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How it compares.

Moorings carries the window actions of the apps people come from, then adds the one thing none of them do: it holds your apps at the edges of an ultrawide and keeps everything else in the open channel between them. Here is every feature those apps list, and where Moorings stands on each.

Yes works today Partial part of it Planned on the list No left out, with the reason

Only in Moorings
Rectangle Pro
Rectangle
Moom
BetterSnapTool
Loop
Swish
Stay
Amethyst
yabai
Magnet
Divvy, Mosaic and Lasso
Raycast window management

Only in Moorings

None of the apps on this page hold apps at the edges of an ultrawide with a channel between them.

Anchored apps in edge slots on an ultrawideYes
Channel with push back for free windowsYes
A slot holds all of an app's windowsYes
Halves and thirds inside a slotYes
Cycle the windows of a slotYes
Anchored app's extra windows off the stripsYes
Lift an anchored window over the channelYes
Cast off a window over the stripsYes
Drag release of an anchored windowYes

Rectangle Pro

A paid upgrade to Rectangle.

Window throw, 16 sizes, works on an unfocused windowYes
By a held key, on the window under the pointer
Quick throw and throw by cursor directionYes
By cursor direction
Custom snap targets and a configurable snap panelYes
Custom areas off the ultrawide and a snap panel on a pause
Custom sizes with repeat behaviorYes
Workspace arrangement by shortcutYes
Workspace arrangement on display connect or disconnectYes
Stash at a screen edge with slide-out on hoverYes
Left, right and bottom edges, no top edge
Pin one app to a sideYes
Todo mode with more settingsNo
Anchored apps cover the pinning, no separate mode
Menu customization, by shortcut or as a context menuYes
Import from Rectangle, export file or live settingsYes
iCloud syncPlanned
Windows-style arrow keys and left/right fillYes

Rectangle

Free and MIT licensed. The list follows its own action list and hidden preferences.

Halves, quarters, thirds, two thirds, fourths, sixths, eighthsYes
In Rectangle, Raycast, Magnet
Vertical thirds, twelfths, sixteenthsYes
In Rectangle, Raycast
Maximize, almost maximize, maximize height, centerYes
In Rectangle, Raycast
Center halfYes
In Rectangle, Raycast
Larger and smallerYes
In Rectangle, Raycast
Larger and smaller on one axis, double and halve width and heightYes
In Rectangle, Raycast
Specified size, sides and center section, move to display 1 to 9Yes
In Rectangle, Raycast
Move to edgesYes
Next and previous displayYes
In Rectangle, Raycast
RestoreYes
10 deepIn Rectangle, Raycast
Tile and cascadeYes
GapsYes
Subsequent execution cycle or traverseYes
Repeated maximize restoresYes
Center half cyclesYes
Halves preserve the other axisYes
Minimum window sizeYes
Stack badge with the count of stacked windows, on a rest at the cornerYes
Screen edge gaps and notch, gaps on main display only, gaps on maximizeYes
Unsnap restoreYes
Double-click title barYes
Move cursor with window, enhanced UI handling, Stage Manager sizeYes
Hide menu bar icon, screens ordered by xYes
Snap area configuration, ignored areas, snap modifiers, marginsYes
Footprint styleYes
Drag to an edge or corner with a footprintYes
In Rectangle, Magnet
Other hidden preferences (resizeOnDirectionalMove, centeredDirectionalMove, sizeOffset, curtainChangeSize, smallerShrinksMaximizedHeight, autoMaximize, attemptMatchOnNextPrevDisplay, moveFixedSizeToEdge, directAnimationNativeResizeApps, almost maximize width and height)Planned

Moom

A paid app.

Pop-up palette on the green button with up to 61 actionsYes
As a menu at the pointer by shortcut or mouse button, not on the green button
Saved layouts for an app's windows and recent windowsYes
Snap zonesYes
Drop zones from a saved layoutPartial
Custom areas drawn as shares, not made from a saved layout
Chains of actions, in sequence or loopedYes
Hover move and resize with modifiers, no clickYes
Keys picked in Settings > Behavior, resize from the nearest cornerIn Moom, Lasso
Keyboard grid controllerYes
Arrows under the held key, Return applies
Folders in the menuNo
Fixed folders by family; actions are pinned or hidden instead
Per-action grid sizesYes
Grid takes the set size and grid:8x6 its own
Use active window sizePlanned
Display adjustment of layoutsYes
Dock, menu bar or invisible app modesNo
Menu bar only by design
Modifier drag to move or resize from anywhereYes
By hover: hold the keys and move, no click neededIn Moom, BetterSnapTool, Lasso

BetterSnapTool

A paid app on the Mac App Store.

