GhostWin Alternatives

GhostWin is described as 'Allows you to make any window slightly or completely transparent, and automatically adjusts the transparency level of windows that are being moved or sized so you can see what's underneath them ahead of time' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are nine alternatives to GhostWin for Windows and File Explorer. The best GhostWin alternative is SmartSystemMenu, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GhostWin are MenuTools, eXtra Buttons, Chameleon Window Manager and TopMenu.

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GhostWin alternatives page was last updated Apr 8, 2021
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  1. SmartSystemMenu icon

    SmartSystemMenu

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    SmartSystemMenu extends system menu of all windows in the system. It appends next custom items to menu:

    43 SmartSystemMenu alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    SmartSystemMenu screenshot 1

    Top SmartSystemMenu Features

    1.  Sits in the System Tray
    2.  On top
    3.  Window Resizing
    4.  Transparency
    5.  Pin the specified window on top of all
    6.  Change Monitor
    7.  No registration required
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Portable
    11.  Prioritize tasks

    SmartSystemMenu VS GhostWin

     

    • SmartSystemMenu is the most popular Windows alternative to GhostWin.

    • SmartSystemMenu is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to GhostWin.

    • SmartSystemMenu is Free and Open SourceGhostWin is Free and Proprietary
  2. MenuTools icon

    MenuTools

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    MenuTools is a simple program that adds options for task priority, window transparency, and Always On Top to open dialog windows.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • BR flagBrazil

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Example: Notepad running on Microsoft Windows 8 x64.

    MenuTools Features

    1.  On top
    2.  Transparency
    3.  Make window transparent
    4. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    5.  Prioritize tasks

    MenuTools VS GhostWin

     
  4. eXtra Buttons icon

    eXtra Buttons

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    eXtra Buttons lets you add up to 10 additional buttons to the title bar of each window, which allow you to minimize the window to the tray, keep it on-top, send it to the background, adjust the window's transparency and more.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
    Options - Buttons Set
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    eXtra Buttons Features

    1. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    2.  Pin the specified window on top of all
    3.  On top

    eXtra Buttons VS GhostWin

     
  5. Chameleon Window Manager icon

    Chameleon Window Manager

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    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).

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
    Chameleon Window Manager - Buttons

    Chameleon Window Manager Features

    1. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    2.  On top

    Chameleon Window Manager VS GhostWin

     
  6. TopMenu icon

    TopMenu

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    TopMenu is a functionality clone of PowerMenu, but designed to be compatible with Windows 7 and 64-bit systems.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    TopMenu Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Transparency
    3.  On top

    TopMenu VS GhostWin

     
  7. Moo0 WindowMenuPlus icon

    Moo0 WindowMenuPlus

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    Moo0 WindowMenuPlus lets you have extra useful menus in every windows "system window menu". Its the menu that you can access through right-clicking on any windows title bar or taskbar button. This tool can add extra menus there such as "Keep on Top"...

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Moo0 WindowMenuPlus screenshot 1

    Moo0 WindowMenuPlus Features

    1.  Transparency
    2.  On top

    Moo0 WindowMenuPlus VS GhostWin

     
  9. Glass2k icon

    Glass2k

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    Small little program that allows Windows 2000/XP users to make any window transparent. Right-click on any window or press the keyboard shortcuts (Control + Shift + [0-9]) to make any window transparent. Its that simple.

    7 Glass2k alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Example 1

    Glass2k Features

    1.  Transparency

    Glass2k VS GhostWin

     
  10. xNeat Windows Manager icon

    xNeat Windows Manager

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    xNeat is a windows enhancement utility. With the free version you can change any windows transparency, hide it, make it always on top, send it to tray, change the process/thread priority, Shuffle the taskbar etc.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    xNeat Windows Manager screenshot 1

    xNeat Windows Manager Features

    1.  On top
    2.  Transparency

    xNeat Windows Manager VS GhostWin

     
  11. Ghost-It icon

    Ghost-It

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    Adjust the transparency of your active and inactive windows, taskbar, and desktop with this small application, which suffers from a minor performance glitch. Ghost-It places an icon on your system tray, with options to independently configure the transparency levels of your...

    5 Ghost-It alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Ghost-It screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, v1.04, released on April 09, 2002, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine.

    Ghost-It Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Transparency
    3.  On top
    4.  Sits in the System Tray

    Ghost-It VS GhostWin

     
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