Alternatives to Magnet
A Mac app that snaps windows into halves, thirds, quarters and full screen by dragging or shortcut. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Magnet
A Mac app that snaps windows into halves, thirds, quarters and full screen by dragging or shortcut.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Magnet.
Rectangle
Snap macOS windows to halves, thirds, quarters and corners with keyboard shortcuts or by dragging to an edge.
Rectangle offers the same halves, thirds and quarters snapping by shortcut or drag-to-edge, but is free, open source and installable with Homebrew.
BetterSnapTool
A Mac utility that snaps windows to halves, quarters or custom areas by dragging them to screen edges.
BetterSnapTool adds custom snap areas anywhere on the display alongside halves and quarters, and remains a paid, closed-source Mac utility.
Loop
An open-source macOS window manager that moves and resizes windows through a radial menu.
Loop picks window positions through a radial menu as well as shortcuts, and is free and GPL-3.0 open source, requiring macOS 13 or later.
Rectangle Pro
A paid macOS window manager that moves and resizes windows with cursor throws, shortcuts and snap areas.
Rectangle Pro adds window throws to 16 positions, custom snap targets and layouts triggered on display changes, and is paid and closed source.
Moom
A Mac window manager for moving, zooming and snapping windows and restoring saved window layouts.
Moom adds a pop-up palette on window buttons and saved layouts for different display setups, as a paid one-time purchase with a free trial.
Cinch
A small Mac utility that snaps windows to half or full screen by dragging to an edge.
Cinch only snaps windows to half or full screen by dragging to an edge, offers an unlimited free trial, and lists compatibility up to macOS 14.
SizeUp
A keyboard-driven macOS window manager that resizes and positions windows into halves, quarters and other displays.
SizeUp positions windows into halves, quarters and other displays from the keyboard, with an unlimited free trial, but stated compatibility ends at macOS 14.
Swish
A macOS app for snapping, resizing and controlling windows with trackpad and mouse gestures.
Swish snaps windows through trackpad and mouse gestures on the title bar and moves them between monitors by physical layout, and is paid after the trial.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Magnet as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Mosaic
A paid Mac window manager that applies layouts by dragging windows onto a panel.
Magnet snaps windows into halves, thirds and quarters by dragging or shortcut, supports up to six displays, and is only on the Mac App Store.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Amethyst
Arrange macOS windows automatically with a keyboard-driven tiling manager.
AeroSpace
An i3-like tiling window manager for macOS, written in Swift.
Easy Move+Resize
A small macOS utility that moves and resizes windows with a modifier key and mouse drag.
HazeOver
A macOS app that dims background windows automatically so the active window stands out.
yabai
A tiling window manager for macOS that arranges windows by binary space partitioning and is driven entirely from the command line.
