Alternatives to Tiling Assistant
A GNOME Shell extension that adds Windows-style snap assist and expands GNOME's tiling layouts. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Tiling Assistant
A GNOME Shell extension that adds Windows-style snap assist and expands GNOME's tiling layouts.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Tiling Assistant.
Tiling Shell
A GNOME Shell extension that adds FancyZones-style tiling layouts and Windows 11 style snap assistance.
Tiling Shell is also a GNOME Shell extension, adding FancyZones-style custom layouts and a Windows 11 style snap assistant, with multiple monitor support, under GPL-2.0.
Pop Shell
A keyboard-driven GNOME Shell extension from System76 that adds automatic tiling window management.
Pop Shell swaps snap assist for automatic keyboard-driven tiling inside GNOME, backed by System76, with development following the GNOME version used by Pop!_OS.
Forge
A GNOME Shell extension that adds i3 and sway style tiling window management to the desktop.
Forge brings i3 and sway style tiling to GNOME instead of snap assist, though the project is looking for a new maintainer and can lag behind GNOME releases.
PaperWM
A GNOME Shell extension that tiles windows side by side on a horizontally scrolling strip.
PaperWM replaces snapping with scrollable tiling on a horizontal strip inside GNOME Shell, with a settings pane for keybindings and per-app rules, under GPL-3.0.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
GNOME
Use a Linux desktop organized around an activities overview and workspaces.
Dash to Dock
Keep GNOME's application dash visible as a configurable dock.
Dash to Panel
Combine GNOME application shortcuts and the system tray in one panel.
COSMIC
Use System76's desktop environment with configurable workspaces and window tiling.
PowerToys
Microsoft’s own bundle of more than thirty Windows utilities, from window layouts to a key remapper.
