimodalsolutions.gr · its alternatives →

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    SpinWin is an open source menu bar app to visually rotate any individual window. You can rotate / spin as many as you want one by one. I was scrolling reels when one came on where the content creator suggested "turning the phone upside down" for a portion. I was sitting at my mac, and decided to see if I could find something that did this. To my surprise, nothing exists, so I decided to build it. Turns out macOS doesn't provide any public API to do anything like this, so I wound up using the Accessibility API to move the target window offscreen, where it keeps rendering. Then we capture…

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    my first app, a Mac menu bar utility to remind you to blink more. any feedback would be much appreciated. or make it your own and share :)

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

  18. 18TA

    It's a SwiftUI app (macOS 14+) that wraps the Homebrew CLI and adds features I've always wanted: - Browse, search, install, and uninstall formulae and casks with a 3-column native interface - Bulk operations – select multiple packages to upgrade or remove at once - CVE/vulnerability scanning – checks installed packages against the OSV database - Dependency tree visualization – see what depends on what before removing things - Orphaned dependency cleanup – find and remove packages nothing depends on anymore - Duplicate app detection – spots apps installed from both Homebrew and…

    Feb 2026 · its alternatives →

  19. 19IA

    I like the tab-switching behaviour in Chrome/Firefox and wanted Safari to have something similar. Another wish of mine was for it to be a web extension that feels native to the browser vs an app extension that looks out of place. After waiting long enough, I decided to build one myself. A little preview of Tap Tab - https://taptab.manibatra.xyz. The web extension APIs for managing tabs are pretty locked down in Safari, but I have already found a lot of value in using the extension. Some of the features that I find very useful(in the middle of building a few of these) : -…

    2022 · taptab.manibatra.xyz · its alternatives →

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    Fader▲90

    Minimize windows when you switch apps automatically

    Apr 2026 · eythor.com · its alternatives →

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    iOS Safari extension that makes tab duplication simple

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Native▲9

    Multipurpose SwiftUI app template for macOS

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    SwiftUI components library for iOS and macOS

    Oct 2025 · its alternatives →

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    A tiny app lets you instantly search any open tab

    Mar 2026 · bpmarkowitz.com · its alternatives →

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