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TotalSpaces VS Cairo Shell

Compare TotalSpaces VS Cairo Shell and see what are their differences

TotalSpaces logo TotalSpaces

TotalSpaces provides a grid of spaces on OSX Lion

Cairo Shell logo Cairo Shell

Cairo is a desktop environment for Windows.
  • TotalSpaces Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-09-20
  • Cairo Shell Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-09-19

TotalSpaces videos

DIGITALYCHEE REVIEW: TotalSpaces for Mac

More videos:

  • Review - TotalSpaces · Gestiona los escritorios de tu Mac de manera eficiente
  • Tutorial - TotalSpaces2 & Screens - Mini Video Tutorial

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to TotalSpaces and Cairo Shell)
Note Taking
41 41%
59% 59
Image Optimisation
34 34%
66% 66
Cloud Computing
100 100%
0% 0
OS & Utilities
0 0%
100% 100

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, TotalSpaces should be more popular than Cairo Shell. It has been mentiond 5 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

TotalSpaces mentions (5)

  • Considering MBPs and am not sure (moving from Arch Linux on Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 7)
    There is a little confusion as most macOS users are not familiar with the difference between a window manager and a window tiling manager. There are a ton of great window manager (Magnet is still one of the common ones around which you brought up, but Mosaic is my favorite. Most window apps have all the same or similar features, but Mosaic includes some really advanced layout options that you can save and then... Source: over 1 year ago
  • Can anyone please identify this virtual space switching app? (From a YouTube video)
    Maybe it's a(n older) version of TotalSpaces? Source: over 1 year ago
  • Total Spaces Alternatives Yet?
    After macOS ditched the 2D space switching for the 1D thing, I got Total Spaces 2 which allows me to do the 2D space switching again. I absolutely love it and find it difficult to use the primitive built-in spaces management. However, I'm still on Big Sur v11.6, specifically because Monterey is wholly incompatible with Total Spaces, you can't even hack it to work. Unfortunately, Total Spaces 3 isn't out yet, and... Source: about 2 years ago
  • A Beautiful List of Beautiful Apps
    I also use their TotalSpaces2[3] which is an amazing Spaces manager. Highly recommend it if you run a lot of concurrent apps and windows. Once again, it's limited to <12.0 and Intel-only Macs, but they have a TotalSpaces3 in alpha they are working on trying to release at some point. Source: about 2 years ago
  • Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers
    Check out Total Spaces(https://totalspaces.binaryage.com/) for Mac. I use this with dual monitors and love that each monitor can have its own virtual desktop. I have my left monitor as a communications hub. It has only one virtual screen. I also keep my browser there. I have a 3x3 grid on the right hand monitor. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

Cairo Shell mentions (2)

  • Microsoft is turning Windows 11's Start Menu into an advertisement delivery system
    Back when I was an edgy teenager I tried every Windows desktop shell replacement available. My favorites were LiteStep and Emerge Desktop. I was there when Cairo Shell first emerged but has never tried a working version since I moved to other OSes before any usable version was out. I am now using Windows for work and I think it’s time to revisit these options. Source: over 1 year ago
  • My first personal server
    Hyper-V Server 2019 gets my vote, with the Cairo Desktop it's a near unbeatable setup. Add the FoD pack, browser of your choice, Windows Admin Center for local management of the entire system including virtualized guests. It's a very robust enterprise grade server that requires NO LICENSE and ends up having a very nice GUI for a core server. Source: over 2 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing TotalSpaces and Cairo Shell, you can also consider the following products

VirtuaWin - VirtuaWin is a virtual desktop manager for the Windows operating system (Win9x/ME/NT/Win2K/XP/Win2003/Vista/Win7/Win10). A virtual desktop manager lets you organize applications over several virtual desktops (also called 'workspaces').

Dexpot - If you don't have Dexpot yet, the new update makes it a must-have tool for Windows, adding a ton of features to your desktop that you never knew you wanted.

WindowBlinds - WindowBlinds is a computer program that allows users to skin the Windows graphical user interface.

Sysinternals Desktops - Desktops allows you to organize your applications on up to four virtual desktops.

bug.n - Provide views (i. e. virtual desktops) for showing only those windows, which you need to do your work..

9Desks - up to nine virtual desktops