Cost / License
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Application type
Platforms
- Mac




Apps similar to Penc include Rectangle, which is open source with a free version. Other options are BetterTouchTool, SnapZones, AquaSnap and WinMux. Window Managers like Penc are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Mac, Windows, Linux and Android.




VEEER is a lightweight window manager for your mac OSX - designed for designers & developers and built for a maximum workflow speed.

Deskovery is an OS X window manager. Windowshade, align, resize, change transparency of your windows.




Plumb is designed to reduce the time spent manually moving windows on your desktop. With higher resolution and larger monitors becoming the norm it’s common to have several applications open at any given time — none of which really need 100% of the screen.




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...


If you’re fastidious about keeping your windows tidy, Stay is for you. Stay ensures that your windows are always where you want them to be, even as you connect and disconnect displays.
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.

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...

A lightweight utility for allowing you to quickly snap windows to a tiling grid under your existing Linux window manager. Can be triggered via keyboard shortcuts, the command line, or D-Bus calls.
MultiDock is a simple application that allows you to organize frequently used applications, documents and folders using small panels (Dock’s).



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

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).



