Emcee Alternatives

Emcee is described as 'gives you a better way: one customizable keystroke or hot-corner gesture, or a tap on an icon brings up live thumbnail views of all your apps, both desktop and Windows Store, in one convenient, easy to manage view' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are nine alternatives to Emcee for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best alternative is Dexpot. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try WinXCorners or Sawfish. Other great apps like Emcee are Mission Control, BetterDesktopTool, Topdesk and Winflip.

Emcee alternatives are mainly Window Managers but may also be Shell Extensions or Desktop Environments. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Emcee.

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Emcee

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
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Dead app. 3 years since the last update. Not compatible with current version of Windows. See changelog: http://www.dexpot.de/?id=changelog
Mission Control
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Paid • Proprietary
Window Manager
Mac
27 alternatives to Mission Control
Mission Control, formerly Exposé, is a feature of the OS X operating system.
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Bundled with macOS
Window organizer
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WinXCorners
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
2 alternatives to WinXCorners
WinXcorners lets you use your monitor's corners to trigger special events like starting the screen saver or showing the Windows Task view. It activates when your mouse cursor hovers at the screen corners and can be customized to do a number of actions.
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WinXCorners Features
Support for Hot corners
Trigger corners
BetterDesktopTool
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Window Manager
Windows
10 alternatives to BetterDesktopTool
Looking for Expose and Spaces on Windows ? BetterDesktopTool makes Expose and Spaces like Features avialabe on Windows PCs. Offering Mouse + Keyboard shortcuts and Active-Edges it is easy to use.
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1. Support for Multiple MonitorsBetterDesktopTool supports the use of multiple displays.
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Sawfish
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Desktop Environment
Linux
33 alternatives to Sawfish
Sawfish is an extensible window manager using a Lisp-based scripting language. Its policy is very minimal compared to most window managers. Its aim is simply to manage windows in the most flexible and attractive manner possible.
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1. Support for scriptingSawfish supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
Topdesk
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
19 alternatives to Topdesk
TopDesk radically reduces the time you spend switching between tasks by giving you the ability to quickly find the window you want from a thumbnail view.

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The site has not been updated since 2016, the latest version does not work well on Windows 10
Winflip
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
18 alternatives to Winflip
WinFlip emulates Windows Vistas "Flip 3D" effect for Windows XP. Using the hotkey of your choice, you can find the window youre looking for in a fast, clean 3D interface.
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Configurable
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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Multiple desktops
Deskpose NXT
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Paid • Proprietary
Shell Extension
Windows
18 alternatives to Deskpose NXT
The ultimate desktop organizer. DeskPose NXT helps you to find your applications fast, organize your desktop and become more productive.

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The site has not been updated since 2012, the latest version does not work well on Windows 10

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