Open Mission Control

August 10, 2026 · View on GitHub

Open Mission Control is an open-source alternative to Mission Control Plus. It aims to enhance the macOS Mission Control experience by adding window management controls directly to the Mission Control view.

Demo

Features

  • Window Overlays: Shows a small control panel over each window in Mission Control.
  • Window Actions:
    • Close: Close windows directly from Mission Control.
    • Minimize: Minimize windows without leaving the view.
    • Zoom/Maximize: Quickly resize windows.
  • Customizable Buttons: Toggle which control buttons appear via app settings.
  • Keyboard Shortcuts: Hover over a window and use shortcuts to quickly manage it:
    • Quit: ⌘Q
    • Close: ⌘W
    • Minimize: ⌘M
    • Maximize/Zoom: ⌘F
  • Mouse Shortcuts: Hover over a window and assign an action to either mouse shortcut:
    • Right-click: Minimize, Maximize, Close, Quit, or None.
    • Middle-click: Minimize, Maximize, Close, Quit, or None.

Installation & Usage

You can easily install Open Mission Control using Homebrew:

brew install --cask nohackjustnoobb/tap/openmissioncontrol

Option 2: Manual Installation

  1. Download the app from the latest release.
  2. Move the app to your /Applications folder.
  3. If macOS says the app is damaged, run the following command in your terminal to remove the quarantine flag:
sudo xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Open\ Mission\ Control.app

First-Time Setup

  1. Open the app and grant Accessibility permissions when prompted in System Settings.
  2. Note: Sometimes an app restart is needed for it to function properly.

Credits

This project stands on the shoulders of giants. Some parts of the code are borrowed from or inspired by the following amazing open-source projects: