Pivot window manager for your menu bar
We push your windows around.
Every single one.
Slack, Codex, VS Code, that weird Java app from 2011 — one keystroke tiles everything you have open into a clean, fitted layout. No overlap, no dragging, no mercy.
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We push your windows around.
One keystroke. Clean, fitted layouts. No dragging.
Download for macOS
Auto-arrange
Windows tile themselves
as they open and close
One-drag resize
Grips move every window
sharing a corner or seam
Total recall
Saved layouts restore with
a key, a URL, or a gesture
If it opens a window on your Mac, it takes orders from Pivot.
No plugins, no integrations, no per-app setup — Pivot works through macOS itself.
The space between windows becomes a control.
Once your windows are tiled, the corners and seams they share turn into handles. Three of them do something no other window manager does.
Resize three windows in one drag.
The traditional resize — drag one edge, then the neighbor's edge, then the third — is dead. Where tiled windows meet, Pivot plants a grip. Pull it, and every window sharing that junction reshapes together. Three, four at a time.
- 1Grab the dot where the windows meet.
- 2Drag anywhere — all the shared edges follow it.
- 3Let go. Three windows resized, zero gaps, one motion.
drag the dot →
we all resize together
Spin your layout like a dial.
Wrong app in the big slot? Don't drag anything. Press and hold the dot where your windows meet, and a wheel bursts out around it. Turn it, and every window rotates into the next one's frame — same layout, new arrangement.
- 1Press the junction dot — the orbit ring bursts out.
- 2Drag around it — dots trail your sweep.
- 3Let go — the windows cycle into place.
spin us!
Command who goes where.
Wrong window on the wrong side? Don't drag it across the screen. Where two windows share an edge, a slim pill fades in — hold it and it bends into an arrow pointing wherever you lean. Nudge across the seam, release, and the two windows trade places, animated, in one motion. Undo puts them back.
- 1Hover the shared edge — the pill appears, right under your cursor.
- 2Hold, and it morphs into an arrow that follows your lean.
- 3Nudge across the seam and release. Swapped.
Trade places in one nudge.
DownloadEverything they charge for, we do free.
Plus tricks they can't.
Moom, Rectangle, Magnet, BetterSnapTool — all fine apps. Here's the honest grid.
| Free |
Pro |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snapping & shortcutshalves, quarters, custom keys, grid picker | ✓16 presets · per-layout keys · Flex Grid 6×5 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
| Named layouts & auto-restoresave setups, restore on display change | ✓unlimited · screen fingerprint | ✓ | ~ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Auto-arrange that thinksreads what's open, learns your habits, respects min sizes | ✕Adaptive Layout | ✓Adaptive Layout | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Live grips between windowsshared-edge drag · Orbit rotate · seam swap | ✕Snap Grips | ✓only Pivot does this | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Gesturesdraw a shape, Magic Mouse pinch | ✓⌃⌥ + draw · pinch to maximize | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Sync & automationevery Mac, every workflow, per-app exclusions | ✓iCloud · pivot:// |
✓ | ~ | ~ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Power extrasthe pay-once toys | ✕Scenes · per-app rules · shared layouts · Raycast | ✓Scenes · per-app rules · shared layouts · Raycast | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Price | Freeforever | $9.99 one-time | ~$10 | Free/Pro | ~$9.99 | Free |
One price. One time. Or just… free.
The beta is fully free — everything you saw above. Pro lands later as a $9.99 one-time unlock. Not a subscription. Ever.
Free
- Flex Grid 6×5 + 16 presets, all with custom shortcuts
- Unlimited saved layouts + auto-restore per display
- Mouse gestures + Magic Mouse pinch
- iCloud sync + pivot:// automation
- 2.8 MB native app · no tracking, no server
Pro
- Everything in Free
- Adaptive Layout — auto-arrange that learns your habits
- Snap Grips — shared-edge drag, Orbit rotate, seam swap
- Scenes — launch apps and arrange them in one hit
- Per-app rules — this app always goes there, at that size
- Shared layouts — send a setup to your team
- Raycast extension
- Priority support · vote on what ships next
Small app. Suspicious number of features.
2.8 MB of native AppKit. No Electron, no runtime, no background sync, ~0% CPU idle.
Adaptive Layout
One shortcut reads what's open and fits it all — and learns the arrangements you keep.
Flex Grid
⌃⌥⌘G paints a grid over the screen. Sweep cells, drop the window into the region.
Saved layouts
Restore every app, window, and display with a key, a URL, or a drawn gesture.
Restore HUD
A quiet macOS-style pill confirms each restore with a mini-map of where everything went.
iCloud sync
Layouts and settings follow you to every Mac, through your own iCloud Drive.
Undo, always
Every restore, orbit, and swap keeps a snapshot — undo it, or toggle back as a redo.
Questions, answered.
Is Pivot really free?
Do I need to set up each app?
Why does it need Accessibility access?
Does Pivot send anything over the network?
Does it fight with macOS's built-in tiling?
Can I trigger it from other apps?
pivot://restore/Workspace
or pivot://adaptive. Wire them into Shortcuts, Raycast, BetterTouchTool, or anything that can open a URL.What does it run on?