Deskovery Alternatives

Deskovery is described as 'OS X window manager. Windowshade, align, resize, change transparency of your windows' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Deskovery for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, PortableApps.com and KDE Plasma apps. The best Deskovery alternative is Rectangle, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Deskovery are BetterTouchTool, AquaSnap, Sizer and MacTiler.

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  1. Stay icon
     9 likes

    If you’re fastidious about keeping your windows tidy, Stay is for you. Stay ensures that your windows are always where you want them to be, even as you connect and disconnect displays.

    46 Stay alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  2. Taekwindow icon
     9 likes

    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
     
  3. Cinch icon
     24 likes

    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
     
  4. QuickTile icon
     5 likes

    A lightweight utility for allowing you to quickly snap windows to a tiling grid under your existing Linux window manager. Can be triggered via keyboard shortcuts, the command line, or D-Bus calls.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
     
  5. Multi Dock icon
     1 like

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

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. Slate icon
     7 likes

    Slate is a window management application similar to Divvy and SizeUp (except better and free!). Originally written to replace them due to some limitations in how each work, it attempts to overcome them by simply being extremely configurable.

    40 Slate alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Chameleon Window Manager 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).

    95 Chameleon Window Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
     
  8. SizeUp icon
     13 likes

    SizeUp allows you to quickly position a window to fill exactly half the screen (splitscreen), a quarter of the screen (quadrant), full screen, or centered via the menu bar or configurable system-wide shortcuts (hotkeys).

    63 SizeUp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Zones for Mac icon
     4 likes

    Useful window arrangement ("snap-to-edge") utility that works well with multiple screens.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. Penc icon
     6 likes

    Penc is a window manager app for macOS designed for use with the trackpad. It lets you use trackpad gestures along with the Command key to move, resize and snap windows to the screen.

    65 Penc alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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