Your windows.
Working together.

A native Mac window manager that keeps your workspace in step.

Apple silicon Mac, macOS 26 or later. Free and open source.

Version 0.6.0 beta · 4 November 2026 · 12 MB disk image

Adaptive tiling.
Grows as you work.

Open a new window. Adaptive tiling makes room in the layout, choosing a split that keeps movement and resizing to a minimum.

When an app stops responding and comes back, its windows rejoin the layout.

Get started

Resize together.
Stay aligned.

Give one window more room without leaving the other behind. Drag their shared boundary and both sides stay aligned.

Choose Live Resize to see each change as you move. Or choose Resize Preview: the new frames show during the drag and apply when you release.

See the fit.
Then let go.

Drag a title bar toward an edge or corner. Preview the placement, then release to snap into place.

Adjust the Snap Zones in Settings.

Your desktop.
Back in one click.

Save a desktop’s arrangement as a Saved Layout. Apply it from the menu bar panel, the Layout Wheel or its own shortcut.

Each pane can prefer apps or an App Group. While a layout is followed, a new window of a preferred app goes into its pane. Bind a layout to a set of displays, and BetterTile applies it when those displays connect.

Apply never opens an app or takes a window from another desktop. Undo Apply puts the windows back. Saved Layouts are local files with app bundle IDs and layout shapes, not window titles or documents.

More within reach.
Less on the surface.

Tabbed groups windows in resizable panes. Select a tab to bring its window forward. Drag tabs between panes, or drag a floating window into a pane as a tab.

Turn off Stage Manager for Tabbed. Pane assignments last for the current app session. Beta details

Layout Gallery

Open the Layout Gallery from a tab bar’s … menu. It shows a picture of each layout. The + button in a pane opens an app straight into it, and tab bars can hide until you point at them.

Your next move.
Within reach.

Open the Layout Wheel: hold ⌃ ⌥ ⇧, choose a sector, and release. Set it up on its own Settings page.

In a One Level wheel, the bottom sector is Repair Layout. Escape or the center cancels. Optional middle click reserves that button system-wide while enabled.

Grouped style

Choose Grouped for groups such as Size, Thirds, Displays, Mode and Choose Layout, each with its own fan of commands. Or keep Custom, with one or two levels. The wheel can change a desktop’s mode, choose a Tabbed layout and apply Saved Layouts.

Keep your hands
on the keys.

Place windows with global shortcuts. Undo a placement when you want to try another arrangement.

Give each command its keys on the Shortcuts page in Settings, with duplicate checks.

Also new
in 0.6.

Two more changes in this beta. The release notes list the rest.

Read the 0.6.0 notes

Repair Layout

Rebuild a desktop’s layout from its visible windows. Adaptive panes return to equal shares.

Multiple displays

Next Display and Previous Display make room on the destination and close the gap on the source.

No paid tier.
No tracking.

Free forever, with the source open to everyone. No paid tier, subscription, advertising, behavioral tracking, or sale of user data.

Explore the source

Free, with no second tier.

The whole app. Open source under GPL v3 or later.

Linked resizing
Adaptive tiling
Drag snapping
Saved Layouts
Tabbed panes
Layout Wheel
Repair Layout
Shortcuts & undo

One permission, explained.

Accessibility lets BetterTile move and resize your windows. It is the only macOS permission the app requests.

Window data stays on your Mac.

Update checks contact GitHub and can be turned off. No behavioral tracking. Read the network disclosure

Stays on this Mac

Window positions and sizes
Settings and shortcuts
Saved Layouts and App Groups

Leaves this Mac

Update check to GitHubEvery 4 hours by default · Can be turned off
Analytics and trackingNone

Update checks send no window data, settings, analytics or crash reports.

Drag the blue handle. Both sides resize together, just like in BetterTile.

Different ways
to make space.

There are good tools in this category. Choose the interaction that suits your work.

Swipe to compare all four apps.

