Welcome to skippy-xd!

Skippy-xd is a lightweight, window-manager-agnostic window selector on the X server. With skippy-xd, 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 are looking for a slick and minimalistic window selector that turns every of your little grrrrh throughout the day into a little bit of a yay, skippy-xd may be for you. If you agree with https://github.com/felixfung/skippy-xd/wiki/Skippy-xd-philosophy, then skippy-xd definitely is for you.

Check out 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

Or better, find and try out the package on your distro.

Check the wiki for documentation on basic use https://github.com/felixfung/skippy-xd/wiki/How-to-Use and advanced tips and tricks https://github.com/felixfung/skippy-xd/wiki/Advanced-Uses-and-Special-Set-Ups.

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

• 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!