Fences Alternatives

Fences is described as 'Desktop organizer for Windows 10/11, arranging files in customizable shaded areas. Features include quick access, snapshot layouts, and enterprise tools' and is a very popular desktop customization tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Fences for Windows, Mac, Linux and Flatpak. The best Fences alternative is Portals: Desktop Organization, which is free. Other great apps like Fences are Tokri, Nimi Places, iTop Easy Desktop and Sideslide.

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Fences alternatives are mainly Desktop Customization Tools, but if you're looking for Application Launchers or File Managers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows + Free, Mac, Linux, Free, Desktop Customization and Windows. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Fences.
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  1. Dropzone icon
     15 likes

    Dropzone is a productivity app for the Mac that makes it faster and easier to move and copy files, launch applications, upload to many different services, and more.

    30 Dropzone alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  2. Coodesker icon
     3 likes

    Automatically organize your desktop shortcuts icons and running tasks.

    17 Coodesker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Comments about Coodesker as an Alternative to Fences
    phantasmrevolutionary
    Positive
    0

    by far the best alternative to Stardock Fences, better even than Stardock Fences itself.

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Very easy to use and customize, it's lightweight, cheap, available on Steam or their website for a one time purchase, and pretty much does everything Fences does but better.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Coodesker is Paid and ProprietaryFences is also Paid and Proprietary
    • Coodesker is LightweightFences is not according to our users
  3. Aicono icon
     1 like

    Say goodbye to desktop chaos – Aicono uses cutting-edge AI to automatically group and arrange your icons!

    15 Aicono alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Comments about Aicono as an Alternative to Fences
    Tetramatrix
    Positive
    1

    I like Aicono because it runs locally, is completely free, and uses the latest AI to automatically group and arrange icons. It’s highly customizable, offers a manual fallback, lets you fine-tune the layout with a real-time WYSIWYG interface, and integrates smoothly with local Llama, Ollama, and any OpenAI-compatible local server.

    Fences Icon
    Aicono icon
    • Aicono is Free and ProprietaryFences is Paid and Proprietary
    • Aicono is LightweightFences is not according to our users
  4. XLaunchpad icon
     34 likes

    XLaunchpad gives you instant access to all your shortcuts. Arrange apps in XLaunchpad any way you like by dragging icons to different locations or by grouping apps in folders. Simply drag one icon over another to create a folder.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. The app lets you create groups of related files on your desktop. You can freely move groups of files around on your desktop and add or remove files via drag & drop.

    17 Desktop Groups alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. ToolBox icon
     7 likes

    ToolBox is an application launcher for Windows operating systems with many amazing features. Easy to install, you can get going in minutes. Its drag & drop interface creates shortcuts to almost anything; applications, drives, folders, even simple files.

    15 ToolBox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  7. DesktopShelves helps you fight the clutter on your desktop by organizing files on shelves. A shelf the size of 5 icons holds 20 files.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. TopTabs icon
     1 like

    Windows desktop organiser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Comments about TopTabs as an Alternative to Fences
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Toptabs has far more useful features, better customisation and is FREE

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    This is how Fences should have been! It can show over other programs, instead of only under and the icons are way better customizable

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Toptabs is more practical and very easy to use and after tuning some options it feels as natural as water

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • TopTabs is Free and ProprietaryFences is Paid and Proprietary
  9. ShorterCut icon
     3 likes

    ProgMan is reborn as ShorterCut, an open source, no-frills app launcher and desktop organizer.

    6 ShorterCut alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Partitions icon
     3 likes

    Organize and declutter your desktop by creating containers of icons and shortcuts or add multiple explorer windows right on your desktop.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Comments about Partitions as an Alternative to Fences
    ChanSoftwareSolutions
    Positive
    -1

    I like how this app is free to use with great customizable options.

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    Partitions icon
    • Partitions is Freemium and ProprietaryFences is Paid and Proprietary
    • Partitions is CustomizableFences is not according to our users
  11. A Central Hub for User-Categorized Shortcuts to Apps, Files & Folders, Quick Access to Drives & System Folders with PC Info & Resource Monitoring Dashboards and One-Click Access to Common Windows Operations.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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