Aero

Your everyday web,
without the noise.

A native Mac browser, built around tabs and keyboard shortcuts.

Take a look Follow development
In developmentmacOS 27+ Apple Silicon
Explore three screenshots of Aero
Aero displaying getaero.app, with pinned sites, an active tab and profile controls in the sidebar.
Pinned sites at the top. Tabs below. Profiles a click away.
The address bar open over the current page in Aero.
An address, a search, a tab or a command. Start in the same place.
The same page in Aero with the sidebar hidden, leaving the full window for the website.
Hide the sidebar when you want the whole window for the page.

Actual screenshots · Development build

The things you do
a hundred times a day.

Switch tabs, open links, find your way back.

A place for your tabs.

Pin favourite sites, reorder tabs and keep browsing data separate with profiles.

Back to the tab you just left.

Use ⌃ Tab to switch between recent tabs. Release Control to choose.

A shortcut to the next thing.

⌘ L opens the current address. ⌘ K brings up commands.

One bar.
All within reach.

Enter an address, search the web, find a tab or run a command. All from the same bar.

Aero’s control bar showing an address and an Open result.
The control bar · Development build

Quick when you need it.
Quiet when you don’t.

Built with responsiveness, memory use and idle energy in mind.

Native to the Mac
Swift, SwiftUI and AppKit for the interface. WebKit for the web.
Load what you use
Restore your tab list without loading every page at startup.
Let inactive tabs rest
Unload eligible background tabs, with checks for media, downloads and unsent input.

Still being built.
Already on GitHub.

Aero is a personal project by Mathis Lambert. Follow the changes or share an idea on GitHub.

Explore the code

Can I try it?

There’s no public download yet. You can build Aero from source on an Apple Silicon Mac running macOS 27 or later.

What’s still missing?

Browser import, extensions and credential integration are not implemented yet.

Have an idea or found a bug?

Open an issue on GitHub