Tiling Assistant
A GNOME Shell extension that adds Windows-style snap assist and expands GNOME's tiling layouts.
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About Tiling Assistant
Tiling Assistant is a GNOME Shell extension that adds a Windows-like snap assist to the GNOME desktop. When you tile a window to one side, it helps you fill the remaining space with other open windows, and it expands GNOME's built-in two-column tiling into more layouts.
The extension was started by Leleat and is now hosted under the Ubuntu organisation on GitHub, where it is actively maintained. It suits GNOME users who want snapping and tiling without switching to a full tiling window manager.
Strengths
- Windows-style snap assist on GNOME
- Extends GNOME's two-column tiling with more layouts
- Actively maintained under the Ubuntu organisation
Limitations
- Works only with GNOME Shell
- Extensions can break with new GNOME releases until updated
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- Leleat and the Ubuntu contributors
- Platforms
- Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- GNOME users who want Windows-style window snapping
- Categories
- Window tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Tiling Assistant
Compare allSoftware that can replace Tiling Assistant for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
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.
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Dash to Panel
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COSMIC
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PowerToys
Microsoft’s own bundle of more than thirty Windows utilities, from window layouts to a key remapper.
