Spectacle Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Spectacle for Mac and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Rectangle, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Spectacle and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Spectacle are BetterTouchTool, Divvy, Magnet (Windows Manager) and Tiles.

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Spectacle

Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Mac

Using Spectacle you can view multiple documents side-by-side, move windows to other displays, or even focus your full...

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Rectangle
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Freemium • Proprietary
Window Manager
Mac
63 alternatives to Rectangle
Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts. Rectangle is a window management app based on Spectacle, written in Apple Swift.
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Rectangle Features
1. Ad-freeRectangle doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Usability
Window Resizing
Window move resize
Snap windows
Low memory usage
Rectangle vs Spectacle opinions
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It does the same job, is free and open source, love it, RIP Spectacle.
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BetterTouchTool
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Paid • Proprietary
Window Manager
Mac
68 alternatives to BetterTouchTool
BetterTouchTool is a great, feature packed app that allows you to configure many gestures for your Magic Mouse (1 & 2), Macbook Trackpad and Magic Trackpad (1 & 2) and also Mouse Gestures for normal mice.
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BetterTouchTool Features
1. Support for scriptingBetterTouchTool supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
Touch Bar Manager
Snap windows
Graphical User Interface
MultiTouch
Mouse Gestures
Divvy
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Paid • Proprietary
Window Manager
Mac
Windows
83 alternatives to Divvy
Divvy is an entirely new way of managing your workspace. It allows you to quickly and efficiently "divvy up" your screen into exact portions.
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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.

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Most users think Divvy is a great alternative to Spectacle.
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No keyboard shortcut cycling.
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Magnet (Windows Manager)
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Paid • Proprietary
Window Manager
Mac
67 alternatives to Magnet (Windows Manager)
Every time you multitask with many apps open, you need all the windows arranged accordingly. Magnet makes this process swift and easy.
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Magnet (Windows Manager) Features
Global hotkey
Support for Hotkeys
Window organizer
Snap windows
Tiles
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Free • Proprietary
Window Manager
Mac
3 alternatives to Tiles
Tiles is a window manager which allows you to easily reorganize windows by either dragging them to the edges of the screen, using keyboard shortcuts, or the menu bar.
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Tiles Features
1. LightweightTiles consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Customizable
Shiftit
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Mac
67 alternatives to Shiftit
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

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Shiftit uses commands that have fewer conflicts with other applications.
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Moom
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Paid • Proprietary
Window Manager
Mac
67 alternatives to Moom
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
HyperDock
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
60 alternatives to HyperDock
HyperDock adds Windows 7 like features and more to Mac OS X.

Select individual application windows & tabs just by moving the mouse on a dock item, use mouse clicks to quickly open new windows and many more."

Window Previews Ever wondered how to activate a single wind.
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HyperDock Features
Dock
Discontinued
The last version (1.7) is from January 2017, but it's still available to download.
yabai
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Mac
66 alternatives to yabai
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
Amethyst
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Mac
57 alternatives to Amethyst
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
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Support for Keyboard Shortcuts