Minime Alternatives

Minime is described as 'Tool that allows you to minimize applications to the system tray using a simple hotkey. What makes this tool somewhat unique is that it keeps your system tray clean by minimizing all applications into a single tray icon' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Minime for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, PortableApps.com, File Explorer and Thunderbird apps. The best Minime alternative is SmartSystemMenu, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Minime are RBTray, KDocker, RBTray Fork and Actual Window Manager.

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  1. SmartSystemMenu icon
     24 likes

    SmartSystemMenu extends system menu of all windows in the system. It appends next custom items to menu:

    44 SmartSystemMenu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • SmartSystemMenu is the most popular Windows alternative to Minime.

    • SmartSystemMenu is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Minime.

    • SmartSystemMenu is Free and Open SourceMinime is Free and Proprietary
  2. RBTray icon
     33 likes

    Allows almost any program to be minimized to the system tray by right clicking its minimize button.

    44 RBTray alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  3. KDocker icon
     5 likes

    KDocker will help you dock any application into the system tray. This means you can dock Openoffice, xmms, Firefox, Thunderbird, anything!

    Just point and click. Works for all NET WM compliant window managers - that includes KDE, GNOME, Xfce, Fluxbox and many more.

    16 KDocker alternatives

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • KDocker is the most popular Linux alternative to Minime.

    • KDocker is Free and Open SourceMinime is Free and Proprietary
  4. RBTray Fork icon
     10 likes

    RBTray by Benbuck, fork of RBTray , is a small Windows program that runs in the background and allows almost any window to be minimized to the system tray by:

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. 4t Tray Minimizer is a lightweight but powerful window manager, which helps you to free up space on the desktop and the taskbar via the following actions:

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Instantly minimize any macOS window by clicking its title bar. Enjoy the familiar, efficient window management you've been missing. Lightweight, customizable, and privacy-focused.

    1 Click2Minimize alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Click2Minimize is the most popular Mac alternative to Minime.

    • Click2Minimize is Paid and ProprietaryMinime is Free and Proprietary
    • Click2Minimize is CustomizableMinime is not according to our users
  7. DM2 icon
     26 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  8. eXtra Buttons icon
     18 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
     
  9. The Wonderful Icon is a small Windows utility that resides in your PC's taskbar tray. With it, you can:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. FireTray icon
     10 likes

    FireTray is system tray extension for Linux and Windows that targets Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Waterfox
    • Pale Moon
    • Thunderbird
    • SeaMonkey
    • Firefox
     
  11. Chameleon Window Manager will allow you to control the windows of your programs using customizable buttons added to the title bars of the windows (Always on Top, Minimize to Tray, Minimize to Caption, Specify Transparency, Position window at left/right of screen).

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
     
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