Rectangle, tested for 30 days: the window manager your Mac deserves
I used Rectangle as my only window manager for a month. Here is how it holds up against paid tools, and where it still falls short.
reviewed app
Rectangle — Move and resize windows with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas
“If you pay for a window manager in 2026, you are paying for a menu icon. Rectangle does 95% of it for free.”
Install
brew install --cask rectangle and you are done — no account, no license nag, no
“pro” tier. First launch asks for accessibility permissions, which is exactly as
it should be for a window manager.
First run
The defaults are sane: drag to edges to snap, or learn the shortcuts gradually. The center snapping zones are a nice touch that paid tools charge for.
Daily use, 30 days in
- Keyboard shortcuts (
⌃⌥ ←for left half, etc.) became muscle memory within a week. - It stays out of the way: roughly 40 MB of RAM and no noticeable CPU.
- Drag-to-snap feels native rather than bolted on.
Where it falls short
No window “groups” or saved layouts, and multi-monitor edge cases (menu bar displays, Spaces transitions) occasionally need a nudge. Power users who live in tiling layouts may prefer AeroSpace.
Verdict
For everyone else — and I mean everyone who has ever dragged a window to the side of the screen — Rectangle is the answer. 8.5/10.
source:rxhyn/Rectangle