A lightweight window manager for macOS. Snap windows to halves, quarters, thirds, and more with customizable keyboard shortcuts.
Universal binary — runs natively on Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4) and Intel Macs.
Download Pane.zip (544 KB) from ahmadfaisal.com
- 25 window actions — halves, quarters, thirds, sixths, center, maximize, zoom, fullscreen, increase/reduce, and multi-screen
- Apple Silicon native — universal binary (arm64 + x86_64), no Rosetta needed
- Customizable hotkeys — remap every action via the Preferences window
- Menu bar app — no dock icon, lives quietly in your menu bar
- Under 1 MB — lightweight, launches instantly
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Left / Right / Top / Bottom | ^⌥⌘ + Arrow Keys |
| Top Left / Top Right / Bottom Left / Bottom Right | ^⌥⌘ + 1 2 3 4 |
| Left Third / Center Third / Right Third | ^⌥⌘ + Q W E |
| Center | ^⌥⌘ + C |
| Maximize | ^⌥⌘ + M |
| Toggle Zoom | ^⌥⌘ + Z |
| Toggle Full Screen | ^⌥⌘ + F |
| Increase / Reduce | ^⌥⌘ + = - |
| Next / Previous Screen | ^⌥⌘ + N P |
All shortcuts are fully customizable in Preferences.
- Download and unzip
Pane.zip - Drag
Pane.appto/Applications - Right-click and choose Open (required on first launch since the app is not notarized)
- Grant Accessibility access: System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility > toggle Pane on
Requires Xcode with macOS SDK 10.13+.
cd Pane
xcodebuild -target "Pane" -configuration Release ARCHS="arm64 x86_64"The built app will be at Pane/build/Release/Pane.app.
- macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) or later
- Apple Silicon or Intel Mac
Pane is developed by Ahmad Faisal, based on the original work by Filip Krikava and contributors.
The original project: github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt
This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 — the same license as the original ShiftIt project.