Alternatives to WindowTop
A Windows utility that pins windows on top, adjusts their opacity and turns them into picture-in-picture views. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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WindowTop
A Windows utility that pins windows on top, adjusts their opacity and turns them into picture-in-picture views.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as WindowTop.
DeskPins
Pins any Windows window on top of the others with a click.
DeskPins is a free open source Windows tool that pins any window on top with rules and hotkeys, but lacks WindowTop's opacity and picture-in-picture features and is rarely updated.
PowerToys
Microsoft’s own bundle of more than thirty Windows utilities, from window layouts to a key remapper.
PowerToys is Microsoft's free MIT-licensed bundle of over thirty Windows utilities, among them window layout tools, replacing WindowTop's freemium Pro model with a free suite.
Actual Window Manager
A paid Windows utility bundling over 50 window management tools, including multi-monitor and virtual desktop features.
Actual Window Manager is a paid Windows bundle of over 50 window tools with title bar buttons, multi-monitor and virtual desktop features, taking more time to configure.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
WindowFX
A Windows utility from Stardock that animates windows and menus and adds extra window controls.
RBTray
A small Windows program that minimises any window to the system tray with a right-click.
TidyTabs
A Windows utility that adds browser-style tabs to any application window so windows can be grouped.
Magpie
Scale an application window with configurable display filters.
Sizer
Resizes and repositions any window to exact pixel dimensions from a right-click menu or a hotkey.
Groupy
Organize several Windows application windows into a shared tabbed group.
