lenivaya / skippy-xd

A window selector for X11 with Exposé and live preview Alt-Tab effects and more

Welcome to skippy-xd!

Skippy-xd is a lightweight, window-manager-agnostic window selector on X server. With skippy, you get live-preview on your alt-tab motions; you get the much coveted expose feature from Mac; you get a handy overview of all your virtual desktops in one glance with paging mode.

Switch is similar to Alt-Tab:

Expose is inspired from Mac:

Paging shows you your entire desktop:

If you want to fly around your daily window flow, if you want cool window motions that adds to your productivity, if you want to manage your windows like a boss, skippy-xd might be the thing for you.

Checkout the youtube videos:

skippy-xd works on anything X. See https://github.com/felixfung/skippy-xd/wiki/Adoption#compatible-desktop-environmentswindow-managers for details.

Installation and usage is simple:

git clone https://github.com/felixfung/skippy-xd.git
cd skippy-xd
make
make install

skippy-xd --start-daemon
skippy-xd --switch --next
skippy-xd --expose
skippy-xd --paging

For NixOS users see nix

Also check the wiki for detailed how to use, config options, and other info.

And please! If you share our love for skippy-xd, please consider:

• Use it! Nothing is more rewarding to developers than widespread adoption of the app.
• Share it! Tell others about the app. Showcase screenshots and videos. Package it for your distros.
• Improve it! Make suggestions on feature improvements. Report bugs and they will be fixed. If you are a coder, start hacking!