One click back into exactly where you were

Is there a Rectangle for Mac?

Yes. Rectangle is the popular one, and Spud is the honest upgrade if you want more than snapping. Rectangle is a free, open-source window manager for macOS, maintained by Ryan Hanson since 2019 under the MIT license, and it is very good at moving and resizing windows with keyboard shortcuts.

Spud does that snapping too, and it also saves and restores entire named workspaces with one keystroke. One tool snaps a window. The other brings your whole setup back.

Snap and arrange windows

Spud puts every window back exactly where it belongs, then adapts when your displays change. This is the part most "rectangle mac" searchers want first.

• Windows land back at their exact position, size, and z-order (stacking order), not just a rough half or quarter.
• Layouts remap proportionally when you switch between the laptop screen and a docked external display.
• Unplug the external display and the layout re-places itself on the built-in screen. Dock again and everything returns.

For comparison, Rectangle snaps windows to preset positions like halves, quarters, and thirds, which is great for tiling but does not remember a full arrangement across sessions.

Save and restore whole workspaces

This is the real reason to pick Spud over a pure snapper. You save a named context, like Deep Work or Calls, with one keystroke, and restore it just as fast.

Restoring a workspace does the setup you would otherwise redo by hand: it relaunches closed apps, reopens browser tabs without creating duplicates, and hides the apps that belong to your other contexts so the new one comes up clean. On the free tier you can keep up to 2 workspaces, and Spud Pro removes that limit.

Spud vs Rectangle

Both snap windows well. The difference is that Rectangle stops at window placement, while Spud restores your whole working context and adds keyboard-first extras.

Credit where it is due: Rectangle is free, open source, and focused snapping done right. Pick it if snapping is all you need. Pick Spud if the friction is rebuilding your setup every morning, which is the work that happens before snapping even starts. Spud Pro is $4.99 per month for unlimited use.

Download for Mac · Free 10-day trial · no card, no sign-up.

The switcher

Press ⌃⌥ Space to fan out your saved workspaces and jump between them without touching the mouse. It works the way your hands already do on a keyboard-first Mac.

Use the arrow keys or number keys to move, then press Return to jump in. Every Spud feature opens from a shortcut, so the switcher is one keystroke away from any app.

Beyond window management

Spud bundles the small keyboard-first tools that a single-purpose snapper like Rectangle does not include. Each one opens from a shortcut and stays out of your way.

Clipboard history

Spud keeps a searchable history of what you copy, so a new copy never destroys the last one. On the free tier you get the last 10 clipboard items, and Pro keeps the full history.

Screenshots

Every screenshot you take lands in a searchable grid, including the ones you copy straight to the clipboard with ⌃⇧⌘4 that macOS never saves to disk. Return copies one, ⌘↩ opens it, and you can reveal it in Finder or trash it without leaving the keyboard. It is opt-in: turn it on in Settings, and nothing leaves your Mac.

Snippets

Snippets store the text you type every day and drop it in with a shortcut. The free tier includes 5 snippets, and Pro makes them unlimited.

Talk

Talk reads copied text aloud, so you can proof a draft or catch up on an article while your hands stay free. It is part of Spud Pro.

Keyboard shortcuts

Spud is built for hands that stay on the keyboard, so every core action has a shortcut you can learn in a minute. The full shortcut reference lives on eatspud.com.

• Open the switcher: ⌃⌥ Space
• Save the current layout: one keystroke
• Switch to the Nth workspace: number keys
• Back to your previous workspace: one keystroke
• Open the panel or Talk: a shortcut, no mouse needed

Compatibility and requirements

Spud requires macOS 26 Tahoe and runs on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. The app is signed and notarized and downloaded directly from eatspud.com, not the Mac App Store.

Direct download is a plus for a window manager, because it avoids the sandbox limits that would block reading and moving other apps' windows. Spud needs one-time Accessibility permission to do that, and it runs with no Dock icon. For reference, Rectangle supports macOS 10.15 and later, so if you are on an older system, Rectangle may be the fit today.

Pricing

Spud is honest about price: there is a free tier that lasts forever and a Pro plan at $4.99 per month. Nothing you make during the 10-day trial is ever taken away.

• Free forever: up to 2 workspaces, the last 10 clipboard items, 5 snippets, screenshots, and the switcher.
• Spud Pro ($4.99/mo): unlimited workspaces, full clipboard history, unlimited snippets, Talk, and every Mac you sign in to.

The 10-day trial needs no card and no sign-up. Try Pro, and if you stop, your work stays.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Spud a Rectangle alternative?

Yes. Spud does the keyboard-driven window snapping people use Rectangle for, and it adds saving and restoring whole workspaces on top. If you only want snapping, Rectangle is free and open source and does that well. If you want your full setup to come back with one keystroke, Spud is the upgrade.

Does Spud snap windows like Rectangle?

Yes. Spud snaps and arranges windows with keyboard shortcuts, and it puts each window back at its exact position, size, and stacking order. It also remaps layouts proportionally between your laptop screen and a docked display, which a pure snapper does not track across sessions.

Is Spud free?

Spud has a free tier that lasts forever, covering up to 2 workspaces, the last 10 clipboard items, 5 snippets, screenshots, and the switcher. Spud Pro is $4.99 per month for unlimited use, with a 10-day trial that needs no card and no sign-up.

Does Spud work on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs?

Yes. Spud runs on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs and requires macOS 26 Tahoe. The app is signed, notarized, and downloaded directly from eatspud.com.

Why isn't Spud on the Mac App Store?

Spud downloads directly from eatspud.com because a window manager needs to read and move other apps' windows, which the Mac App Store sandbox restricts. The direct build is signed and notarized, and it asks for one-time Accessibility permission so it can manage your windows without those limits.

Get your desktop under control

The Mac gives you many ways to arrange windows and no way to remember one. Spud remembers, and brings your whole setup back in about a minute.

Download for Mac and save your first workspace in under a minute. Free 10-day trial, no card, no sign-up.