Portals: Desktop Organization AlternativesDesktop Customization Tools & Shell Extensions like Portals: Desktop Organization

Portals: Desktop Organization is described as 'Create containers (aka Portals) on your desktop which show the contents of a specified folder. Divide your desktop into folders then use Portals to display the contents of the folders in an organized fashion - you can even hide the folders away somewhere else' and is a popular desktop customization tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Portals: Desktop Organization for Windows, Mac, Linux and Steam. The best Portals: Desktop Organization alternative is Fences. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try iTop Easy Desktop or Sideslide. Other great apps like Portals: Desktop Organization are Sparkle AI, Nimi Places, XLaunchpad and Coodesker.

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Create containers (aka Portals) on your desktop which show the contents of a specified folder. Divide your desktop into folders then use Portals to display the contents of the folders in an organized fashion - you can even...

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  1. Fences icon
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    Fences

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    Desktop organization tool for Windows 10/11, automating file and app categorization in customizable areas. Includes snapshot saving, quick-access keys, Chameleon feature, and enterprise deployment tools.

    20 Fences alternatives
    Maintain a distraction-free desktop.

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    • Windows
    • Steam

    Fences Features

    1.  Group Icons
    'Roll up' fences to their title bar to save space.
    Customize fence color, opacity, and more.
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    Right-click on your desktop to access desktop settings.
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    • Fences is the most popular Windows alternative to Portals: Desktop Organization.

    • Fences is the most popular commercial alternative to Portals: Desktop Organization.

    • Fences is Paid and ProprietaryPortals: Desktop Organization is Free and Proprietary
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    Sparkle AI

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    Sparkle uses AI to create a unique folder system and organize every new file (and all your old ones) into the right place. It manages your Downloads, Desktop, and Documents folders so you don't have to.

    18 Sparkle AI alternatives
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    • Mac

    Sparkle AI Features

    1.  AI-Powered
    2.  File Organizer
    3.  Automate File Organization
    4.  Folder structure
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    • Sparkle AI is the most popular Mac alternative to Portals: Desktop Organization.

    • Sparkle AI is Paid and ProprietaryPortals: Desktop Organization is Free and Proprietary
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    iTop Easy Desktop

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    iTop Easy Desktop is a free and easy-to-use desktop manager to organize your desktop apps, files, and folders according to your rules, freeing you from laboriously sorting desktop icons. It delivers various practical features including but not limited to grouping desktop items...

    19 iTop Easy Desktop alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
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    • iTop Easy Desktop is the most popular free alternative to Portals: Desktop Organization.

    • iTop Easy Desktop is Free and ProprietaryPortals: Desktop Organization is also Free and Proprietary
    • iTop Easy Desktop is CustomizablePortals: Desktop Organization is not according to our users
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    Desktop organization tool for Windows 10/11, automating file and app categorization in customizable areas. Includes snapshot saving, quick-access keys, Chameleon feature, and enterprise deployment tools.

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    Nimi Places

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    Organizes desktop into customizable containers - showing folders (e.g.: local folders, network locations) contents, displayed as icons/thumbnails on scrollable surface. In-built thumbnail engine is capable of displaying thumbnails for supported Open Documents and PSD images, but...

    16 Nimi Places alternatives
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    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Group Icons
    3.  Skinnable
    4.  Special Folders
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    Sideslide

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    SideSlide is an advanced, portable, unobtrusive, dockable, skinnable, instantly accessible, highly configurable Desktop Extension on Steroids! Clean desktop clutter and make your computer friendlier and faster than ever before.

    21 Sideslide alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Sideslide Features

    1.  Launcher
    2.  Multitasking
    3.  Portable
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    XLaunchpad

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    XLaunchpad gives you instant access to all your shortcuts. Arrange apps in XLaunchpad any way you like by dragging icons to different locations or by grouping apps in folders. Simply drag one icon over another to create a folder.

    54 XLaunchpad alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows

    XLaunchpad Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Launcher
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  10. Coodesker icon
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    Coodesker

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    Automatically organize your desktop shortcuts icons and running tasks.

    12 Coodesker alternatives
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    • Windows

    Coodesker Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Ad-free
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  11. Folderview Screenlet icon
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    Folderview Screenlet

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    Folderview Screenlet is a Linux alternative to Fences (which is for Windows).

    7 Folderview Screenlet alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Screenlets

    Folderview Screenlet Features

    1.  Group Icons
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    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last version, 0.9.9, released in August 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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    • Folderview Screenlet is the most popular Linux alternative to Portals: Desktop Organization.

    • Folderview Screenlet is Free and ProprietaryPortals: Desktop Organization is also Free and Proprietary
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    ToolBox

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    ToolBox is an application launcher for Windows operating systems with many amazing features. Easy to install, you can get going in minutes. Its drag & drop interface creates shortcuts to almost anything; applications, drives, folders, even simple files.

    9 ToolBox alternatives
    Organized Desktop

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    ToolBox Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Drag and Drop
    3.  Group Icons
    3 transparent windows, different border settings & icon display modes
    Icons copyright by Dave Brasgalla (www.pixelhuset.se)
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    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last version, 2.97h, released in May 2011, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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    Partitions

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    Organize and declutter your desktop by creating containers of icons and shortcuts or add multiple explorer windows right on your desktop.

    9 Partitions alternatives
    With the main window, change the appearance of partitions

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Partitions Features

    1.  Widgets
    Customize the color and size of partition contents
    Use to organize and replace desktop shortcuts
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    DesktopShelves

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    DesktopShelves helps you fight the clutter on your desktop by organizing files on shelves. A shelf the size of 5 icons holds 20 files.

    12 DesktopShelves alternatives
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    • Mac

    DesktopShelves Features

    1.  Group Icons
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    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last version, 2.1.4, released in November 2013, can be still bought from Mac App Store.

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  15. Desktop Groups icon
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    Desktop Groups

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    The app lets you create groups of related files on your desktop. You can freely move groups of files around on your desktop and add or remove files via drag & drop.

    9 Desktop Groups alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac

    Desktop Groups Features

    1.  File Organizer
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