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How to see multiple websites at once on a Mac

Comparing two pages, watching a dashboard while you work, reading while you write — all of it means more than one website on screen. macOS has three ways built in, most browsers now have a fourth, and a canvas browser is the fifth. Here is what each looks like and how many sites it really fits.

By the Tabula teamMakers of the spatial browser

Window tiling2–4 sites

Free and built into macOS Sequoia and later. Each window keeps its own toolbar, so a quarter of the screen buys a quarter-size page.

At a glance

MethodSites on screenCostWorks with
Window tiling2–4Free, macOS Sequoia and laterAny browser
Full-screen Split View2Free, built into macOSAny browser
Stage Manager1–2 in viewFree, macOS Ventura and laterAny browser
Split view in the browser2 to 4FreeChrome, Firefox, Zen, Arc, Vivaldi
A canvas browserAs many as you arrangeFree; paid plan for more zonesTabula

01

Tile browser windowsFree, built in, works with any browser

Open a second browser window with Command-N, then:

  1. Drag the window to the left or right edge of the screen until an outline appears, and let go — it fills that half.
  2. Drag it to a corner instead to fill a quarter.
  3. Or press Fn-Control with the left or right arrow key to tile the front window to that half.

Holding Option while you drag tiles the window without reaching the edge. On macOS versions before Sequoia, the free, open-source app Rectangle does the same job. Three, four or six windows at once.

Good
  • Nothing to install
  • Halves or quarters of the screen
  • Keyboard shortcuts for halves
Falls short
  • Every window keeps its own toolbar
  • Needs macOS Sequoia (15) or later
  • The layout goes when the windows close

02

Full-screen Split ViewTwo sites, nothing else on screen

  1. Hover over the green button in the top-left corner of a browser window.
  2. Choose the option to tile it to the left or right of the screen in full screen.
  3. Click the window you want on the other side.

Drag the divider to change the split, and use the green button again to leave full screen.

Good
  • Uses the entire display
  • No menu bar or Dock in the way
  • Built into every recent macOS
Falls short
  • Exactly two windows, no more
  • Awkward to swap one side out

03

Stage ManagerSwitching between groups of windows

Turn it on from Control Center. The window you are using sits in the middle and the rest wait as thumbnails on the left; drag a thumbnail onto the stage to group two windows together. It keeps groups of sites one click away, but only the group on stage is actually readable.

Good
  • Groups windows you use together
  • One click to swap the whole group
  • Built into macOS Ventura and later
Falls short
  • Better for switching than seeing
  • Everything off-stage shrinks to a thumbnail

04

Split view in your browserTwo to four sites in one window

Chrome added Split View in version 143, at the end of 2025, and Firefox followed in version 149 in March 2026: right-click a tab and choose split view to put it beside the one you are on. Zen and Arc go up to four panes, and Vivaldi’s Tab Tiling lays out a whole stack of tabs. Browsers with vertical tabs.

Good
  • One toolbar for both panes
  • Two tabs in Chrome and Firefox, up to four in Zen and Arc
  • Vivaldi tiles several tabs at once
Falls short
  • Safari has none
  • Panes share one window, so they share its size

05

A canvas browserAs many sites as you need, kept in place

Tabula puts every site on an infinite canvas as a live tile. Place and size them however you work — mail top-left, the doc in the middle, the dashboard on the right — and they stay there, per zone, the next time you open it. What a spatial browser is.

Good
  • No fixed number of panes
  • Zoom out for all of it, in for one
  • Remembers every arrangement between launches
Falls short
  • A new browser to learn
  • No extension toolbar yet
  • Each visible tile is a live page, so it uses more memory

Which one to use

If you only ever need two sites side by side, you do not need anything new: tile two windows, or use your browser’s split view. If you need four, window tiling in quarters works on a large display. Past that, or if you want the arrangement to still be there tomorrow, that is what a canvas browser is for.

Questions

Can Safari show two websites side by side?
Not inside one window — Safari has no split view. Open a second Safari window with Command-N and tile the two windows side by side with Fn-Control and the left and right arrow keys.
How do I split my screen on a Mac?
On macOS Sequoia or later, drag a window to the left or right edge of the screen, or press Fn-Control and an arrow key. For a distraction-free split, hover over the green button in a window’s top-left corner and choose to tile it in full screen.
How many websites can I see at once on a Mac?
With window tiling, four is the practical limit on a laptop screen. Browser split views show two to four. A canvas browser like Tabula shows as many as you arrange; how many stay readable depends on your screen and how far you zoom out.
Is there a way to keep the arrangement for next time?
macOS tiling and Split View arrange the windows you have open now — close them and the layout goes with them. Tabula keeps every tile where you left it, per zone, between launches.