Chameleon Window Manager Alternatives

Chameleon Window Manager is described as 'Will allow you to control the windows of your programs using customizable buttons added to the title bars of the windows (Always on Top, Minimize to Tray, Minimize to Caption, Specify Transparency, Position window at left/right of screen)' and is an app. There are more than 50 alternatives to Chameleon Window Manager for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, PortableApps.com, Linux and File Explorer apps. The best Chameleon Window Manager alternative is Rectangle, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Chameleon Window Manager are BetterTouchTool, SnapZones, AquaSnap and SmartSystemMenu.

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  1. Plumb icon
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    Plumb is designed to reduce the time spent manually moving windows on your desktop. With higher resolution and larger monitors becoming the norm it’s common to have several applications open at any given time — none of which really need 100% of the screen.

    46 Plumb alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Deskovery icon
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    Deskovery is an OS X window manager. Windowshade, align, resize, change transparency of your windows.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. Ghoster icon
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    Dims all windows except the active one.

    Features:

    • Place a transparent image across the screen.
    • Highly configurable.
    39 Ghoster alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. WindowSpace icon
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    WindowSpace is a powerful desktop enhancement utility for large monitors, widescreens and multi-monitor systems. Once installed, it allows you to manipulate windows in many new amazing ways – snap windows to the screen edges and other windows, move and resize them with keyboard...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. FreeSnap icon
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    Ever try to size a window so it just touches the edge of the screen? It’s tedious (at least for me). FreeSnap allows you to instantly resize any window edge to the corresponding screen edge. Want that window to touch the right edge of the screen?

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. winlayout icon
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    WinLayout is a program with keyboard hotkeys to move, resize, and snap windows all around the desktop area.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Taekwindow icon
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    Taekwindow is a simple, lightweight and free Windows program that allows you to move and resize windows by dragging them with the Alt key, similar to many X11 window managers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Cinch icon
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    Cinch is Aero Snap for Macs- it offers simple, mouse-driven window management by defining the left, right, and top edges of your screen as hot zones. Cinching to the left or right edges of the screen will resize the window to fill exactly half the screen, allowing you to easily...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Multi Dock icon
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    MultiDock is a simple application that allows you to organize frequently used applications, documents and folders using small panels (Dock’s).

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Easy Move+Resize is based on behavior found in many X11/Linux window managers, adding easy modifier key + mouse drag move and resize to OS X.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Sometimes a lot of deskop clutter can hide a window (eg, open file, programs, files-explorer, dialogs)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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