Corner and edge snappingYes
In BetterSnapTool, Magnet
Custom snap areas anywhereYes
Off the ultrawide
Custom shortcutsYes
Green button lifts or fills instead of zoomYes
Customized clicks on the red and yellow buttonsYes
Move or resize while holding a keyYes

Loop

Free and GPL-3 licensed.

Radial menu on a trigger keyYes
16 targets in two rings
Preview outline while choosingYes
The snap footprint
Trigger-key chordsPartial
Arrows, Shift-arrows, Return and Escape under the trigger; no custom chords
CyclesYes
StashYes
Left, right and bottom edges
ThemingPartial
The footprint's color, opacity, border and fade; one palette for banners and panels

Swish

A paid app built on trackpad gestures.

30 trackpad gestures on title bars, Dock and menu barNo
Needs a private API
Grid snapping by swipe, pinch to close or fullscreen, swipe down to minimizeNo
Needs a private API
Spaces by gestureNo
Needs a private API
Divider drag that resizes several windows at oncePartial
Two windows that share an edge

Stay

Remembers window positions per set of displays.

Window positions per set of displaysYes
Restore on display changeYes
Automatic capture with no save stepPartial
Recall on any display change, after one save

Amethyst

Free and MIT licensed, a tiling window manager.

Layouts tall, tall-right, wide, two pane, 3column, widescreen-tall, column, row, BSPPartial
Tall, wide, columns, rows, BSP; retiled as windows come and go; not tall-right, two pane, 3column or widescreen-tall
Fullscreen and floating layoutsPartial
A dragged window floats until a layout is chosen again; no fullscreen layout
Custom JS layoutsNo
Out of scope, chains and profiles cover it
Focus and swap by direction, layout cyclingYes
Focus and swap work with tiling off too; grow and shrink the main pane
Per-space layoutsPlanned
YAML configYes
One JSON file

yabai

Free. Its scripting features need System Integrity Protection partly off. Moorings keeps it on.

Create and destroy SpaceNo
Needs SIP off
Shadows, transparency, layers, sticky windows, picture in pictureNo
Needs SIP off
Window animationsYes
Off by default, experimental
ScratchpadsNo
Needs SIP off
Move a window to another Space with SIP onPlanned
In yabai, Raycast

Magnet

A paid app on the Mac App Store. Nothing here goes past Rectangle.

Drag snappingYes
Halves, quarters, thirdsYes
Several displaysYes

Divvy, Mosaic and Lasso

Three paid grid and layout apps.

Drag over a grid to pick a spanYes
The grid action, by mouse or by arrow keysIn Divvy, Mosaic, Lasso
Quick positions without resizingYes
Edges, corners and center
Auto layout per app windowYes
App rules place the first window
Groups of layouts, switchable profilesYes
Touch BarNo
Apple dropped the Touch Bar from current Macs
Window capture, iOS remote controlPartial
Window capture by app rules; iOS remote control later
Saved layouts with per-layout shortcutsYes
iCloud syncPlanned
Export and importYes
Rectangle keymap presetYes
Magnet keymap presetYes
Magnet's site lists no shortcuts; the table is the Magnet set Rectangle ships

Raycast window management

The window commands inside Raycast.

Rectangle action setYes
See the Rectangle section
Move to Previous or Next Space, Move to Desktop 1 to 9Planned
Rename DesktopNo
macOS has no public call to name a Space
Close a windowYes
close-window
Open a windowNo
A new window is an app command; launching an app is covered by workspaces
Focus next or previous app windowYes
focus-next-window, focus-previous-window
Exact size and position commands in pointsYes
Size and position as shares of the screenYes
Layouts of up to eight windows with launch argumentsYes
No window limit, opens missing apps with a file or URL
Other windows behavior (minimize or close others)Yes
minimize-others, close-others; anchored windows stay
DeeplinksYes
moorings:// links, Run Moorings Action in Shortcuts

A row reads Yes only when a named test or a live check in the repository passes. The comparison file names every check, and carries the energy measurements and the app compatibility runs.