Window manager comparison. Sources checked 3 October 2026.
Documented by the developerNot offered, or not verified	BetterTileFree · Public beta	Rectangle ProUS$9.99 · 10-day trial	Moom$15 · Perpetual license	AeroSpaceFree
Resize neighbours togetherMove one edge and the next window follows.	Drag the shared edge	After release	Not verified	Resize commands
Tile new windows automaticallyRoom is made as windows open.	Adaptive tiling	Layout triggers	Not verified	Tree tiling
Drag to snapEdges, corners and custom zones.	Yes	Yes	Drag zones	Not verified
Keyboard shortcutsPlace windows without the pointer.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Keyboard and CLI
Pointer menuChoose a placement where the pointer is.	Layout Wheel	Not verified	Pop-up palette	Not verified
Tabbed panesSeveral windows share one pane.	Yes	Not verified	Not verified	Not verified
Saved layoutsStore an arrangement and apply it later.	Saved Layouts	Yes	Saved arrangements	Not verified
Open sourceRead and build the code yourself.	GPL v3 or later	Not verified	Not verified	MIT
Requires	macOS 26 · Apple silicon	macOS 13.5	macOS 10.13	Not verified
A good fit for	Direct shared-boundary control, Adaptive tiling, Tabbed panes and Saved Layouts.	Custom placement commands and saved workspaces, including automatic layout triggers.	Reusable arrangements and a configurable window-control palette.	Keyboard and CLI tiling with plain-text configuration and virtual workspaces.
Sources	Source Beta & privacy details	Source Saved layouts	Source Product & price	Source Source & workflow

Sources checked 3 October 2026. A dash is not a claim of no support. Prices are the values displayed on the check date; Moom’s page did not state a currency code. Free Rectangle and Loop also offer free placement tools. Full research and sources

Make the first move.

Apple silicon Mac, macOS 26 or later
Public beta · Free forever

1
Download the beta.
Get the disk image from the official GitHub release. Open it and drag BetterTile into Applications.
Download the disk image
2
Allow the first launch.
The beta is self-signed, without Apple Developer ID or notarization. After the first launch attempt, confirm the source, then choose Open Anyway in System Settings → Privacy & Security.
3
Give your windows room.
Follow the app’s explanation to grant Accessibility permission. Choose your layout and enable the controls you want.
Full installation guide

Recent releases

All release notes

A few
good questions.

Still curious?

Read the guide, or ask on GitHub. Feature ideas and bug reports are welcome.

Read the docs Open an issue

Which Macs can run it?

BetterTile 0.6 requires an Apple silicon Mac with macOS 26 or later. Intel Macs stay on 0.5.2 and are not offered this update. Accessibility is the only macOS permission BetterTile requests. Check the latest release notes before installing a new version.

Why does it need Accessibility?

Accessibility lets BetterTile read window frames, then move and resize eligible windows. The app explains the permission before requesting it.

Is it really free?

Yes. BetterTile is free forever and open source under GPL v3 or later. There is no paid tier, trial expiry, subscription, advertising, behavioral tracking, or sale of user data.

Does the app use the internet?

Window and configuration data stay on your Mac. Update checks and downloads contact GitHub, which receives ordinary connection metadata. Automatic update checks run every four hours by default and can be disabled. Send Feedback opens a GitHub form with the app version and build in its suggested title; it submits no issue automatically. Security and privacy

How do updates work?

BetterTile shows release notes and asks before downloading or installing. Sparkle verifies an EdDSA signature on each update. This is separate from the beta’s self-signed macOS code signature. You can also use Check for Updates from the app.

What are the current limits?

Turn off Stage Manager before using Tabbed. Pane assignments, followed Saved Layouts and Undo history last only for the current app session. Cross-display tab dragging remains unavailable. BetterTile does not move windows between macOS desktops. Some apps refuse requested window sizes. Full beta limitations

Can I keep using macOS tiling?

BetterTile can work with windows arranged by macOS tiling. For dragging to screen edges, use either BetterTile Drag Snapping or macOS edge tiling to avoid competing previews.