Free Magnet Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Magnet for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best free Mac alternative is Rectangle, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Magnet and 16 are free and available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Mac alternatives to Magnet are Loop - Window Management, BetterStage, Embark and Shiftit.

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  1. Rectangle icon
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    Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts. Rectangle is a window management app based on Spectacle Wndow Manager, written in Swift (programming language).

    85 Rectangle alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
     
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  2. Loop is a macOS app that simplifies window management for you! You can effortlessly choose your window direction using a radial menu triggered by a simple key press, and customize it according to your preferences with personalized colors and settings.

    38 Loop - Window Management alternatives

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    • Mac
     
  3. BetterStage icon
     7 likes

    Every window where it belongs. AI analyzes your open windows and organizes them into project-focused stages automatically. Then switch your entire multi-monitor setup between them instantly — no animations, no lag.

    27 BetterStage alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  4. Embark icon
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    These are all features I personally use frequently, unified through right-click mouse gestures and double-tap hotkeys — so the whole experience feels like adding an extra productivity layer on top of macOS that you can invoke effortlessly.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  5. Shiftit icon
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    ShiftIt is an application for OSX that allows you to quickly manipulate window position and size using keyboard shortcuts. It intends to become a full featured window organizer for OSX. It is a complete rewrite of the original ShiftIt by Aravindkumar Rajendiran which is not...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
     
  6. snApp icon
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    snApp is a powerful window management utility, built for the Mac. At its core, it is powered by the award-winning Siri Shortcut, Snap. 

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  7. yabai icon
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    yabai started as a C99 rewrite of chunkwm, originally supposed to be its first RC version.

    119 yabai alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
     
  8. Tiles icon
     5 likes

    Tiles is a window manager which allows you to easily reorganize windows by either dragging them to the edges of the screen, using keyboard shortcuts, or the menu bar.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
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  9. Easy Move+Resize is based on behavior found in many X11/Linux window managers, adding easy modifier key + mouse drag move and resize to OS X.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
     
  10. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
     
  11. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
     
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