PowerMenu Alternatives

PowerMenu is described as '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' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to PowerMenu for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, PortableApps.com, File Explorer and Thunderbird apps. The best PowerMenu alternative is SmartSystemMenu, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PowerMenu are MenuTools, RBTray, 4t Tray Minimizer and Actual Window Manager.

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PowerMenu is a small application that some extra menu items to the windows control menu in addition to the standard...

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PowerMenu alternatives page was last updated Jun 12, 2025
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    Set a window to stay on top with this single-function but handy application.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Stay On Top Features

    1.  On top

    Stay On Top VS PowerMenu

     
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    xNeat is a windows enhancement utility. With the free version you can change any windows transparency, hide it, make it always on top, send it to tray, change the process/thread priority, Shuffle the taskbar etc.

    31 xNeat Windows Manager alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    xNeat Windows Manager Features

    1.  On top
    2.  Transparency

    xNeat Windows Manager VS PowerMenu

     
  3. ZoneSize icon
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    Define zones that autosize windows dropped on them.

    Features:

    • Hold a window over a zone for .5 sec to autosize it.
    • Doubleclick the tray icon to center the active window.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    ZoneSize VS PowerMenu

     
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    browser window always on top.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox

    Always on Top (browser add-on) Features

    1.  On top

    Always on Top (browser add-on) VS PowerMenu

     
    • Always on Top (browser add-on) is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to PowerMenu.

    • Always on Top (browser add-on) is Free and ProprietaryPowerMenu is also Free and Proprietary
  5. stalonetray icon
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    Stalonetray is a stand-alone system tray (notification area) for X Window System/X11. Working with virtually any EWMH-compliant window manager, it has minimal build and run-time dependencies (X11 lib only). Complete XEMBED support under development.

    12 stalonetray alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • openSUSE
    • Arch Linux
    • Openbox
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Compiz
    • Debian
    • X11
    • Enlightenment
    • Xmonad

    stalonetray Features

    1.  KDE
    2.  X server
    3.  Notifications

    stalonetray VS PowerMenu

     
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    Thunderbird-Tray is a system tray launcher tool for Mozilla Thunderbird.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Thunderbird

    Thunderbird-Tray VS PowerMenu

     
  7. Vitrite icon
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    About Vitrite

    Screenshot Vitrite is a small Windows utility that allows you to manually adjust the level of transparency for almost any visible window. It does this by utilizing a capability present in Windows for variable window transparency.

    It was created by me, Ryan VanMi.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Vitrite Features

    1.  On top
    2.  Transparency

    Vitrite VS PowerMenu

     
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    Make Windows in caption bar size and recover again. Version 1.5 available. Version 1.1 download is compromised.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Shock Caption Features

    1.  Portable

    Shock Caption VS PowerMenu

     
  9. Ghost-It icon
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    Adjust the transparency of your active and inactive windows, taskbar, and desktop with this small application, which suffers from a minor performance glitch. Ghost-It places an icon on your system tray, with options to independently configure the transparency levels of your...

    5 Ghost-It alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, v1.04, released on April 09, 2002, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine.

    Ghost-It Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Transparency
    3.  On top
    4.  Sits in the System Tray

    Ghost-It VS PowerMenu

     
  10. SilentRun icon
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    SilentRun is a small and handy Windows system software tool that can easily let you run multiple programs silently in the background. It can hide program windows and interfaces, and increase or decrease the priority of background processes.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Windows

    SilentRun Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Portable
    3.  Hide apps

    SilentRun VS PowerMenu

     
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