The best window managers for Mac

App	Price	How you pay	Mac	Developer	Setapp	Rating
Rectangle	Free, open source	Free				Too few ratings
Moom	$15 once	Pay once				Too few ratings
AltTab	Free to start	Free, with paid upgrades				Too few ratings
Swish	$16 once	Pay once				Too few ratings
Loop	Free, open source	Free				Too few ratings
Lasso	$10.99 once	Pay once				Too few ratings
DockDoor	Free, open source	Free				Too few ratings
rcmd	Free to start	Free, with paid upgrades				Too few ratings

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   Rectangle

   Free, open sourceOur pick

   Pick it if you want windows side by side on a laptop screen and don't want to pay anything.

   Free and open source, Rectangle snaps Mac windows to halves, thirds and corners with a keyboard shortcut or a drag to the screen edge, and pressing the shortcut again cycles through sizes. A Tile All action spreads every open window across the screen at once. Magnet charges $4.99 for the same basic snapping, and the only catch here is that version 2 needs macOS 14 or later, with 1.100 kept for older Macs.

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2. 2

   Moom

   $15 once

   Pick this if you rebuild the same writing or meeting layout every day and want it back in 1 click.

   The current version is only sold on Many Tricks' own site, while the Mac App Store still carries the older Moom Classic for $6.99. Hover over a window's green button to snap, resize or move it with 1 click, and save whole layouts to restore later. macOS now tiles windows to halves and quarters by itself and Rectangle does more of that free, so the $15 is really for saved layouts.

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   AltTab

   Free to start

   Pick it if you keep several windows of 1 app open and Command-Tab never lands on the right one.

   Command-Tab switches between apps, so with 5 browser windows open you still land on the wrong one, while AltTab shows a preview of every window instead. It includes minimized and hidden windows and the ones on other Spaces, and the free, open source version covers the switcher itself. Pro, at $9.99 once for 3 Macs, adds search by window title and a compact list, and you can try it free for 14 days.

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   Swish

   $16 once

   Pick it if you work on a trackpad and would rather swipe and pinch windows into place than press shortcuts.

   Recent macOS tiles windows when you drag them to the screen edges, but Swish does it with a swipe on the title bar, snapping to halves, thirds or quarters. Pinch to close, pinch out for full screen and swipe down to minimize, with 30 gestures across windows, the Dock and the menu bar. It needs a trackpad or Magic Mouse and costs $16 once, while Rectangle does keyboard snapping free.

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   Loop

   Free, open source

   Pick this if you want a free snapping tool driven by 1 key and a flick of the mouse.

   If you rearrange windows dozens of times a day, Loop replaces dragging with a gesture: hold a trigger key, flick the mouse in a direction and the window snaps to a half, quarter or third. A radial menu previews where it will land. It is free and open source, though Rectangle suits you better if you prefer plain keyboard shortcuts, and macOS itself now tiles halves when you drag to an edge.

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   Lasso

   $10.99 once

   Pick it if you run an ultrawide or large monitor and need window sizes beyond halves and thirds.

   Snap-to-half tools fall short when you want an odd size, like a narrow strip down the side of a wide monitor. Press a hotkey and Lasso shows a grid, so you drag across the cells to set the window's exact size and spot, and save layouts to their own shortcuts. It costs $10.99 once for 1 Mac, but the free Rectangle already covers halves, thirds and corners.

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   DockDoor

   Free, open source

   Pick it if you click Dock icons to find windows and want live previews before you choose one.

   Point at a Dock icon and see live previews of every open window for that app, then click the one you want or close it right from the preview, the way the Windows taskbar works. It also adds an Option-Tab switcher that lists windows instead of apps. It's free and open source with no analytics, and AltTab, also free, is the leaner choice if you only want the switcher.

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   rcmd

   Free to start

   Pick this if you switch apps rather than arrange windows, and want each app on its own letter key.

   Most Macs have a Right Command key that almost nobody presses, and rcmd turns it into an app switcher: hold it, press S, and Safari jumps to the front or launches. The free version also replaces Command-Tab and jumps to Spaces by number. Pro is €15 once for fuzzy search and Stages, which restores a saved set of windows, and AltTab is the better pick if you switch windows, not apps.

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• Rectangle vs MoomPick this if you rebuild the same writing or meeting layout every day and want it back in 1 click.
• Rectangle vs SwishPick it if you work on a trackpad and would rather swipe and pinch windows into place than press shortcuts.