# BetterStage

> Mac window and workspace manager: group apps, windows, and layouts by project, then switch the whole context across displays.

- **Website:** https://betterstage.app
- **Pricing:** freemium
- **Categories:** Developer Tools, Writing & Content
- **Tags:** developer-tools, writing-content, productivity
- **Platforms:** Web, macOS, Windows, VS Code, CLI
- **Last verified:** 2026-09-10
- **Canonical page:** https://linkrena.com/tools/betterstage

## About

BetterStage is a Mac window manager that puts your editor, browser, and terminal into resizable panes and tabs. Keep each project in its own workspace, across one screen or several.

Every monitor in a stage gets its own Window Mode — TabStack or Enhanced Native. Switch projects and the whole desk comes back arranged exactly as you left it, not a blank desktop like Spaces . Pick a stage:

Opt + 1 2 3 Interactive schematic — each stage keeps its own Window Modes. Scroll sideways on smaller screens to see every monitor.

Give every monitor its own Window Mode . Every stage remembers it.

Free-floating windows, with snapping and shortcuts on top. Best for screens you like to arrange by hand.

Tiles windows into resizable panes, stacks extras as tabs, and lets you split, join, and swap without leaving the layout. Customize tab bar and pane appearance to suit your desk.

Switch a monitor's mode from the Snap Wheel or the BetterStage menu bar.

BetterStage remembers more than window positions. It protects your stages, every monitor's Window Mode, and each TabStack pane and tab group as one complete workspace.

Free — recover after restarting BetterStage, waking your Mac, or reconnecting displays.

Pro — keep named arrangements and load them with custom shortcuts. Optional Clean Load quits apps and removes stages outside the saved setup.

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