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Alternatives to herbstluftwm

herbstluftwm gives X window system users manual control over tiled and floating windows, with keyboard-driven focus, movement, and resizing. Its frame-splitting layouts, tags, and virtual monitors let users shape workspaces, while herbstclient allows configuration changes without restarting the manager. It is free and open source, with packages for Linux distributions and Mac OS X through MacPorts; the download page also confirms it runs on Cygwin. That manual X11 focus is…

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DisplayFusion

DisplayFusion adds controls for configuring and managing Windows multi-monitor setups.

Free planAndroidiOSAPI

$34 one-time

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Avidemux

Free planOpen sourceWebLinuxmacOS

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Dexpot

Dexpot adds switchable virtual workspaces to Windows, letting users organize windows, files, and shortcuts across separate desktops.

Free planAPIWindows

€24.90 one-time

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spectrwm
spectrwm is a small, dynamic tiling and reparenting window manager for X11.
Free planOpen sourceLinuxmacOSWindows
7.1Free plan
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Launchpad
Launchpad is a free collaboration platform for open-source projects and community contributors, with tools to build and publish software.
Free planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
7.0Free plan
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Reloop
Reloop is an email delivery platform for transactional and programmatic workflows, available as hosted plans or for self-hosting.
Free planSelf-hosted
7.0From $10 a month
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4t Tray Minimizer
4t Tray Minimizer is a Windows utility for minimizing applications to the system tray and controlling how their windows appear.
Free planWindows
6.6$19.95 one-time
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AquaSnap
AquaSnap is a Windows utility for arranging desktop windows through docking, tiling, snapping, and grouped movement.
Free planWindows
6.5$29 one-time
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Autoruns
Autoruns is a free Windows utility for examining programs and drivers set to run during startup, login, or when certain built-in Windows applications open.
Free planWindows
6.3Free plan
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Fenêtre
Free planExtensionmacOS
6.3$7.99 one-time
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Actual Multiple Monitors
Actual Multiple Monitors extends the Windows interface across several displays.
Windows
6.2$34.95 one-time
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Amethyst
Amethyst is a free tiling window manager for macOS, built around arranging windows in selectable layouts.
Free planmacOS
6.2Free plan
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MaxTo
Windows
6.2From €19 a year
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Command-Tab Plus
macOS
6.1£7.85 one-time
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IceWM
IceWM is a free, open-source window manager for the X Window System, built to keep operation simple and desktop interference low.
Free planLinuxSelf-hosted
6.1Free plan
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Moom
macOS
6.1$15 one-time
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Swish
macOS
6.1From $9.99 a month
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ActiveDock
macOS
6.0$19.99 one-time
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AltSnap
AltSnap is a free GPL-3.0 Windows utility for moving, resizing, and arranging desktop windows.
Free planWindows
6.0Free plan
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Divvy
macOSWindows
6.0$13.99 one-time
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komorebi
komorebi is a tiling window manager for Windows and macOS that lets users arrange application windows and control virtual workspaces and display monitors.
macOSWindows
6.0From $110 a year
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Raskin
macOS
6.0$24.99 one-time
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WinBar
macOS
6.0$18.99 one-time
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Actual Window Manager
Windows
5.9$59.95 one-time
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awesome
Awesome is a free, highly configurable window manager for X on Linux.
Free planLinux
5.9Free plan
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eXtra Buttons
eXtra Buttons adds customizable controls to Windows window captions to help organize windows and the desktop.
Free planWindows
5.9Free plan
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HazeOver
macOS
5.9$4.99 one-time
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Monocle
macOS
5.9$14 one-time
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niri
niri is a free, open-source Wayland compositor for Linux, licensed under GPL-3.0.
Free planLinux
5.9Free plan
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Rectangle
Rectangle is a macOS utility for moving and resizing windows with keyboard shortcuts or snap areas.
Free planmacOS
5.9Free plan
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