Top 15 ShoWin Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

"ShoWin displays useful information about windows by dragging a cursor over them."

"...enable windows that have been disabled, unhide hidden windows (try the program with the include invisibles option set and see how many windows you have on your desktop that you didn't know about!) and force windows to stay on top or be placed below others."

1. Appriority

Appriority Appriority is an easy-to-use tool for OS X that simply makes the app you’re working in go faster by allowing you to optimize the CPU load on your computer. Once fully configured, Appriority works by suspending and resuming applications as you switch among them. Inactive applications can be set for......

2. W10Privacy

W10Privacy The by default highly questionable set options concerning privacy and data protection in Windows 10 brought me to the idea for the development of this little program. Microsoft generously enables everybody to change the concerning settings, but hides them in countless menus, where a normal user does not want to......

3. X-tile

X-tile X-tile is an application that allows you to select a number of windows and tile them in different ways.X-tile works on any X desktop (gnome, kde, xfce, lxde…).The main features are: many tiling geometries, undo tiling, invert tiling order, optional system tray docking and menu, filter to avoid listing some......

4. google-gadgets-for-linux

google-gadgets-for-linux Google Gadgets for Linux provides a platform for running desktop gadgets under Linux, catering to the unique needs of Linux users.......

5. RedQuits

RedQuits Have you ever tried to close an application with its red button and wondered why it is still open? RedQuits changes this. All programs now quit and close all open windows if you click the red button.In Mac OS if an app has a window open, you can click the......

6. 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.......

7. Ghost-It

Ghost-It Adjust the transparency of your active and inactive windows, taskbar, and desktop with this small application, which suffers from a minor performance glitch. Ghost-It places an icon on your system tray, with options to independently configure the transparency levels of your active window and inactive windows. It comes with a......

8. 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......

9. Deskovery

Deskovery Deskovery is an all in one windows manager for OS X.- Windowshade (or minimize to title bars)- Change Transparency- Resize & align- Drag to resize- Pin in all spaces- 10.9 zoom button behaviour on Yosemite- Wobbly windows......

10. allSnap

allSnap allSnap is a small system tray app that makes all top level windows automatically align like they do in programs such as Winamp or Photoshop.Note: only works up to Windows 7 at this time (and it is in beta).......

11. TurboTop

TurboTop Like the "Always on Top" feature that some programs have? TurboTop lets you set any window to be "Always on Top!"Taskbar With TurboTop Icon (on far right)You're probably familiar with the "Always on Top" feature of some programs. This allows their window to "float" above other windows even when it......

12. Gala

Gala Gala is a window manager / compositing manager and an integral part of Pantheon, the desktop environment of elementary OS.......

13. XQuartz

XQuartz The XQuartz project is an open-source effort to develop a version of the X.org X Window System that runs on Mac OS X.Together with supporting libraries and applications, it forms the X11.app that Apple has shipped with OS X since version 10.5.......

14. NoDrives Manager

NoDrives Manager NoDrives Manager is a simple tool for hiding Windows logical drives by modifying the registry.......

15. Windows Device Manager

Windows Device Manager The Device Manager is a Control Panel applet in Microsoft Windows operating systems. It allows users to view and control the hardware attached to the computer. When a piece of hardware is not working, the offending hardware is highlighted for the user to deal with. The list of hardware can......