zap vs afloat

zap

A CLI for cleaning up after .apps (by keith)

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afloat

Always on top solution, quickly install Afloat in macOS (by rwu823)

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zap		afloat
	Project
3	Mentions	3
98	Stars	824
-	Growth	-
2.7	Activity	0.0
5 months ago	Latest Commit	5 months ago
Shell	Language	Shell
MIT License	License	-

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zap

Posts with mentions or reviews of zap. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-10.

What's the proper way to uninstall software without a trace?
1 project | /r/macapps | 25 Jul 2022
AppClenaer for Terminal
2 projects | /r/macapps | 10 Jul 2022

I appreciate this suggestion because casks are (usually) hand-crafted and well maintained, so it's likely to get all the hidden files, while https://github.com/keith/zap just has a few hard-coded heuristics that will get 98% of files.

afloat

Posts with mentions or reviews of afloat. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-26.

Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu
24 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Apr 2022
Is there a picture-in-picture equivalent for apps?
3 projects | /r/macapps | 18 Feb 2022

Afloat - Don't know if it will work for macOS 12. If it's just for safari alone, you can try Pennywise
Keep a window "on top" M1 Mac.
2 projects | /r/mac | 5 Oct 2021

Hi! Apart from Afloat (which is not updated for a while now) there's an app called Rectangle. Although it doesn't keep windows on top of other windows - it's a great tool to organize or "snap" your apps through keyboard shortcuts.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing zap and afloat you can also consider the following projects:

beardedspice - Mac Media Keys for the Masses

Rectangle - Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas

pennywise - Cross-platform application to open any website or media in a floating window

maestral - Open-source Dropbox client for macOS and Linux

AutoRaise - AutoRaise (and focus) a window when hovering over it with the mouse

yabai - A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning

hammerspoon - Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua

Scroll-Reverser - Per-device scrolling prefs on macOS.

Kap - An open-source screen recorder built with web technology

KeepingYouAwake - Prevents your Mac from going to sleep.

openmtp - OpenMTP - Advanced Android File Transfer Application for macOS

Mos - 一个用于在 macOS 上平滑你的鼠标滚动效果或单独设置滚动方向的小工具, 让你的滚轮爽如触控板 | A lightweight tool used to smooth scrolling and set scroll direction independently for your mouse on macOS