Slate Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Slate for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Rectangle, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Slate and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Slate are Divvy, Shiftit, Moom and Amethyst.

Slate alternatives are mainly Window Managers but may also be Application Launchers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Slate.

Slate

Free • Open Source
Window Manager

Slate is a window management application similar to Divvy and SizeUp (except better and free!). Originally written to...

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Rectangle
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Freemium • Open Source
Window Manager
Mac
67 Rectangle alternatives
Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts. Rectangle is a window management app based on Spectacle, written in Apple Swift.
- - Rectangle is the most popular Mac alternative to Slate.
- - Rectangle is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Slate.
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Rectangle Features
1. Ad-freeRectangle doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
2. LightweightRectangle consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Window Resizing
Usability
Window move resize
Snap windows
Low memory usage
FOSS
Divvy
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Paid • Proprietary
Window Manager
Mac
Windows
86 Divvy alternatives
Divvy is an entirely new way of managing your workspace. It allows you to quickly and efficiently "divvy up" your screen into exact portions.
- - Divvy is the most popular commercial alternative to Slate.
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Divvy Features
1. Support for Multiple MonitorsDivvy supports the use of multiple displays.
Window organizer
Snap windows
Discontinued
The project seems no longer developed. Last version, 1.5.2, released in August 2019, can be still downloaded and bought from the official website and from the Appstore.
Shiftit
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Mac
70 Shiftit alternatives
ShiftIt is an application for OSX that allows you to quickly manipulate window position and size using keyboard shortcuts. It intends to become a full featured window organizer for OSX. It is a complete rewrite of the original ShiftIt by Aravindkumar Rajendiran which is not...
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Shiftit Features
1. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Shiftit without registration.
Window move resize
Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
Window organizer
Discontinued
This project is looking for a new maintainer. Until that transition is completed, there will likely not be further development on this project.from https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt/blob/master/README.md
Moom
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Paid • Proprietary
Window Manager
Mac
70 Moom alternatives
Moom makes window management as easy as clicking a mouse button—or using a keyboard shortcut, if you're one of those types of people.
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Moom Features
Visual Organization
Snapping
Snap windows
Amethyst
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Mac
60 Amethyst alternatives
Amethyst is a tiling window manager for Mac similar to the xmonad tiling window manager popular on Linux. Amethyst is written in Objective-C and has configurable shortcuts, multi-monitor support, multiple layouts, and the option to float certain applications.
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Amethyst Features
Snap windows
Tiling Layouts
Customize Windows
Multi Column View
Autostart
Mouse tracking
Application whitelisting
Floating windows
Toggle
Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
Mjolnir
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Free • Open Source
Mac
49 Mjolnir alternatives
Lightweight automation and productivity power-tool for OS X.
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yabai
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Mac
69 yabai alternatives
yabai started as a C99 rewrite of chunkwm, originally supposed to be its first RC version.
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yabai Features
Customizable
Automatic window tiling
Tiling Layouts
Tiling Window Manager
Tiling
Penc
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Mac
65 Penc alternatives
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.
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Penc Features
1. LightweightPenc consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Snap windows
Cinch
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Paid • Proprietary
Window Manager
Mac
60 Cinch alternatives
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...
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Hyperfocused
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Paid • Proprietary
Window Manager
Mac
53 Hyperfocused alternatives
Apps in the right spot with one click.
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Hyperfocused Features
Tiling Layouts
Multiple window layouts
Light Pillar Mosaic
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Paid • Proprietary
Window Manager
Mac
MacPaw Setapp
61 Light Pillar Mosaic alternatives
Some apps should be a swipe away. Mosaic is a helpful Mac window manager, which makes it a breeze to resize and organize windows, view multiple documents alongside, thus improving your productivity. This application boasts a number of powerful windows management tools, which...
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Light Pillar Mosaic Features
Snap windows
Window organizer
SMBAct
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Paid • Proprietary
Window Manager
Mac
Windows
Linux
70 SMBAct alternatives
SMBAct is the all-in-one cross-platform solution that allows you to keep your windows and applications well-organized and significantly simplify the process of interaction with them.
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SMBAct Features
1. Support for Multiple MonitorsSMBAct supports the use of multiple displays.
Desktop Application
Window Switching