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Mac App

Loop

Window management made elegant for macOS.

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  • Rating

    4.8 / 5

  • Pricing

    Free

  • Difficulty

    Beginner

  • Works on

    macOS

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What is Loop?

Loop is a free, open-source window manager for macOS built around an elegant radial menu. Hold a hotkey and flick toward a direction to snap windows into halves, thirds, quarters or custom layouts, with smooth animations and full keyboard control.

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Pros: what Loop does well

  • Radial menu makes window snapping fast and satisfying
  • Free and open source alternative to paid window managers
  • Highly customizable shortcuts and layouts

Cons: where it falls short

  • macOS only
  • Takes a day or two of muscle memory to feel natural

Who Loop is for

Mac users who want elegant, keyboard-driven window snapping without paying for Magnet or Rectangle Pro.

Who can skip it

Users happy with macOS's built-in tiling.

Compare Loop

See how Loop stacks up, side by side, plus the lists it made.

Loop alternatives

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Rectangle

Focus: window snapping and raycast alternative. Shares window manager and open source with Loop. Rated 4.7 (Loop: 4.8).

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Free alternatives to Loop

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

Stats

Focus: system monitor, menu bar app and mac utility. Shares open source with Loop. Adds Offline. Rated 4.7 (Loop: 4.8).

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Maccy

Focus: clipboard manager, clipboard history and raycast alternative. Shares open source with Loop. Rated 4.6 (Loop: 4.8).

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AeroSpace

Focus: tiling window manager, window management and keyboard shortcuts. Shares macos and open source with Loop. Rated 4.7 (Loop: 4.8).

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Atuin

Focus: shell history, terminal and command line. Shares open source with Loop. A desktop app, not a Mac app. Adds Linux and Windows. Rated 4.7 (Loop: 4.8).

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btop

Focus: system monitor, terminal and processes. Shares open source with Loop. A desktop app, not a Mac app. Adds Linux and Offline. Rated 4.7 (Loop: 4.8).

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