ShyWindow
Shy Mode
It dodges your cursor so you never have to move it.
Hover over ShyWindow and it hops to the nearest corner. No dragging. No minimizing. No missed clicks. Hit ⌃⌥⌘S and forget it's there.
Stop alt-tabbing.Keep watching and working.
ShyWindow floats any website or video above your work, then dodges your cursor so it never blocks a click. $9 once. No subscription. Five modes. No Dock clutter.
macOS 15.4+ · No subscription · Free updates · Checkout by Gumroad
Your current setup is…clunky and in your way.
Without ShyWindow
- Alt-tab every few minutes just to check a video, a doc or a dashboard.
- Built-in PiP works on some video sites, not on any page you want to keep in view.
- Regular floating windows sit on top of what you're trying to click, so you drag them away again and again.
- Shorts and TikTok play in a wide player and waste half your screen.
With ShyWindow
- Float any website above your work: docs, dashboards, streams, not just video.
- Move your cursor onto it and it dodges to the nearest corner. No dragging.
- Stealth Mode hides it when your cursor leaves and brings it back when you hover.
- PiP for YouTube, Twitch, X and LinkedIn video, with YouTube captions.
- A phone-sized player for Shorts and TikTok, with Auto-Next Shorts/TikTok on by default.
ShyWindow is everything a floating window should have been. $9. Once.
Everything is included
Five modes. Zero alt-tabbing.
One $9 purchase unlocks all five. Switch modes from the menu bar or with a hotkey. No tiers, no upsells, no subscription.
Float Mode
Keep anything in view while you work.
Pin any site above every other window: docs, dashboards, chats, streams. Fade it with the opacity slider so your work shows through. Reopen favorites from the menu bar. ⌃⌥⌘T toggles Always on Top.
PiP Mode
Watch the video. Skip the page.
Pop video from YouTube, Twitch, X or LinkedIn into a clean Small, Medium or Large window with the rest of the page stripped away. YouTube captions stay on. ⌃⌥⌘P to pop out.
Shorts/TikTok Portrait PiP
Scroll Shorts and TikTok without wasting half your screen.
A phone-sized player that fits the video, not a wide window full of dead space. Auto-Next Shorts/TikTok keeps the feed moving on its own, and Up/Down skips when ShyWindow is the active app.
Stealth Mode
Gone when you move away. Back the second you need it.
Move your cursor off the window and it vanishes. Move back and it reappears. Audio never stops playing. ⌃⌥⌘I toggles it.
Get ShyWindow for $9
macOS 15.4+ · No subscription · Free updates · Checkout by Gumroad
Built for people who live in their tabs
Docs open. Editor clear.
Float API docs, ChatGPT or Claude on the web, or reference code above your IDE. When your cursor gets close, it hops out of the way. You keep typing.
Reference right over your work.
Float inspiration boards or brand guidelines over your design software. Pull the opacity down to see your canvas through it, or go Stealth and it vanishes until you hover.
Watch the lecture. Take the notes.
Pop the video into a window you size yourself and write notes right beside it. YouTube captions stay on, so you never miss a word.
Keep one eye on everything.
Live streams, sports or news in the corner of your screen while you handle email. It dodges your cursor, so it never gets in the way of a click.
Made with for Mac
ShyWindow is written in Swift with AppKit and WebKit and follows macOS design conventions. Not an Electron app. A real Mac app that feels like it came with your system.
Native & Fast
Built with Swift, AppKit and WebKit. No Electron. It lives in your menu bar and stays out of the way.
Carefully Crafted
Built to feel at home on macOS, from the menu bar to the way it dodges your cursor.
Indie Made
Built by one person who cares about quality software. Every update is free.
Hi, I'm Pizza Yap
I built ShyWindow because I was sick of alt-tabbing away from whatever I was watching. Every video window either blocked my work or sat in the wrong place. So I made the one I wanted: it gets out of your way on its own. One person. No investors. No committee. When something annoys me, I fix it.
Follow me on XFive modes, one menu bar app
See ShyWindow in action.
🫣 Shy Mode
Dodges your cursor. Automatically.
Choose the nearest or farthest corner. When your cursor approaches, ShyWindow moves before it blocks your work.
Get ShyWindow for $9
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Pay once. Own it.
No subscription. No tiers. No upsells.
One payment unlocks all five modes and every future update.
ShyWindow
$9
One-time payment
- All five modes: Shy, Float, PiP, Shorts/TikTok, Stealth
- All future updates included
- Global hotkeys ⌃⌥⌘
- Bookmarks and opacity control
- YouTube caption support
macOS 15.4 or later · Checkout by Gumroad
Questions? We've got answers.
Get your screen back.
One window that floats above everything and dodges your cursor. $9, once. No subscription.
macOS 15.4 or later · Free updates · Checkout by Gumroad
