TotalFinder alternatives

Installed it. It doesn’t quite behave the way I want. The shortcut won’t bring up a Finder window when I’m not running any other apps at the same time (that is, Finder being the only active application). Apptivate ignores keypresses in those scenarios. It does what it’s supposed to do, no doubt, but entirely not what I was hoping for. In this state it’s a poor substitute for visor, at best.