Top 15 Slate Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

Slate is a window management application similar to Divvy and SizeUp (except better and free!). Originally written to replace them due to some limitations in how each work, it attempts to overcome them by simply being extremely configurable. As a result, it may be a bit daunting to get configured, but once it is done, the benefit is huge.

1. HyperDock

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 window instead of a whole application?The......

2. BetterSnapTool

BetterSnapTool BetterSnapTool is a utility that mimics Windows 7 Aero snap, allowing you to easily manage your window positions and sizes by either dragging them to one of your screens corners or to the top, left or right side of your screen. This lets you easily maximize your windows or position......

3. Moom

Moom Moom allows you to easily move and zoom windows to predefined areas of the screen, or to make them full-screen, using either the mouse or the keyboard.When used via the mouse, all you need to do is hover over the green resize button in any Mac OS X window. Moom's......

4. GridMove

GridMove GridMove - A window management tool that can quickly arrange your windows into desktop grids.GridMove is a program that aims at making windows management easier. It helps you with this task by defining a visual grid on your desktop, to which you can easily snap windows. This program comes bundled......

5. Divvy

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.With Divvy, it is as simple as calling up the interface, clicking and dragging. When you let go, your window will be resized and moved to the......

6. WinDock

WinDock WinDock is a window manager ideal for large, or multi-monitor setups.Features:-Easy and intuitive drag-and-drop action to simplify moving and resizing Windows. -Highly customizable docking rules that specify how you want your windows to behave.-Multiple rule profiles/layouts that can be created and easily switched between.......

7. WindowGrid

WindowGrid OVERVIEWWindowGrid is a modern window management program that allows the user to quickly and easily layout their windows on a dynamic grid.WindowGrid gives functionality to the normally useless right mouse button when moving a window. Doing this will enable the grid snap mode.FEATURES+ Simple to control+ Portable and Installable+ Works......

8. Cinch

Cinch 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......

9. DoublePane

DoublePane Have you ever wasted time repositioning application windows so you can see two windows simultaneously? DoublePane effortlessly repositions application windows to maximize your screen space for easy side-by-side viewing.With one click, DoublePane will place the current window to the left half of the screen. With a second click, DoublePane will......

10. DM2

DM2 DM2 provides several Windows enhancements that may help in every-day work. One of the nicest and most popular features of DM2 is minimizing windows to floating icons® (unique feature!) freeing both task bar and tray bar space. Moreover, DM2 can manipulate windows in various ways: minimize to tray, make them......

11. Easy Move+Resize

Easy Move+Resize Easy Move+Resize is based on behavior found in many X11/Linux window managers, adding easy modifier key + mouse drag move and resize to OS X.......

12. QuickTile

QuickTile A lightweight utility for allowing you to quickly snap windows to a tiling grid under your existing Linux window manager. Can be triggered via keyboard shortcuts, the command line, or D-Bus calls.......

13. AROW

AROW AROW is a lightweight and efficient app that makes it as easy as possible for you to arrange, resize, organize windows in ways that are just above OS X’s capabilities.This said, AROW enables you to quickly manage your windows with the help of keyboard shortcuts, by dragging the windows towards......

14. WinSize2

WinSize2 WinSize2 can move windows automatically to a predefined place and / or resize the width and/or height to a predefined size.If you use different screen resolutions you can store individual window positions for each of the resolutions.......

15. Taekwindow

Taekwindow Taekwindow is a simple, lightweight and free Windows program that allows you to move and resize windows by dragging them with the Alt key, similar to many X11 window managers.......