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Pop Shell vs COSMIC
COSMIC is System76's full desktop environment with tiling and floating workflows built in, replacing GNOME rather than extending it.- Pop Shell vs Forge
Forge also adds tiling inside a regular GNOME session, using i3 and sway style behaviour, though it is looking for a new maintainer. - Pop Shell vs Tiling Shell
Tiling Shell stays in GNOME but uses FancyZones-style custom layouts and a Windows 11 style snap assistant instead of automatic tiling. - Pop Shell vs Tiling Assistant
Tiling Assistant, maintained under the Ubuntu organisation, adds Windows-style snap assist and extra layouts to GNOME rather than keyboard-driven automatic tiling. - Pop Shell vs PaperWM
PaperWM keeps you in GNOME Shell but arranges windows on a horizontally scrolling strip, with a settings pane for keybindings and per-app rules. - Pop Shell vs Tactile
A GNOME Shell extension that places windows on a custom grid using keyboard shortcuts. - Pop Shell vs gTileA GNOME Shell extension that tiles windows onto a configurable grid.