Windows
Windows 11 · Intel, AMD or Arm
- Run the downloaded
.exe. Bring Later lives in the notification area; nothing is installed. - If SmartScreen appears, select More info, then Run anyway.
- Press Win Shift Z on any window.
Snooze a window until you actually need it.
Press a shortcut on any window and pick a time. It disappears, then comes back exactly where it was, when you said it would.
Free and open source. Windows 11 and macOS 14 or later.
The usual times are one key away
In an hour, this evening, tomorrow morning, next week. Press Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+5, use the arrow keys, or click. Times follow your clock settings, and you decide what “evening” and “morning” mean.
Or type it the way you’d say it
Bring Later reads the time as you type and shows exactly when the window will come back before you press Enter.
- 30m
- In 30 minutes
- 7pm
- Today at 7:00 PM
- tomorrow 9
- Tomorrow at 9:00 AM
- fri 2pm
- Friday at 2:00 PM
- next week
- Monday at 9:00 AM
- oct 3
- October 3 at 9:00 AM
Everything you snoozed, in one place
Click Bring Later in the notification area to see what’s waiting and when it’s due. Bring a window back early, or give it a different time.
Nothing gets lost
A hidden window with no way back would be worse than clutter, so every path ends with your windows on screen.
- Quit, sign out, or crash
- Every snoozed window comes back first. The snooze is saved before a window is hidden, never after.
- The app closes the window
- You still get the reminder at the time you picked, so the thought isn’t lost with it.
- You need it sooner
- Bring it back from the list at any time. If the app shows the window again on its own, the snooze simply ends.
- Your computer was asleep
- Anything that came due while it slept comes back as soon as it wakes.
Settings that stay out of the way
Change the shortcut, what “this evening” means, and whether returning windows come to the front or wait quietly behind what you’re doing. Light and dark follow Windows.
Download
No installer and no account. Bring Later isn’t code-signed yet, so your system asks once before the first launch.
macOS
macOS 14 or later · Apple silicon and Intel
- Unzip and move Bring Later to Applications.
- Open it once, then choose Open Anyway in System Settings › Privacy & Security.
- Allow Accessibility access, then press ⌃ ⌥ Z on any window.
Private by design
No account, no analytics, and no network requests unless you choose Check for updates. Window titles stay on your computer. The code is on GitHub under the MIT License, so you don’t have to take our word for it.
Read the source on GitHub