Windows muscle memory.
On your Mac.
Windsify translates the shortcuts your hands already know — Ctrl+C, Alt+Tab, Win+Arrow — and manages your windows, in one native menu-bar app. Physical Ctrl stays Ctrl. Nothing to relearn, nothing leaves your Mac.
$19 one-time · 14-day full trial · 3 Macs · Signed & notarized · No telemetry
Same keys. Same fingers. Windsify does the translating underneath.
Keyboard translation
Ctrl+C, Ctrl+Z, Alt+Tab, Alt+F4, Win+L — the Windows way, everywhere. Terminal keeps Ctrl+C as interrupt.
Window management
Halves, quarters, fill & restore, drag-to-edge preview, multi-display moves. A full window manager built in.
Conflict-aware
Detects other keyboard remappers, window managers and hidutil mappings, pauses only what overlaps. Migrate at your own pace.
Private by design
No telemetry, no account. Your keystrokes never leave the Mac. Nothing to phone home.
Ctrl+C copies. Like it always did.
On a standard Windows keyboard, physical Ctrl stays Ctrl, the Windows key acts as Command and Alt as Option — no system-level modifier swap. Windsify translates each shortcut on top, so every combination lands where your fingers expect.
| Physical shortcut | What happens |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+C · Ctrl+V | Copy and paste |
| Ctrl+Z · Ctrl+Y | Undo and redo |
| Alt+Tab | Switch apps, forward and back |
| Alt+F4 | Close the active window |
| Tap Win | Open Spotlight search |
| Win+L | Lock the Mac |
| Win+Shift+S | Screenshot selection |
| Ctrl+Arrows | Move by word or paragraph |
Terminal stays Terminal
Ctrl+C is still interrupt. Terminal apps keep Ctrl+A–Z as native control sequences, and Ctrl+Shift+C/V/N/T/W provide Windows Terminal-style app actions.
Finder speaks Windows
F2 renames. Enter opens. Delete moves to Trash, Backspace goes back, and Ctrl+X then Ctrl+V moves files with Finder's native copy-then-move.
Home and End know where they are
They jump to the start and end of the line — but only while a text editor is focused. Everywhere else the keys pass through untouched, so nothing unrelated fires.
A full window manager, built in.
Halves, quarters, fill and restore. Drag a window to an edge for a live preview and it snaps on release — or move it to the next display without touching the mouse.
Win + ← snaps left · drag to an edge for a live preview
Coming from a window-manager app? The popular Ctrl+Option shortcut aliases carry over — they're built in. Restore keeps an in-memory history, so windows go back where they came from.
No conflicts. No telemetry.
A tool that sits on your keyboard has two jobs beyond the obvious: get along with the tools you already run, and keep what you type to itself.
Conflict-aware, automatically
Detects other keyboard remappers and window managers automatically and stays out of their way. While another remapper, an active hidutil mapping or a macOS Modifier Keys mapping is remapping your keys, Windsify pauses only its own overlapping keyboard layer — window management keeps running.
Nothing breaks mid-migration: overlapping Win-key hot keys are released too, so the other tool's Home and End translations aren't mistaken for snap commands. Move over at your own pace.
Private by design
No telemetry. No account. Your keystrokes never leave the Mac.
The event engine evaluates key codes and modifier flags in memory and discards each event once the action is chosen. Windsify doesn't record or send typed text anywhere, never asks for Screen Recording, and needs no network connection to work.
One permission — Accessibility — translates the keys and moves the windows. The full source is available to read — see Source & License.
$19 once. Everything included.
The 14-day trial is the full app. No subscription, no account.
- Notarized DMG — drag, install, done
- 14-day full-featured trial
- One license, 3 Macs
- Support & updates
Or download the trial first — every feature, 14 days.
Questions, answered.
What happens when the 14-day trial ends?
The trial is the complete app — every feature, nothing held back. When it ends, buy a $19 license to keep using Windsify. One-time payment, no subscription.
How many Macs does a license cover?
3. One license covers your desk, your laptop and one more.
Why does Windsify need the Accessibility permission?
macOS gates what Windsify does behind Accessibility: translating keyboard events, finding the frontmost app and focused window, and moving, resizing and restoring windows. Windsify doesn't use it to read or store what you type — events are evaluated as key codes in memory and discarded once the action is chosen. Your keystrokes never leave the Mac.
Can I keep my current remapper or window manager?
Yes. Windsify detects other keyboard remappers and window managers automatically and stays out of their way. While another tool is actively remapping — including a macOS Modifier Keys or hidutil mapping — Windsify pauses only its own overlapping keyboard layer, and window management keeps running. Migrate at your own pace.
What's the refund policy?
Checkout runs through Polar, the merchant of record, and refunds are handled by them. Something not working? Open a GitHub issue.
Which Macs does it run on?
Any Mac on macOS 15 or newer. Windsify is a native menu-bar app — no DriverKit extension, and it never silently changes your system keyboard mappings.
Keep your muscle memory.
Every feature free for 14 days. Keep it for $19 — one-time, no subscription.
macOS 15+ · No account · No telemetry · Signed & notarized