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Pop Shell vs Tactile: catalog facts
Pop Shell	Tactile
Best for: GNOME users who want keyboard-driven auto-tiling without leaving GNOME	Best for: Keyboard-oriented GNOME users who arrange windows into custom layouts
Free Free to use; the source is published on GitHub by System76.	Free Free and open source under the GPL v3 or later.
Linux	Linux
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	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 with GNOME Shell Development follows the GNOME version used by Pop!_OS	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 Pop Shell github.com/pop-os/shell Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Tactile gitlab.com/lundal/tactile Catalog checked October 1, 2026

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