Dialogs float, centered
Open and Save panels, alerts and password prompts sit in the middle of their screen instead of splitting your tiles apart. So do About boxes and progress windows.
Break free from the
pile of windows.
Lunchbox is the ultimate window manager for Mac. Every window opens neatly based on what it is. No account, no backend, no complexity.
Three windows, tiled the moment they opened.
A real, unedited screen recording of Lunchbox on macOS. The colored windows stand in for your apps.
No config file. No SIP.
No surprises.
Free tiling window managers are made for tinkering: a config file to write, rules for apps that misbehave, sometimes System Integrity Protection to turn off. Lunchbox already knows how Mac apps behave.
Fixed-size apps tile at their own size
Simulator, Calculator and System Settings sit in a column sized to fit them, and the window beside them gets the rest. No list to keep: it learns each window's size the first time it places it.
New windows land in their tile
A new window goes straight to its spot as it opens, not wherever its app put it. Open an app from Summon or the Dock and a placeholder holds its place while it starts.
Workspaces switch instantly
Left ⌘ and a number takes you there, with no Mission Control slide. Add ⇧ and the window comes along. Three to start, up to nine.
Set up in about a minute
Install it, allow Accessibility so it can move your windows, then try every shortcut on a practice screen that can't touch your real windows. Nothing to turn off in macOS, no file to edit.
Learn it before your
coffee cools.
Left ⌘ goes somewhere. Add ⇧ and it moves something. Right ⌘ keeps its usual job, and every shortcut can be changed.
- No accountNothing to sign up for or sign in to. Your license is a key in an email.
- No trackingThe app sends no analytics, crash reports or keystrokes, and this site has no trackers. Privacy
- License works offlineIt's checked on your Mac, so tiling never waits on a server.
- Asks only when it needs toAccessibility, to tile. Screen Recording, the first time the Focus Shelf appears, for its live previews. Browser control, the first time Summon sends a web search to your browser. No folder prompts: Summon doesn't search files.
- 14-day refundsFull refund within 14 days of buying, no questions asked. Refunds
- Made by Sentient Donut LLCIn Austin, Texas. Questions go to support@sentientdonut.com.
Pricing
One price.
One price.
Every version after it.
No subscription. No account. Pay $4.99 once, and every Lunchbox we ever ship is yours.
LunchboxWMFor your Mac, for good
$4.993USD, one-time
No subscription, everLifetime updates included1
- Automatic tiling that knows dialogs and fixed-size apps
- Focus, Tidy, Resize and instant Workspaces (three to start, up to nine)
- Summon (⇧ then Space) for apps, open windows, the web and new windows
- Every shortcut rebindable, with Restore All Defaults one click away
- The Cheat Sheet: every shortcut, searchable in plain words
- Multi-display support, or main display only
- All future updates, free, forever
Pay once, then download it and enter your license. No subscription. Refunds within 14 days, no questions.
macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon2
Frequent Questions
Why pay when there are free tiling window managers?
Free tilers are great if you enjoy configuring them. Lunchbox is for everyone else: dialogs, fixed-size apps and new windows are handled from the start, Workspaces are instant without turning anything off in macOS, and there's no config file. And if it isn't for you, you get your $4.99 back within 14 days.
Is there a subscription?
No, and there never will be. You pay $4.99 once and Lunchbox is yours, including every future version. Nothing renews and you're never charged again.
Is there a free trial?
No. Lunchbox is $4.99, paid once, up front. The recording and the walkthrough above show exactly how it works, and if it isn't right for you, you get a full refund within 14 days, no questions asked.
What does Lunchbox need permission for?
Accessibility is required: it's how Lunchbox moves and resizes other apps' windows and hears its shortcuts. Screen Recording is asked the first time the Focus Shelf appears, so the Shelf can show live previews of your windows instead of app icons. Browser control is asked the first time Summon sends a web search to Safari, Chrome, Arc, Edge, Brave or Vivaldi, so the page opens as a tab in the Workspace you're in; say no and links open the usual way. There are no folder prompts: Summon doesn't search your files.
Will it take over my keyboard?
Only a handful of combinations, all with the left ⌘ key, plus ⇧ then Space for Summon (tapped one after the other, so typing a capital and a space never opens it). Right ⌘ keeps doing what it always did: ⌘← still jumps to the start of a line, and ⌘1 still picks a browser tab.
Can I change the shortcuts?
Yes, every one. Open Keyboard Shortcuts from the menu bar, click a command and press the keys you want. Lunchbox turns down combinations that would get in the way of typing or that another command already uses, and Restore All Defaults puts everything back.
How do I set it up?
Lunchbox walks you through it the first time it opens: allow Accessibility, then try every shortcut on a practice screen that can't touch your real windows. It takes about a minute, and Welcome & Setup in the menu bar runs it again.
How do Workspaces work?
Left ⌘ and a number goes to that Workspace instantly: ⌘1, ⌘2, ⌘3. Add ⇧ (⌘⇧2) and the focused window comes with you. You start with three and can add up to nine from the menu bar. Hide (⌘⇧H) tucks a window out of sight, still open; Summon brings it back to wherever you are. Right ⌘ and a number still reach the app in front, and with three Workspaces ⌘⇧4 and ⌘⇧5 are still the Mac's screenshot keys.
Does it work with more than one display?
Yes. Each display has its own layout and focus crosses between them at the edges. If a second display is a dummy plug or you only want your main screen tiled, turn off Use All Displays in Settings.
Something isn't working. How do I get help?
Write to support@sentientdonut.com. It helps to choose Settings › Copy Diagnostics in Lunchbox's menu first and paste what it copies into your email: your Lunchbox and macOS versions, your displays, and which apps' windows are in each Workspace. It never includes window titles, file names or your license key.
What does "lifetime updates" mean?
You buy Lunchbox once and every future version is included. No upgrade fees, no subscription, no catch.
Go on, open another window.
It already knows where to go.
One-time purchase · No subscription · Lifetime updates
- Every future version of Lunchbox we release is included at no extra charge. See the Terms of Sale.
- Requires a Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later) and macOS 14 Sonoma or later. Lunchbox doesn't run on Intel-based Macs.
- Price in US dollars. Sales tax or VAT is added at checkout where it applies.