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When comparing Breeze vs MoveIt, the Slant community recommends MoveIt for most people. In the question“What is the best window manager for Mac?” MoveIt is ranked 21st while Breeze is ranked 24th.
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Pros
Pro Simplicity
In Breeze, the user can very quickly assign pre-set window positions to hot-keys, although there are not many advanced hot-key options.
Pro Ease of use
The following are number of benefits of using Breeze:
- It's super simple to setup.
- It focuses on basic window management.
- It works with Spaces.
- "Nag" mode cab be used indefinitely.
Pro Runs in the menu bar
Breeze lives in the menu bar and there are no windows to clutter my UI.
Pro Simple to understand window actions
Pro Can change keybindings easily
...as long as you are good with a text editor and know lua.
Pro Simple code that can be modified to meet your needs
Pro Lua based code and configuration
Code and configuration can be captured in personal dotfiles repo.
Pro Build on hammerspoon
Cons
Con No Adobe CC support
Adobe CC products do not respond to Breeze.
Con Must be familiar or willing to learn Lua to customize
Hammerspoon-based applications require knowledge of text editing and the Lua programming language.