panebird Coming soon

Window manager for macOS

Windows in place with one shortcut

Halves, thirds, corners and your own layouts. Press ⌃⌥← or drag a window to the edge of the screen, and Panebird does the rest.

Coming soon to the Mac App Store See what it does

Free · Pro for $2, pay once · macOS 14 or later

Features

Everything a window manager should do

Fast to learn, quiet in the menu bar, out of your way.

Keyboard shortcuts

Halves, corners, thirds, fourths, sixths and eighths, on familiar ⌃⌥ arrow-key shortcuts.

Drag to the edge

Drop a window at an edge or corner of the screen and it snaps there, with a preview of where it lands.

Repeat to resize

Press ⌃⌥← again and the window goes from half to two thirds to one third of the screen.

Saved layouts Pro

Arrange the windows of several apps once and bring them all back with a single shortcut.

Todo mode Pro

Keep a task list or chat as a strip at the side while every other window fills the rest.

Private by design

No account, no analytics, nothing sent to the internet. Your settings stay on your Mac.

Getting started

Ready in a minute

  1. Install

    Get Panebird from the Mac App Store. It lives in the menu bar, not the Dock.

  2. Add the shortcut

    One click adds the Panebird shortcut to the Shortcuts app, which does the moving.

  3. Snap

    Press ⌃⌥← and the active window takes the left half of the screen.

Pricing

Free, with a one-time Pro

No subscription. Pay once and Pro is yours on every Mac with your Apple Account.

Free

Everything you need to snap windows.

$0forever

  • All shortcuts and menu actions
  • Drag to the edge
  • Gaps between windows
  • Ignored apps
  • Settings export

Pro Pro

For people who arrange the same windows every day.

$2one time

  • Everything in Free
  • Custom window positions
  • Saved multi-app layouts
  • Todo mode
  • Adjacent windows resize together

FAQ

Questions

Why does Panebird use the Shortcuts app?

Apps in the Mac App Store run in a sandbox that cannot move other apps' windows. Panebird works out where a window should go, and the Shortcuts app built into macOS moves it in about a tenth of a second. That is also why a small Shortcuts icon blinks in the menu bar after each move.

Which macOS do I need?

macOS 14 Sonoma or later, on Apple silicon or Intel.

Is it a subscription?

No. Panebird is free, and Pro is a single purchase that also unlocks future Pro features.

Which languages does it speak?

English, Polish and German. It follows the language of your Mac.

Give every window its place

Panebird is coming soon to the Mac App Store.

Coming soon to the Mac App Store