Optimal Layout Alternatives

Optimal Layout is described as 'Powerful Mac OS X application for managing your applications windows. Optimal Layout gives you keyboard shortcuts to instantly organize your windows and simple ways to layout windows with your mouse' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Optimal Layout for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, File Explorer, PortableApps.com and Linux apps. The best Optimal Layout alternative is BetterTouchTool. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try AquaSnap or SmartSystemMenu. Other great apps like Optimal Layout are Divvy, altdrag, WindowGrid and Moom.

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Optimal Layout is a powerful Mac OS X application for managing your applications windows. Optimal Layout gives you keyboard shortcuts to instantly organize your windows and simple ways to layout windows with your mouse.

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Optimal Layout alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2022
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  1. Ghoster icon
    Ghoster icon

    Ghoster

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    Dims all windows except the active one.

    Features:

    • Place a transparent image across the screen.
    • Highly configurable.
    40 Ghoster alternatives
    Ghoster screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. WindowSpace icon
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    WindowSpace

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    WindowSpace is a powerful desktop enhancement utility for large monitors, widescreens and multi-monitor systems. Once installed, it allows you to manipulate windows in many new amazing ways – snap windows to the screen edges and other windows, move and resize them with keyboard...

    36 WindowSpace alternatives
    Snap-To-Side

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    WindowSpace Features

    1.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    2.  Window docking
    3.  Snap windows
    Snap-To-Corners
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  4. Taekwindow icon
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    Taekwindow

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    Taekwindow is a simple, lightweight and free Windows program that allows you to move and resize windows by dragging them with the Alt key, similar to many X11 window managers.

    75 Taekwindow alternatives
    Taekwindow screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Taekwindow Features

    1.  Portable
    Discontinued

    The last update is from March 2011.

    Taekwindow iconOptimal Layout Icon

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  6. KDE Mover-Sizer icon
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    KDE Mover-Sizer

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    KDE Mover-Sizer is a lightweight program enabling KDE-style alt-click moving and resizing for Windows XP, 7, 2000, 2003, Windows Server, and Vista.

    85 KDE Mover-Sizer alternatives
    KDE Mover-Sizer screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    2.  Snap windows
    KDE Mover-Sizer screenshot 1
    KDE Mover-Sizer iconOptimal Layout Icon

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  7. Easy Move+Resize icon
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    Easy Move+Resize

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    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.

    57 Easy Move+Resize alternatives
    Easy Move+Resize screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Easy Move+Resize iconOptimal Layout Icon

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  8. MoveInactiveWin icon
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    MoveInactiveWin

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    Sometimes a lot of deskop clutter can hide a window (eg, open file, programs, files-explorer, dialogs)

    82 MoveInactiveWin alternatives
    MoveInactiveWin screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    MoveInactiveWin Features

    1.  Window organizer
    MoveInactiveWin iconOptimal Layout Icon

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  10. Cinch icon
    Cinch icon

    Cinch

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    Cinch is Aero Snap for Macs- it offers simple, mouse-driven window management by defining the left, right, and top edges of your screen as hot zones. Cinching to the left or right edges of the screen will resize the window to fill exactly half the screen, allowing you to easily...

    61 Cinch alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  11. Chameleon Window Manager icon
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    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).

    92 Chameleon Window Manager alternatives
    Chameleon Window Manager - Buttons

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer

    Chameleon Window Manager Features

    1.  Windows Explorer Extension
    2.  On top
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    Chameleon Window Manager iconOptimal Layout Icon

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  12. Slate icon
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    Slate

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    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.

    33 Slate alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Slate iconOptimal Layout Icon

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  13. PowerMenu icon
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    PowerMenu

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    PowerMenu is a small application that some extra menu items to the windows control menu in addition to the standard "Close", "Maximize", etc options. The extra menus are: Priority, Always On Top, Transparency and Minimize To Tray.

    44 PowerMenu alternatives
    Explorer Context Menu Example

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer

    PowerMenu Features

    1.  Transparency
    2.  On top
    Application Context Menu Example
    Discontinued

    The app is no longer updated, but it can be still downloaded from the official website.

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  14. Penc icon
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    Penc

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    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.

    66 Penc alternatives
    Penc screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Snap windows
    Penc iconOptimal Layout Icon

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  15. MultiDock icon
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    MultiDock

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    MultiDock is a simple application that allows you to organize frequently used applications, documents and folders using small panels (Dock’s).

    65 MultiDock alternatives
    MultiDock screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac

    MultiDock Features

    1.  Dock
    MultiDock screenshot 1
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