> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://withbeckon.app/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Beckon

> Your Dock, at your cursor.

Beckon puts your apps in a ring around your pointer. Hold **⌥Space** anywhere, flick toward an
app and let go. You've switched apps without moving the pointer to the bottom of the screen.

It's for people who live on the mouse or trackpad: designers, video editors, anyone with a big
screen. Your hand stays where it's working, and every app is a short flick away.

![Beckon's ring around the pointer, heading for Safari](https://mintcdn.com/beckon/ZZ3Mx-oqja_BgUg6/images/ring-light.jpg?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=ZZ3Mx-oqja_BgUg6\&q=85\&s=49cb357184b947f48d010293db4797e0)

> **[Quickstart](/docs/quickstart)**
>
> Install Beckon and make your first flick.

> **[The ring](/docs/guides/the-ring)**
>
> Hold, tap, middle-click, and how Beckon picks an app.

> **[Windows](/docs/guides/windows)**
>
> Reach an app and its windows fan out. Pick the exact one.

> **[Replace the Dock](/docs/guides/replace-the-dock)**
>
> Pinned apps, folders, the Trash, the Dock's menu, file drops. Then hide the Dock.

## What you need

* macOS 14 Sonoma or later, on Apple silicon or Intel.
* A minute to allow two permissions, if you want windows and thumbnails. Beckon switches apps
  without either. See [Permissions](/docs/guides/permissions).

## Free and Pro

Beckon is free for good: the ring for your open apps, flick and click, your own shortcut,
middle-click, and the Glass and Outline looks.

**Beckon Pro** replaces the Dock: your Dock's apps (running or not), windows and thumbnails,
folders and the Trash, the Dock's right-click menu, dropping files on apps, hiding the Dock, and
every look. It's a one-time purchase for up to 3 Macs.

Every download starts with **14 days of Pro**. After that Beckon carries on as Free; it never
locks. See [Free and Pro](/docs/guides/pro).

## What Beckon doesn't do

* **It doesn't replace ⌘Tab.** Keep it for when your hands are on the keyboard. Beckon is for
  when your hand is on the mouse.
* **It doesn't send anything about you.** Your apps, windows, titles and thumbnails never leave
  your Mac. There's no account and no analytics. Beckon only checks a licence key you chose to
  enter, and once a day whether there's an update.
* **It isn't on the Mac App Store.** The App Store doesn't allow the access Beckon needs to show
  and raise other apps' windows. Beckon is signed and notarized by Apple, and comes from
  [withbeckon.app](https://withbeckon.app).


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