# Rectangle

> Free, open-source window snapping for macOS

Rectangle is a free, open-source macOS utility that moves and resizes windows with keyboard shortcuts or by dragging them to snap areas at the screen edges. It covers halves, thirds, quarters and sixths, moving windows between displays, and other common layouts. The same developer sells Rectangle Pro, a separate paid app built on top of it with more ways to snap and arrange windows.

- **Category:** Desktop Utilities
- **Made by:** Ryan Hanson
- **Website:** https://rectangleapp.com
- **Runs on:** macOS
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 4, 2026

## Pricing

Rectangle is free to use.

- **Pricing model:** Free
- **Free plan:** The whole app is free and open source. Rectangle Pro, a separate paid app from the same developer, adds further features.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rectangle | $0 | Keyboard shortcuts, drag-to-snap areas, menu bar commands, halves to sixths, display switching and Todo Mode. Free and open source. |

Read from https://rectangleapp.com/comparison on Oct 4, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Rectangle before buying.

## Key features

- **Keyboard shortcuts:** Move and resize the active window with a shortcut. Repeating a shortcut cycles through window sizes.
- **Snap areas:** Drag a window to a screen edge or corner to snap it, and choose which window action each snap area triggers.
- **Preset sizes and positions:** Commands for halves, quarters, thirds, fourths and sixths, plus maximize, almost maximize, maximize height, smaller, larger, center and restore.
- **Multiple displays:** Next and previous display commands send a window to another screen, and layouts for displays in portrait orientation are supported.
- **Todo Mode:** Keeps one app that you specify visible while you snap and resize other windows. The equivalent in Rectangle Pro is called Pin Mode.
- **Spectacle-compatible shortcuts:** Rectangle is described as nearly a complete drop-in replacement for the Spectacle app, and Spectacle's default shortcuts can be chosen on first run.

## Good for

- Mac users who want window snapping by shortcut or drag at no cost
- Former Spectacle users who want to keep the same shortcuts
- People who prefer open-source utilities

## Worth knowing

- macOS only. The website lists macOS 10.15 or later, while the GitHub README says the newest release needs macOS 14.
- Window throwing, custom sizes and positions, saved workspaces, window stashing and iCloud sync are only in Rectangle Pro, a separate paid app.
- Rectangle Pro's price is not shown as readable text on the site. It has a 10-day free trial, and one license can be active on 3 devices.

**Tags:** Window management, Open source, Keyboard-first

## Alternatives

- [Raycast](https://toolgpa.com/tools/raycast): Keyboard launcher with extensions, clipboard history and AI. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/raycast-vs-rectangle)
- [Setapp](https://toolgpa.com/tools/setapp): One subscription for a catalog of 300+ Mac and iOS apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/rectangle-vs-setapp)
- [Alfred](https://toolgpa.com/tools/alfred): Mac launcher with hotkeys, snippets and custom workflows. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/alfred-vs-rectangle)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 4, 2026:

- https://rectangleapp.com
- https://rectangleapp.com/comparison
- https://rectangleapp.com/pro
- https://rectangleapp.com/pro/refund
- https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle

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