Notch

18

Window management

18 apps.

Rectangle

Free

Snap windows to halves, thirds and quarters from the keyboard or the menu bar.

Free and open source

Official site

Rectangle official site

Rectangle Pro

Paid

The paid big brother of Rectangle: more snap areas, move-and-resize with a modifier, and custom shortcuts.

Paid

Official site

Rectangle Pro official site

Magnet

Paid

A straightforward window snapper sold on the Mac App Store, with halves, quarters and a few arranged presets.

Paid, on the Mac App Store

Official site and the Mac App Store

Magnet official site

Moom

Paid

Draw a custom layout on a grid, save it, and recall it. Quieter and more precise than the one-shot snappers.

Paid, also on the Mac App Store

Official site

Moom official site

AeroSpace

Free

An i3-style tiling window manager for macOS that stays out of the way of the system's own Spaces.

Free and open source

GitHub

AeroSpace official site

yabai

Free

A scripting-friendly tiling window manager. Powerful, and it asks more of you than the snap apps.

Free and open source

GitHub

yabai official site

Amethyst

Free

Automatic tiling in the style of xmonad. Windows arrange themselves as you open and close them.

Free, also via Homebrew

Official site

Amethyst official site

Loop

Free

Hold a key, move the pointer, and drop the window into a radial overlay of sizes.

Free and open source

GitHub

Loop official site

Swish

Paid

Snap, switch and manage spaces with trackpad gestures from the title bar and the dock.

Paid, also on Setapp

Official site

Swish official site

BetterSnapTool

Paid

A long-running snap utility from the BetterTouchTool maker, with custom snap areas along the screen edges.

Paid, on the Mac App Store

Official site

BetterSnapTool official site

BetterTouchTool

Paid

Gestures, keyboard shortcuts, window snapping, notch extras and a lot else, in one deeply configurable app.

Paid, also on Setapp

Official site

BetterTouchTool official site

Hammerspoon

A Lua bridge to macOS. People build their own window managers, mute keys and menu extras with it.

Official site

Hammerspoon official site

AltTab

Free

Windows-style app and window switching, with live previews, including minimised and hidden windows.

Free and open source, with a paid Pro

Official site

AltTab official site

Contexts

Paid

A fast sidebar and search for switching windows, built for people who keep a lot of them open.

Paid

Official site

Contexts official site

Witch

Paid

Replace the system app switcher with a list that can show every window, including ones in other Spaces.

Paid

Official site

Witch official site

Phoenix

Free

A lightweight, scriptable window and shortcut layer, if you want to write the rules yourself in JavaScript.

Free and open source

GitHub

Phoenix official site

SizeUp

Paid

An older, still-maintained snapper for halves, quarters and making a window fill the screen.

Paid, $12.99

Official site

SizeUp official site

Mosaic

Paid

Drag windows into a layout you design, and save those layouts for different setups.

Paid

Official site

Mosaic official site

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