Komorebi vs Microsoft PowerToys

Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.

Komorebi

Tiling window manager for Windows, with a separate Mac version

Free plan · from $10/mo

Microsoft PowerToys

Free Microsoft utilities for customizing Windows 10 and 11

Free

Where they differ

Komorebi starts at $10 per month for a single-platform commercial license ($110 billed annually). Microsoft PowerToys is free.
Only Komorebi lists a macOS app.
Microsoft PowerToys is open source, according to its own site.
Microsoft PowerToys also covers launcher, file management and keyboard and mouse remapping.

In commonFree planWindowsKeyboard-firstWindow management

	Komorebi	Microsoft PowerToys
Pricing	Free plan	Free
Starts at	$10 per month for a single-platform commercial license ($110 billed annually)	Free
Free plan	Free for personal use under the Komorebi License 2.0.0, with the whole window manager included. The license permits no commercial use, so using it at work needs a paid license.	Every utility is free and open source; there is no paid edition. Optional AI pasting can incur usage charges from the model provider you connect.
Free trial	None listed	None listed
macOS
Windows
Made by	LGUG2Z	Microsoft
Price read from	lgug2z.com	learn.microsoft.com
Checked	Oct 9, 2026	Oct 5, 2026

Komorebi

Microsoft PowerToys

Windows users who want window layouts, a launcher and key remapping from one free install
Developers and power users who work mostly from the keyboard
People who prefer open-source tools published by the maker of the operating system

Komorebi

The license permits no commercial use: using it at work needs an Individual Commercial Use License, from $10 a month per person.
It is not open source. The developer calls it educational source software, and the license forbids redistribution and hard forks.
Setup is through configuration files and the command line, and key bindings need a separate tool such as whkd or AutoHotkey.
Windows and Mac commercial licenses are bought separately unless you take the multi-platform one, and subscriptions are not refunded.

Microsoft PowerToys

Windows only: it needs Windows 11 or Windows 10 version 2004 or newer on a 64-bit x64 or ARM64 processor.
Paste with AI is off by default and needs a model provider; online providers require your own API key and may charge for usage.
Keyboard Manager remaps apply only while PowerToys is running, do not work on the log-in screen and cannot differ between keyboards.
FancyZones cannot snap some listed apps, and apps running elevated need PowerToys to run as administrator.

Komorebi

Automatic tiling layouts: Arranges windows without overlap in layouts such as BSP, Vertical Stack, Horizontal Stack, Columns, Rows, Ultrawide Vertical Stack and Grid, chosen per workspace.
Workspaces on every monitor: Each monitor has its own set of virtual workspaces, and commands move or send windows between workspaces and between monitors.
Window stacking: Several windows can share one container as a stack and be cycled through, so a group of windows takes up a single tile in the layout.
Command-line control: The komorebic CLI sends every command to the window manager. Key bindings come from a separate hotkey daemon such as whkd or AutoHotkey.
Status bar: komorebi-bar is an included status bar tied to the window manager, and it can be customized with widgets and themes.
JSON configuration and app rules: Settings live in a komorebi.json file, with example configurations provided. A community-maintained list of rules covers applications that misbehave when tiled.

Microsoft PowerToys

FancyZones: A window manager for custom zone layouts. Hold Shift while dragging a window to snap it into a zone, or let Win+arrow keys move windows between zones. Layouts are built in a grid or canvas editor.
Command Palette: A launcher opened with Win+Alt+Space that starts apps, runs commands, searches files and the web, calculates and switches windows. Community extensions install from a built-in Extension Gallery.
Keyboard Manager: Remaps single keys and shortcuts, globally or for one app, and can map a key or shortcut to a text sequence, an app launch or a URI.
Advanced Paste: Pastes clipboard content as plain text, Markdown, JSON or a file, extracts text from images with local OCR, and can transform text through an optional AI provider that you configure.
File Explorer tools: PowerRename renames files in bulk with search and replace or regular expressions, Image Resizer resizes images from the right-click menu, and File Locksmith shows which processes are using a file.
Screen and text tools: Color Picker samples colors anywhere on screen, Text Extractor copies on-screen text with OCR, Screen Ruler measures pixels, and ZoomIt zooms, annotates and records the screen for presentations.

Komorebi

Personal use$0
The full window manager, status bar and command-line tool for personal use. Redistribution, hard forks and commercial use are not permitted.
komorebi for Windows (single-platform)$10
per month, or $110 billed annually
Individual Commercial Use License: lets one named person use komorebi for Windows at work. Also valid for whkd and masir.
komorebi for Mac (single-platform)$10
per month, or $110 billed annually
Individual Commercial Use License for one named person on komorebi for Mac, bought separately from the Windows license.
komorebi for Windows + macOS$15
per month, or $180 billed annually
Multi-platform Individual Commercial Use License covering both the Windows and the Mac version for one person.

Microsoft PowerToys

PowerToys$0
All utilities, installed from GitHub, the Microsoft Store or WinGet. Free and open source under the MIT license.

Komorebi

Annual discount
Annual billing at $110 for one platform
A single-platform commercial license costs $10 a month or $110 a year, $10 less than twelve monthly payments. The multi-platform license is $180 a year, the same as paying monthly.

Microsoft PowerToys

No public discounts listed.