Top 15 Chameleon Window Manager Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

1. eXtra Buttons

eXtra Buttons lets you add up to 10 additional buttons to the title bar of each window, which allow you to minimize the window to the tray, keep it on-top, send it to the background, adjust the window's transparency and more. There are three options for minimizing windows, you can...... TpSort Score | 92,200,000

2. TrayIt!

TrayIt! - minimize to the system icon tray any program (Outlook Express, Notepad, Word, Internet Explorer, Sunbird, Thunderbird, Opera, OpenOffice etc.) and get more room in the Taskbar!...... TpSort Score | 194,000,000

3. TopMenu

TopMenu is a functionality clone of PowerMenu , but designed to be compatible with Windows 7 and 64-bit systems....... TpSort Score | 1,310,000,000

4. DeskPins

DeskPins can be used to make any application topmost, that is, to keep it above all other windows. Just grab a pin from the DeskPins icon in the system notification area (a.k.a. taskbar tray) and click on any window. This functionality is identical to the "Always on Top" setting found...... TpSort Score | 26,100

5. LayerX

An intuitive app to display transparent images on screen....... TpSort Score | 194,000,000

6. PowerMenu

PowerMenu is a small application that some extra menu items to the windows control menu in addition to the standard "Close", "Maximize", etc options. The extra menus are: Priority, Always On Top, Transparency and Minimize To Tray....... TpSort Score | 1,140,000,000

7. MenuTools

a tiny application that adds "Priority", “Transparency”, “Always On Top” and “Minimize To Tray” to the windows control menu....... TpSort Score | 1,280,000,000

8. Places Bar Editor

PlacesBarEditor is a free utility for Windows 2000 and Windows ME that allows you to customize the "PlacesBar" that appears on the left side of the Open and Save dialogs in most applications.The PlacesBar is a set of shortcuts to commonly-used folders, but wouldnt it be more useful if you...... TpSort Score | 47,100,000

9. VDesk

VDesk is a Windows 10 software that provides options for launching programs on virtual desktops.It is a command line program but it can be integrated in File Explorer....... TpSort Score | 232,000,000

10. Melloware PlacesBar Editor

PlacesBar Editor is a small utility that will help you enhance standard Windows menu. It can be useful in everyday activity, as you need every time to go through many folders to save files. As you can see Windows open/save dialog contains 5 folders on default, such as Desktop, My...... TpSort Score | 9,130

11. CBX Shell

CBX Shell provides Windows Explorer thumbnail and infotip extensions for image archives. It enables thumbnail preview for ZIP, CBZ, CBR and RAR image archives. Windows Explorer will display a thumbnail image of the first photo in the archive instead of the generic archive icon....... TpSort Score | 19,300,000

12. WhoLockMe

Have you ever bored by this Windows message : "Error Deleting File or Folder, ... There has been a sharing violation. The source or destination file may be in use.", when you try to delete, move or rename a file?WhoLockMe is a little extension for your Microsoft Explorer. It permits...... TpSort Score | 198,000,000

13. Filename Extension Column

Adds a column to Windows Explorer details view that shows the extension part of a filename. The column can be sorted and repositioned like any other column. This add-on is ultra small (50KB DLL file) so won't waste precious resources....... TpSort Score | 34,000,000

14. Emcee for Mac

Emcee for Mac shows what’s playing in iTunes or Spotify:Other apps distract with semi-transparent widgets over what you do. Yet, when you wonder what’s playing, there is no answer on the screen.Emcee humbly shows the song in the menu bar.The song name does not scroll, it stands still.Click for playback...... TpSort Score | 216,000,000

15. xNeat Windows Manager

xNeat is a windows enhancement utility. With the free version you can change any windows transparency, hide it, make it always on top, send it to tray, change the process/thread priority, Shuffle the taskbar etc.The paid version also allows you to launch/open any application using your keyboard, build custom menu...... TpSort Score | 50,700,000