Plumb Alternatives

Plumb is described as 'Is designed to reduce the time spent manually moving windows on your desktop. With higher resolution and larger monitors becoming the norm it’s common to have several applications open at any given time — none of which really need 100% of the screen' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Plumb for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, PortableApps.com and File Explorer apps. The best Plumb alternative is BetterTouchTool. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try AquaSnap or WindowGrid. Other great apps like Plumb are Divvy, Moom, GridMove and allSnap.

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  1. Penc icon
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    Penc is a window manager app for macOS designed for use with the trackpad. It lets you use trackpad gestures along with the Command key to move, resize and snap windows to the screen.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  2. Windownaut icon
     6 likes

    Windownaut is versatile window management app that let's you define keyboard shortcuts and active areas on your screen to resize an position the windows on your desktop.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. MinimOther icon
     3 likes

    Endlessly minimizes all windows except the active one.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. TaskLayout icon
     6 likes

    TaskLayout is a small portable layout manager which allow saving/restoring of desktop layout (a set of specified apps/windows with corresponding position on screen) in a single click/hotkey.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. WinNumpad Positioner is a lightweight and snappy Windows management tool that repositions Windows using simple Windows Key + Numpad combinations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. TransOther icon
     1 like

    Make all windows but the active one transparent.

    Features:

    • User defined transparency level.
    • Can ignore always ontop windows.
    • Won't make parent windows transparent while children is active.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Give fresh new look to your phone with Fluid N.G, the navigation gestures app inspired by Breccia's concept.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  8. ZoneSize icon
     2 likes

    Define zones that autosize windows dropped on them.

    Features:

    • Hold a window over a zone for .5 sec to autosize it.
    • Doubleclick the tray icon to center the active window.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Tuck icon
     1 like

    Tuck is a handy menu bar application that allows you to quickly and simply clear multi-window clutter by hiding windows under your screen edges.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. AROW icon
     1 like

    Arrange, resize, snap, and move windows in OS X with the help of keyboard shortcuts, certain window dragging gestures, or using OS X's window buttons.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. DeskAngel icon
     1 like

    DeskAngel is an enhancement tool for Windows desktop. It is simple, portable and totally free. It contains following features:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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