Top 15 x:choyce Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

A light-weight, Exposé-like window switcher for X (feat. OpenGL).

1. Skippy-XD

Skippy-XD Skippy-XD is a full-screen task-switcher for X11. You know that thing Mac OS X, Compiz and KWin do where you press a hotkey and suddenly you see miniature versions of all your windows at once? Skippy-XD does just that. It's most commonly known by Mac OS X's name for it......

2. 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.......

3. Switcher

Switcher One of my favorite features in Mac OS is Expose, a built-in app that makes it easy to navigate through open windows and programs. In Windows Vista, the built-in Aero application switcher tries to approximate this function but doesnt do a good job.Switcher, on the other hand, is an almost......

4. Shiftit

Shiftit ShiftIt is an application for OSX that allows you to quickly manipulate window position and size using keyboard shortcuts. It intends to become a full featured window organizer for OSX.......

5. VistaSwitcher

VistaSwitcher VistaSwitcher is an elegant and powerful task management utility for Windows OS. Once installed, it replaces the default Windows Alt-Tab dialog with a nice box that shows a list of all running tasks, with their names and preview snapshots, and enables the user to take actions on them using the......

6. 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.......

7. Emcee

Emcee Emcee gives you a better way: one customizable keystroke or hot-corner gesture, or a tap on an icon brings up live thumbnail views of all your apps, both desktop and Windows Store, in one convenient, easy to manage view.Emcee is a simple "expose" like tool with some of the features......

8. Nerdtool

Nerdtool Nerdtool allows you to display many things directly on top of your desktop; weather reports, headline news, and system vitals are just a few uses.Nerdtool is capable of displaying shell outputs with ANSI escaped formatting, but can also manipulate the final output's colors, size, and font. If more intricacy is......

9. DesktopPlant

DesktopPlant This revolutionary program brings life to your desktop. Plants grow directly on your desktop and need your care just like real plants! There are several different plants to choose from (please follow the links to learn more about the plants): Azalea, Cactus, Maple Tree, Philodendron, Sunflower.Amazingly realistic growth (realistic plant......

10. KWin

KWin KWin is a window manager for the X Window System, and is in the process of becoming a Wayland compositor. It is an integral part, and the default window manager of the Plasma Workspaces, but it can also be used on its own or with other desktop environments.......

11. WinSplit Revolution

WinSplit Revolution WinSplit Revolution is a small utility which allows you to easily organize your open windows by tiling, resizing and positioning them to make the best use of your desktop real estate.......

12. Slicer

Slicer Slicer is an invaluable window management app for OS X. Watch a demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u7nvEWjZuk Slicer lets you...... Slice any window to 2/3, 1/3, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8th screen, etc... Work beautifully on dual-monitor setups... Mix and match applications in your layouts... Use every pixel of your screen for maximum......

13. 360desktop

360desktop 360desktop is free software that extends Windows as a 360 degree workspace, plus an online environment for creating interative 360 degree wallpaper, with a gallery and a widget platform, for sharing your favorite 360's with everybody.Features: extends the Windows desktop as a 360 degree workspace, online platform for creating interactive......

14. VeBest Icon Groups

VeBest Icon Groups VeBest Icon Groups is a powerful, but easy to use and rich in animation utility. VeBest Icon Groups is a software, intended for just creative and occupied people who extremely value every spare minute and who don't want to search for the icon to launch the desired software or open......

15. Actual Window Manager

Actual Window Manager Actual Window Manager is 13 tools in 1. You can add new buttons to any windows title bar, add transparency effect to any window, minimize any window to tray or to any edge of the desktop, automatically close annoying windows and much more.......