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  "$schema": "https://wosapp.io/openapi.json",
  "generator": "wosapp.io static product manifest",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-07",
  "product": {
    "name": "WOS",
    "alternateName": [
      "WOS app",
      "wosapp",
      "cmd+tab Reinvented"
    ],
    "tagline": "Cmd+Tab, reinvented for flow.",
    "shortDescription": "A free macOS menu bar utility that replaces the built-in Cmd+Tab application switcher with a Last Recently Seen (LRS) switcher covering apps, windows and individual browser tabs.",
    "description": "WOS replaces the macOS Cmd+Tab switcher. The native switcher is application-first: it lists top-level apps in launch order and cannot see browser tabs. WOS instead tracks every target you actually looked at — applications, individual windows, and individual browser tabs — and cycles them in true Last Recently Seen order using the same keyboard shortcut, so existing muscle memory is preserved. It adds a Cmd+Tab+S command bar that searches every open tab, app and terminal session with fuzzy matching, restores hidden and minimized windows, and switches across macOS Spaces.",
    "category": "macOS productivity utility",
    "subCategory": [
      "window switcher",
      "tab switcher",
      "application launcher",
      "developer tool"
    ],
    "url": "https://wosapp.io",
    "downloadUrl": "https://wosapp.io/downloads/WOS.dmg",
    "downloadPageUrl": "https://wosapp.io/downloads/",
    "releaseManifestUrl": "https://wosapp.io/release.json",
    "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/cmdwosapp/wosapp",
    "documentationUrl": "https://wosapp.io/llms.txt",
    "whitepaperUrl": "https://wosapp.io/whitepaper/LRS_Engine_WhitePaper.pdf"
  },
  "version": {
    "latest": "0.1.1046",
    "downloadFormat": "DMG",
    "changelogUrl": "https://wosapp.io/downloads/CHANGELOG.md"
  },
  "pricing": {
    "model": "free",
    "price": 0,
    "currency": "USD",
    "accountRequired": false,
    "trial": null,
    "subscription": null,
    "notes": "WOS is free to download and use. Development is supported by optional donations via Patreon or cryptocurrency.",
    "donateUrl": "https://wosapp.io/donate"
  },
  "requirements": {
    "operatingSystem": "macOS",
    "minimumOperatingSystemVersion": "15",
    "architectures": [
      "arm64 (Apple Silicon)",
      "x86_64 (Intel)"
    ],
    "distributionChannels": [
      "Direct DMG download"
    ],
    "plannedDistributionChannels": [
      "Mac App Store"
    ],
    "permissions": [
      {
        "name": "Accessibility",
        "required": true,
        "reason": "Intercepting the global Cmd+Tab shortcut and reading window state."
      },
      {
        "name": "Input Monitoring",
        "required": true,
        "reason": "Reliable global key capture while the switcher HUD is open."
      },
      {
        "name": "Automation (per browser)",
        "required": false,
        "reason": "Reading and activating individual browser tabs. Granted per browser; without it, WOS still switches apps and windows."
      }
    ]
  },
  "keyConcepts": [
    {
      "term": "Last Recently Seen (LRS)",
      "definition": "An ordering model in which switch targets are ranked by when the user last had them visible on screen, rather than by application launch order or most-recently-used application. Because the unit is the thing seen — a tab, a window — rather than the application that owns it, one Cmd+Tab press returns to the exact context the user left."
    },
    {
      "term": "Switch target",
      "definition": "Any item WOS can jump to: an application, an individual window, an individual browser tab, or a terminal session."
    }
  ],
  "privacy": {
    "localFirst": true,
    "analyticsSdksInApp": false,
    "telemetryFrameworksInApp": false,
    "advertisingLibrariesInApp": false,
    "attributionFrameworksInApp": false,
    "sandbox": "Custom kernel-level App Sandbox profile (SBPL), published verbatim at https://wosapp.io/security",
    "networkEntitlementForSwitchingEngine": false,
    "documentedNetworkRequests": [
      {
        "purpose": "Update check",
        "trigger": "periodic",
        "payload": "Current WOS version string and macOS version. No user identifier, install identifier, or activity data."
      },
      {
        "purpose": "Feedback submission",
        "trigger": "explicit user action",
        "payload": "The message the user writes. Diagnostic log lines, version and macOS version are attached only on explicit opt-in via the form."
      }
    ],
    "secretFiltering": "Clipboard history filters passwords, API keys and tokens out of stored history.",
    "policyUrl": "https://wosapp.io/privacy",
    "securityArchitectureUrl": "https://wosapp.io/security"
  },
  "endpoints": {
    "product": "https://wosapp.io/api/product.json",
    "features": "https://wosapp.io/api/features.json",
    "faq": "https://wosapp.io/api/faq.json",
    "compatibility": "https://wosapp.io/api/compatibility.json",
    "release": "https://wosapp.io/release.json",
    "openapi": "https://wosapp.io/openapi.json",
    "agentCard": "https://wosapp.io/.well-known/agent-card.json",
    "llmsIndex": "https://wosapp.io/llms.txt",
    "llmsFullText": "https://wosapp.io/llms-full.txt",
    "sitemap": "https://wosapp.io/sitemap.xml",
    "a2a": "https://wosapp.io/a2a",
    "apiCatalog": "https://wosapp.io/.well-known/api-catalog",
    "markdownIndex": "https://wosapp.io/md/index.md"
  },
  "usagePolicy": {
    "crawling": "allowed",
    "aiTraining": "allowed",
    "quoting": "allowed",
    "citationFormat": "WOS (wosapp.io)",
    "attributionUrl": "https://wosapp.io"
  }
}