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gTile vs Pop Shell: catalog facts
gTile	Pop Shell
Best for: GNOME users who want grid tiling without leaving their desktop	Best for: GNOME users who want keyboard-driven auto-tiling without leaving GNOME
Free Free and open source.	Free Free to use; the source is published on GitHub by System76.
Linux	Linux
Grid-based placement with configurable grid sizes Updated for GNOME 45 and later All 3 strengths for gTile Grid-based placement with configurable grid sizes Updated for GNOME 45 and later Supports theming	Automatic tiling inside a regular GNOME session Keyboard-driven window navigation All 3 strengths for Pop Shell Automatic tiling inside a regular GNOME session Keyboard-driven window navigation Backed by System76 and shipped with Pop!_OS
Works only on the GNOME desktop The GNOME 45 rewrite changed some earlier behaviour	Works only with GNOME Shell Development follows the GNOME version used by Pop!_OS
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for gTile github.com/gTile/gTile Catalog checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Pop Shell github.com/pop-os/shell Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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