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gTile vs Tactile: catalog facts
gTile	Tactile
Best for: GNOME users who want grid tiling without leaving their desktop	Best for: Keyboard-oriented GNOME users who arrange windows into custom layouts
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the GPL v3 or later.
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	Keyboard-driven placement onto a custom grid Keeps the standard GNOME desktop All 3 strengths for Tactile Keyboard-driven placement onto a custom grid Keeps the standard GNOME desktop Free software under the GPL
Works only on the GNOME desktop The GNOME 45 rewrite changed some earlier behaviour	Works only on GNOME Shell Small single-developer project
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
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 Tactile gitlab.com/lundal/tactile Catalog checked October 1, 2026

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