Dragthing Alternatives

Dragthing is described as 'DragThing is the original dock designed to tidy up your Macintosh desktop' and is a application launcher in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Dragthing for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, BSD and iPad apps. The best Dragthing alternative is Fences. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try RocketDock or Desktop Fences+. Other great apps like Dragthing are Cairo-Dock, Docky, SupaSidebar and iTop Easy Desktop.

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  1. Dockside icon
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    Dockside is your friendly file shelf next to the macOS Dock, where you can drag and drop files, folders, apps, images, videos, and text for quick access or later use.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  2. MaxLauncher icon
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    MaxLauncher is a simple tabbed launcher that was designed to reduce the amount of time to find and run a program. It is capable of creating multiple data files, each of which can have a maximum of 10 tabs. Each tab and button is assigned a key(eg. F1-F10, 0-9, A-Z, etc.

    42 MaxLauncher alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Yoink icon
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    Yoink simplifies drag and drop between windows, apps, spaces and fullscreen apps.

    16 Yoink alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • Yoink is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Dragthing.

    • Yoink is Paid and ProprietaryDragthing is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Yoink is LightweightDragthing is not according to our users
  4. ShakePin icon
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    Open source Dropover alternative.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. DeskSweep icon
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    Boost your productivity by eliminating clutter—DeskSweep automatically organizes your desktop by moving files to a designated folder, ensuring a clean and distraction-free workspace.

    29 DeskSweep alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. Dropover icon
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    Dropover is a macOS utility that makes Drag and Drop easier. Use it to stash, gather or move any draggable content without having to open side-by-side windows.

    15 Dropover alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. tint2 icon
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    tint2 is a simple panel/taskbar unintrusive and light (memory / cpu / aestetic). We try to get virtual desktop and multi-monitor easier to use. We follow freedesktop specifications.

    31 tint2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Avant Window Navigator (AWN/Awn) is a dock-like navigation bar for the linux desktop that positions itself at the bottom of the screen. It can be used to keep track of open windows and behaves like a normal window list.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. Dropzone icon
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    Dropzone is a productivity app for the Mac that makes it faster and easier to move and copy files, launch applications, upload to many different services, and more.

    27 Dropzone alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. Sidebar icon
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    Sidebar transforms the macOS Dock experience, offering multi-screen support, customizable preferences, live previews on Ventura, and window management with WindowSnap. It reserves screen space to optimize display usage and supports storing multiple window configurations for flexible setups.

    60 Sidebar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. Another Dock icon
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    A Second Dock. Elegant, Efficient, Intuitive. Pin any file, folder, or app — and keep it always accessible in Another Dock.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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