mDesktop Alternatives

mDesktop is described as 'lightweight application that allows the user to utilize multiple virtual desktops. Also, mDesktop integrates with Hotcorners. mDesktop currently supports up to ten virtual desktops' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to mDesktop for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, BSD, PortableApps.com and Spaces apps. The best mDesktop alternative is Dexpot. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try VirtuaWin or WindowsPager. Other great apps like mDesktop are Sysinternals Desktops, Vista and XP Virtual Desktops, KWin and TotalSpaces.

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

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mDesktop

Free • Open Source
Windows

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Dexpot
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Windows
28 Dexpot alternatives
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).
- - Dexpot is the most popular Windows alternative to mDesktop.
- - Dexpot is the most popular free alternative to mDesktop.
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Dexpot Features
Multiple desktops
Discontinued
Dead app. 3 years since the last update. Not compatible with current version of Windows. See changelog: http://www.dexpot.de/?id=changelog
VirtuaWin
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Free • Open Source
Windows
PortableApps.com
25 VirtuaWin alternatives
VirtuaWin is a virtual desktop manager for the Windows operating system (Win9x/ME/NT/Win2K/XP/Win2003/Vista/Win7/Win10). A virtual desktop manager lets you organize applications over several virtual desktops (also called ‘workspaces’).
- - VirtuaWin is the most popular Open Source alternative to mDesktop.
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VirtuaWin Features
1. PortableVirtuaWin can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
WindowsPager
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Free • Open Source
Windows
13 WindowsPager alternatives
WindowsPager is a desktop-switcher/pager for Windows to manage virtual workspaces/desktops. It will integrate smoothly into the desktop panel.
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Discontinued
Hasn't been updated since 2011, see changelog:http://windowspager.sourceforge.net/changelog.html
Sysinternals Desktops
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
15 Sysinternals Desktops alternatives
Desktops allows you to organize your applications on up to four virtual desktops. Read email on one, browse the web on the second, and do work in your productivity software on the third, without the clutter of the windows you’re not using.
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Discontinued
last version released: 2012
Vista and XP Virtual Desktops
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Free • Open Source
Windows
15 Vista and XP Virtual Desktops alternatives
One of Vistas most talked-about new features is the Desktop Window Manager (DWM). A new set of thumbnail APIs can be used to access thumbnails of open windows. This virtual desktop program takes advantage of this new API and uses some tricks of its own to provide a powerful...
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KWin
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Shell Extension
Linux
BSD
36 KWin alternatives
KWin is a window manager for the X Window System, and is in the process of becoming a Wayland compositor. It is an integral part, and the default window manager of the Plasma Workspaces, but it can also be used on its own or with other desktop environments.
- - KWin is the most popular Linux alternative to mDesktop.
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KWin Features
Extensible window manager
TotalSpaces
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
Spaces
19 TotalSpaces alternatives
TotalSpaces provides a grid of spaces on OSX Lion

An easy to use 2D grid of desktops, inspired by the implementation OS X Snow Leopard. Navigate using the cursor keys, choose your transitions, and quickly access a birds eye view of your grid of spaces where you can manage your a.
- - TotalSpaces is the most popular Mac alternative to mDesktop.
- - TotalSpaces is the most popular commercial alternative to mDesktop.
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Sawfish
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Desktop Environment
Linux
33 Sawfish alternatives
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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Sawfish Features
1. Support for scriptingSawfish supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
Virtuoz
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Desktop Customization Tool
Desktop Environment
Windows
23 Virtuoz alternatives
Virtuoz was designed to be a minimal and robust program that allows to have more than one desktop on Windows. It was inspired by Sysinternals Desktops, but uses a different approach, which doesn’t impose the limitations which Desktops is bound to.
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Virtuoz Features
1. PortableVirtuoz can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Multiple desktops
zVirtualDesktop
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
13 zVirtualDesktop alternatives
A virtual desktop manager - "Windows 10 Virtual Desktop Hotkeys and System Tray Icon".
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zVirtualDesktop Features
1. PortablezVirtualDesktop can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Sits in the System Tray
9Desks
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Free • Proprietary
Shell Extension
Windows
27 9Desks alternatives
9Desks - Virtual Desktops, desktop manager, multi desktops, enhanced virtual desktops
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9Desks Features
Multiple desktops
goScreen
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
19 goScreen alternatives
GoScreen is truly indispensable tool on any Microsoft Windows computer. It creates a number of virtual pages on the monitor screen. When a program is started, it is placed on the current - "active" screen page. When one then goes to another page, the program is left on.
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Multiple desktops

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