AquaSnap vs herbstluftwm

AquaSnap is a Windows utility for arranging desktop windows through docking, tiling, snapping, and grouped movement. Drag a window to a screen edge or corner to resize it to half or a quarter of the screen. When two windows are side by side, holding Ctrl while resizing one also adjusts the other. Windows can snap together, and double-clicking an edge maximizes the window in that direction. Holding Ctrl while moving a window carries its adjacent group along. Mouse and keyboard shortcuts are customizable; mouse shortcuts offer 15 clickable areas and up to five mouse buttons. AquaSnap also works with TidyTabs, so tabbed groups can be docked, tiled, and snapped. The product lists 64-bit support from Windows 7 through Windows 11, plus a portable version that can run from a USB stick without installation. The free Personal Freeware plan is for personal use only. The Standard License costs $29 as a one-time purchase for one computer and is a lifetime license valid for future versions. The Site License costs $899 as a one-time purchase for unlimited computers at one physical location.

herbstluftwm is a manual tiling window manager for the X window system. Each virtual desktop, called a tag, has a tiling layer and a floating layer, allowing windows to occupy split frames or be placed freely. Frames can be divided into further subframes or filled with windows, and keyboard controls move, resize, and focus tiled and floating windows. Configuration runs through herbstclient and can be changed while the manager is running without a restart. Screen space can be divided into virtual monitors that need not match physical displays; monitors share a common pool of tags. The project is licensed under the Simplified BSD License and is listed as free at free. The download page lists packages for Linux distributions and Mac OS X via MacPorts, and confirms operation on Cygwin. The project also offers released source tarballs and links to its current development version. Community help is available through IRC, Reddit, GitHub issues, and a mailing list.