Amethyst Alternatives

Apps similar to Amethyst include Hyprland, which is free and open source. Other options are Rectangle, niri, Sway and i3. There's no shortage of Window Managers like Amethyst, with more than 100 alternatives for Linux, Mac and Windows.

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  1. Hyperfocused icon
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    Apps in the right spot with one click.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  2. Automatic tiling window manager for Windows 10.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  3. WindowTidy icon
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    Arrange your application windows using nothing but drag and drop! There are no hot-keys to remember or menus to click, just drag and drop a window onto Layout Icon and it will instantly snap to that layout.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  4. pekwm icon
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    pekwm is a window manager that once up on a time was based on the aewm++ window manager, but it has evolved enough that it no longer resembles aewm++ at all. It has a much expanded feature-set, including window grouping (similar to ion, pwm, or fluxbox), autoproperties...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  5. BentoBox icon
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    BentoBox is a versatile window manager for macOS that enhances your productivity by allowing you to snap windows into customizable zones. Inspired by FancyZones on Windows, BentoBox provides a grid-based approach to organizing your workspace, helping you maintain a clean and...

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    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. Mosaic allows you to effortlessly resize and re-position windows on your Mac with a simple Drag & Drop, seamlessly integrated into macOS.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • MacPaw Setapp
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  7. Phoenix icon
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    Phoenix is a lightweight OS X window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript. You can also easily use languages which compile to JavaScript such as CoffeeScript. Phoenix aims for efficiency and a very small footprint.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  8. Whim icon
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    Whim is a hackable, pluggable and scriptable dynamic window manager for Windows 10 and 11, built using WinUI 3, .NET, and C# scripting.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9.  1 like

    Blackbox is an original window manager, sharing no code with any others. It's designed to be fairly small and minimal, making it particularly suited to less powerful computers. It doesn't support images, other than generated gradients, but it does support multiple...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10.  1 like

    A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor using wlroots, with desktop semantics inspired by xmonad.

    Cost / License

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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  11. Autumn is a full customizable window manager for Mac with a built-in IDE for coders to configure everything with JavaScript or TypeScript.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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