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Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Contexts

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Rectangle AltTab i3 herbstluftwm Freeter Raycast Lunar.fyi Switch kindaVim Dash for macOS

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Contexts are Rectangle, AltTab, and i3. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. Window management app based on Spectacle, written in Swift.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #AI #Developer Tools #Mac Tools 462 social mentions

  2. 2
    Windows alt-tab on macOS
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Mac #Mac Tools 16 social mentions

  3. 3

    i3

    A dynamic tiling window manager designed for X11, inspired by wmii, and written in C.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Open Source #Linux #Utilities 90 social mentions

  4. herbstluftwm is a manual tiling window manager for X11 using Xlib and Glib.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Open Source #Linux #Utilities 9 social mentions

  5. Freeter is an Organizer for users who work on multiple projects simultaneously.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Productivity #Project Management #Task Management 1 social mentions

  6. Fastest way to control Jira, GitHub and other web apps
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Productivity #Mac #App Launcher 37 social mentions

  7. Control monitor brightness, adapt using the ambient light sensor, adjust volume, switch inputs and turn off displays without fiddling with clunky buttons.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • Free Trial
    • $23.0 / One-off (Pro)

    #Productivity #Developer Tools #Mac 78 social mentions

  8. 8
    It's easy to convert to Mp3, wav, wma, flac, ogg and more with this #1 rated audio file converter. Convert a single audio file, a playlist or a large batch of files.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Productivity #Web Browsers #Mac

  9. kindaVim brings Vim motions in input fields and non input fields on macOS.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Productivity #Text Editors #Open Source 13 social mentions

  10. Dash is an API Documentation Browser and Code Snippet Manager. Dash searches offline documentation of 200+ APIs and stores snippets of code. You can also generate your own documentation sets.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Productivity #Software Development #API Tools 90 social mentions

  11. 11
    Lightweight open-source clipboard manager for macOS
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Productivity #Clipboard Manager #Mac 50 social mentions

  12. 12
    Qtile is a full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written in Python.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Open Source #Linux #Utilities 6 social mentions

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