Alternatives to Swift Shift
A macOS app that moves and resizes windows using the mouse together with modifier keys. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Swift Shift
A macOS app that moves and resizes windows using the mouse together with modifier keys.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Swift Shift.
Easy Move+Resize
A small macOS utility that moves and resizes windows with a modifier key and mouse drag.
Easy Move+Resize is a free open source macOS app that also moves and resizes windows with a modifier key and drag, without Swift Shift's pay-what-you-want pricing or Homebrew cask.
Rectangle
Snap macOS windows to halves, thirds, quarters and corners with keyboard shortcuts or by dragging to an edge.
Rectangle is a free open source Mac app that snaps windows to halves, thirds and corners with shortcuts or dragging, adding snap layouts that Swift Shift lacks.
Swish
A macOS app for snapping, resizing and controlling windows with trackpad and mouse gestures.
Swish is a paid Mac app that snaps and resizes windows with trackpad and mouse gestures, offering snapping that Swift Shift does not, but it is closed source.
Loop
An open-source macOS window manager that moves and resizes windows through a radial menu.
Loop is an open-source Mac window manager that moves and resizes windows through a radial menu and keyboard shortcuts, 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 is a paid, closed-source Mac window manager with cursor throws, custom snap targets and workspace layouts, adding far more than modifier-drag moving.
BetterSnapTool
A Mac utility that snaps windows to halves, quarters or custom areas by dragging them to screen edges.
BetterSnapTool is a paid closed source Mac utility with drag-to-edge snapping, custom snap areas and modifier-key move and resize, adding the snapping Swift Shift lacks.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
AltSnap
Move and resize any Windows window by holding Alt and dragging anywhere inside it.
Magnet
A Mac app that snaps windows into halves, thirds, quarters and full screen by dragging or shortcut.
JankyBorders
A lightweight macOS tool that draws colored borders around windows to highlight the focused one.
HazeOver
A macOS app that dims background windows automatically so the active window stands out.
Moom
A Mac window manager for moving, zooming and snapping windows and restoring saved window layouts.
