Space Rabbit

Instant space switching on macOS.

Space Rabbit removes animations when switching macOS Spaces. Reclaim hours of your time every month!

⬇ [Download Space Rabbit for macOS here](https://space-rabbit.app)

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3c6f9594-4188-423b-a815-5948f4f43119

_(video made by @ostapenkonik (opens in a new tab))_

Features

• Instant space switch - your keyboard shortcut switches spaces with zero animation
• Configurable space cycling - assign Fn/Globe, an F-key, or a global shortcut and wrap back to the first Space
• Auto-follow on Cmd+Tab - switching to an app on another space takes you there instantly
• Instant trackpad swipe - your trackpad swipe switches spaces with zero animation too
• Instant Mission Control - optionally enter and leave Mission Control with no transition animation
• Reads your shortcuts - picks up your bindings from System Settings automatically
• Tiny native macOS app - 2MB binary size, 12MB memory usage, zero CPU usage
• No system changes needed - just classic accessibility permissions

Demo video

First, you'll see default macOS space switching. Then, we'll enable Space Rabbit for instant switching:

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ba73cabe-2443-4cf2-87aa-f1f7841e6c21

Screenshots

Configure

For the best experience, also enable Instant Dock hide in Space Rabbit's Preferences.

This makes the Dock hide animation instant, eliminating a residual transition of the Dock when switching spaces. It is not enabled by default because it modifies a global macOS setting — but it has no effect when Space Rabbit is disabled.

Release & notarize

This procedure is only used by repository maintainers to release new versions of Space Rabbit.

• Prior to distributing a release, create a new Git tag so that the new version is picked up during build. Tags should be formatted as such: v1.0.0.

• Once tagged, you can build Space Rabbit.app:

• Finally, it needs to be packaged and notarized into Space-Rabbit.dmg as such:

• When the final DMG has been packaged and notarized, simply draft a new release on space-rabbit/releases (opens in a new tab) and upload Space-Rabbit.dmg.

The website does not need to be updated, since the download button points to the Space-Rabbit.dmg file from the latest release.

You can configure your signing key by creating a local.env file with eg.:

Help translate

This app supports localization. The base language is English (en). It is translated in languages such as French (fr), German (de), Spanish (es) and more.