Optimal Layout Alternatives

Optimal Layout is described as 'Powerful Mac OS X application for managing your applications windows. Optimal Layout gives you keyboard shortcuts to instantly organize your windows and simple ways to layout windows with your mouse' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Optimal Layout for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, PortableApps.com, File Explorer and Linux apps. The best Optimal Layout alternative is BetterTouchTool. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try AquaSnap or SmartSystemMenu. Other great apps like Optimal Layout are WindowGrid, Divvy, RBTray and KWin.

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  1. Gridy icon
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    Gridy adds an invisible grid to Windows, so that any window you move or resize is snapped to it. Snapping is enabled with mouse drag or keyboard a...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  2. Aero Shake icon
     1 like

    Aero Shake is a new feature for windows 7. It allows you to minimize and restore the windows that are open in your desktop. This awesome and practical trick allows you to focus in the windows that you have chosen.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. iSnap icon
     1 like

    Managing the windows on your computer has become a snap! With the iSnap app, you can organize various windows to fit perfectly on your screen and access them simultaneously!

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. WinMover icon
     1 like

    WinMover is an application for moving windows more comfortable with the the mouse in Microsoft Windows®. It is fully customizable and can mimic the behaviour of many window managers for UNIX and Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Make Windows in caption bar size and recover again. Version 1.5 available. Version 1.1 download is compromised.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Splitview icon
     Like

    SplitView enables dual monitor usage with Remote Desktop and widescreen monitors.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Small utility that maximizes user's windows over the entire virtual screen area (that is, all monitors). It registers configurable hotkeys and runs in the traybar.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. DoublePane icon
     1 like

    Have you ever wasted time repositioning application windows so you can see two windows simultaneously? DoublePane effortlessly repositions application windows to maximize your screen space for easy side-by-side viewing.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Cisdem WindowManager can split your screen into various sizes and positions.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. Keypad Layout is an easy to use, open source window layout manager for Mac that lets you control windows using using Ctrl + Numeric Keypad combinations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. WinWarden icon
     2 likes

    Automatically control how to display a window.

    Features:

    • Move, maximize, minimize, restore, enable, disable, hide, show, ontop, bottom, alwaysontop, clip, transparent, transparent color, move relative to another window, stick to the edge of the screen, center, run a program. -.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. PowerResizer icon
     3 likes

    PowerResizer is a utility that provides many facilities in moving or resizing windows in a Microsoft Windows desktop environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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