When comparing Hyperdock vs ShiftIt, the Slant community recommends Hyperdock for most people. In the question“What are the best power user tools for macOS?” Hyperdock is ranked 25th while ShiftIt is ranked 46th. The most important reason people chose Hyperdock is:
Hyperdock adds a lot of small improvements to the default mac dock, like better iTunes controls and calendar event previews.
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Pros
Pro Lots of small improvements to the dock
Hyperdock adds a lot of small improvements to the default mac dock, like better iTunes controls and calendar event previews.
Pro Select individual application
Select individual application windows just by moving the mouse on a dock item, use mouse clicks to quickly open new windows and many more.
Pro Lets you easily find a window you have open
Pro Scroll up/down on menu bar to change size
Scroll up for full size.
Pro Snaps to corners
Pro Easy to configure
ShiftIt is configured through a simple UI where you simply press the hotkeys you wish to map to a certain action.
Pro Free
Pro Intuitive
ShiftIt is very straight-forward to use for most frequent usages.
Pro Open source
Pro Configuration can be committed to your personal dotfiles repository
Configuration winds up living in .hammerspoon/init.lua and .hammerspoon/Spoons/ShiftIt.lua. Very easy to track configuration changes.
Cons
Con Not under active development
Hyperdock doesn't seem to be under active development and hasn't been updated since october 2014.
Con Can't bring back the 3d dock
Con A little slow
Similar to Spectacle, but it has a few more features, such as being able to pick the size adjustment increments. Spectacle was a little faster, though. Repeated size changes or moves in succession can cause it to wait for it to complete.
Con Imprecise when readjusting sizes
Con Doesn't support moving windows between workspaces
There's no way to move a window to a different workspace with hotkeys in ShiftIt.