Wimi vs Rectangle

Rectangle moves and resizes windows with keyboard shortcuts or by dragging them to snap areas at the screen edges. Wimi works one level up: you pick a layout for the display and Wimi keeps every window in it.

Who Rectangle is great for

Placing windows one at a time, with a shortcut or a drag to an edge or corner.
Keyboard users: repeating a shortcut cycles through sizes.
Anyone who wants free, open-source software. A separate paid app, Rectangle Pro, adds more.

What Wimi does differently

A layout, not a position

You pick a layout for a display once. A new window takes the slot you’re working in at that slot’s size, and the window it replaces is parked out of the way instead of piling up behind. ⌘Tab, ⌥Tab or the drawer bring it back.

The drawer

Rest the mouse at the screen edge and every open window is there with a live preview. Click one to bring it into your slot, or drag it onto the slot you want.

⌥Tab between windows

⌥Tab cycles windows; the drawer shows every window with a live preview

Workspaces without Spaces

Nine workspaces on Hyper 1–9 that don’t use macOS Spaces, so sending a window to one is a single shortcut. Part of Pro.

Side by side

Topic	Wimi	Rectangle
How windows get placed	Pick a layout per display; windows fill its slots	Per window, with a shortcut or by dragging to a snap area
A new window opens	It takes the slot you’re in; the replaced window is parked	It isn’t arranged automatically
Layouts	Staged, Fullscreen and Halves free; thirds, quarters, 2/3–1/3, stacked and main + side in Pro	Halves, thirds, two-thirds, quarters and maximize; rows and columns as extra shortcuts
Window switcher	⌥Tab cycles windows; the drawer shows every window with a live preview	Not listed on its site
Virtual desktops	Nine emulated workspaces (Pro)	Doesn’t move windows between Spaces; Rectangle Pro has next and previous Space actions
Price	Free forever; Pro $19.99 once, plus tax, for 2 Macs. Every download includes 30 days of Pro	Free and open source; Rectangle Pro is paid, with a 10-day free trial
Requires	macOS 14 or later	macOS 14 or later (Rectangle Pro: 13.5 or later)

Rectangle details from rectangleapp.com, Rectangle Pro, Rectangle on GitHub, checked November 10, 2026. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.

Which one fits you

Choose Rectangle if you like placing each window yourself with a shortcut or a drag, and want a free, open-source tool that does just that.

Choose Wimi if you’d rather pick a layout once and have every window, new ones included, kept in it, with the rest a click or ⌥Tab away.

Try Wimi on your own windows

Free to use, with 30 days of Pro included. No account or card. See what’s Free and what’s Pro.

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