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What are the best tiling window managers for Mac?
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Best tiling window managers for Mac
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Swish
$5
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Feb 23, 2023
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Amethyst
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MIT
Apr 26, 2020
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Yabai
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MIT
May 2, 2023
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chunkwm
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Feb 1, 2020
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Swish
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Easy to use
Intuitive gestures, doesn't get in the way like BetterTouchTool.
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Limited keybinding customization
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Matches the Mac language
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Fast
Just squeezing on top of an icon to close the app is a breeze compared to right clicking and selecting "quit," using Command + Q, or APP NAME -> Quit.
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Multi-monitor and spaces support
Switch intuitively between screens and spaces based on their physical location.
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Sleek and intuitive
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Best window manager for trackpad power users
Gestures are faster than dragging or keyboard shortcuts.
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Amethyst
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Works with keyboard shortcuts, no mouse needed
As it's designed to work closely to how xmonad, Amethyst uses keyboard shortcuts to control the windows being used, meaning no mouse input is necessary. This can make for a faster way to control windows.
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True tiling means never losing track of windows under a huge pile of others
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It's free and open-source
Amethyst is published under the MIT license making it open-source and id offered completely free. This allows anyone to give the tiling window manger a try, which is great.
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Yabai
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Yabai
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Yabai
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Can be a steep learning curve at first
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Fast
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Needs disabling SIP to get full benefit
SIP is a security feature for Mac. You can use most of the features without disabling it.
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Integrates with other apps
Like skhd, sketchybar, hammerspoon scripts, ubersicht Gives you more control and oversight of your machine
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Needs additional tools to get the full benefit
Install "skhd" to use keyboard shortcuts
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Actively developed
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Reliable
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Extremely programmable
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