Real previews
Windows draws each card itself with DWM thumbnails, so videos keep playing and text stays sharp. Wade copies no images.
Wadefor windows
Alt+Tab, as a row of cards.
Wade replaces the Windows switcher with your open windows laid out side by side, live, like recent apps on a phone. Hold Alt, tap Tab, let go.
Try it
The real switcher, in your browser.
Your browser keeps Alt+Tab for itself, so here Tab stands in for it and Enter for letting go of Alt. Click the desktop first. On a phone, use the buttons, tap the cards, or swipe the middle card up.
Every window is closed.
Press Tab, or the first button.
What it does
Small, quick, and out of the way.
Idle means idle
When the switcher is closed, no timer or loop runs. The keyboard hook sits on its own thread and only posts messages.
Quick switch
A fast Alt+Tab, pressed and released, jumps straight to the previous window without drawing anything.
Close from the row
Press ↑ or Delete, or drag the middle card up, to close a window without leaving the switcher.
Zooms where it should
Your window shrinks into the row from where it sits, and the card you pick grows back onto the real window. With Windows animations off, Wade skips them too.
Starts with Windows
On by default and switchable from the tray icon. No admin rights, no network, no files written, no code injected into other apps.
Keys
Everything from the keyboard, or the mouse.
Alt+Tabopen, then next card
Tab ⇧ Tab → ← wheelnext / previous card
let go of Alt Enter clickswitch
↑ Delete drag upclose that window
Esccancel
tray iconstart with Windows, exit
The row loops: from the last card back to the first.
Install
One line in PowerShell.
The same command installs Wade the first time and updates it later. If the download fails, the installed version is left as it was.
powershell
❯ irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/erfjab/wade/master/install.ps1 | iex
Installs to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Wade. Windows 10 and 11.
Stay updated
News on Telegram, code on GitHub.
New versions are posted on the Telegram channel. If Wade saves you a few seconds a day, a star on GitHub really helps.