CubeDesktop NXT Alternatives

CubeDesktop NXT is described as 'provides you up to 16 workspaces, each with its own wallpaper and set of icons, allowing you to quickly and easily switch between them using a live and interactive 3D environment' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to CubeDesktop NXT for Windows, Linux, BSD and PortableApps.com. The best alternative is Dexpot. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Compiz or VirtuaWin. Other great apps like CubeDesktop NXT are bug.n, KWin, DeskSpace and Virtuoz.

CubeDesktop NXT alternatives are mainly Window Managers but may also be Desktop Environments or Desktop Customization Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of CubeDesktop NXT.

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CubeDesktop NXT

Paid • Proprietary
Window Manager
Windows

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Dexpot
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Windows
28 alternatives to Dexpot
Dexpot turns your monitor into up to 20. It creates and manages virtual desktops and enables you to work far more efficiently and comfortably with many simultaneously opened windows on Windows 95/98/ME and NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista (incl. x64).
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Multiple desktops
Discontinued
Dead app. 3 years since the last update. Not compatible with current version of Windows. See changelog: http://www.dexpot.de/?id=changelog
Compiz
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
29 alternatives to Compiz
Compiz is a compositing manager adding fancy effects to your windows, from drop shadows to awesome desktop effects like the Desktop Cube or the Expo view.

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VirtuaWin
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Free • Open Source
Windows
PortableApps.com
25 alternatives to VirtuaWin
VirtuaWin is a virtual desktop manager for the Windows operating system (Win9x/ME/NT/Win2K/XP/Win2003/Vista/Win7/Win10). A virtual desktop manager lets you organize applications over several virtual desktops (also called ‘workspaces’).
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1. PortableVirtuaWin can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
bug.n
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Windows
52 alternatives to bug.n
bug.n is a tiling window manager add-on for Microsoft Windows. It is written in the scripting language AutoHotkey.
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1. Portablebug.n can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Tiling
Workspaces
Customization
Feed Reader
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KWin
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Shell Extension
Linux
BSD
36 alternatives to KWin
KWin is a window manager for the X Window System, and is in the process of becoming a Wayland compositor. It is an integral part, and the default window manager of the Plasma Workspaces, but it can also be used on its own or with other desktop environments.
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Extensible window manager
DeskSpace
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Paid • Proprietary
Desktop Environment
Desktop Customization Tool
Windows
16 alternatives to DeskSpace
DeskSpace is a 3D desktop visualisation tool, allowing you to seamlessly switch between 9 desktops.
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Multiple desktops
Virtuoz
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Desktop Customization Tool
Desktop Environment
Windows
23 alternatives to Virtuoz
Virtuoz was designed to be a minimal and robust program that allows to have more than one desktop on Windows. It was inspired by Sysinternals Desktops, but uses a different approach, which doesn’t impose the limitations which Desktops is bound to.
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1. PortableVirtuoz can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Multiple desktops
9Desks
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Free • Proprietary
Shell Extension
Windows
27 alternatives to 9Desks
9Desks - Virtual Desktops, desktop manager, multi desktops, enhanced virtual desktops
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Gala
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
11 alternatives to Gala
Gala is a window manager / compositing manager and an integral part of Pantheon, the desktop environment of elementary OS.
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Compositor
goScreen
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
19 alternatives to goScreen
GoScreen is truly indispensable tool on any Microsoft Windows computer. It creates a number of virtual pages on the monitor screen. When a program is started, it is placed on the current - "active" screen page. When one then goes to another page, the program is left on.
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