When comparing Cinch vs Yabai, the Slant community recommends Yabai for most people. In the question“What is the best window manager for Mac?” Yabai is ranked 23rd while Cinch is ranked 36th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Free and paid versions
There are both versions of Cinch available, though the free version can be naggy.
Pro Simple and easy to use
So simple, even my grandma can use it
Pro Fast
Pro Integrates with other apps
Like skhd, sketchybar, hammerspoon scripts, ubersicht
Gives you more control and oversight of your machine
Pro Actively developed
Pro Reliable
Pro Extremely programmable
Cons
Con Does not support the border of multiple displays well
When using multiple displays, the ability to dock a window to half of a display only works on one side of the screen divide. It can work (with some very careful cursor placement) only on the external monitor and not dividing edge of the native (laptop) monitor. It does not support quarter-splits either.
Bottom line, this was a great initial app, adding this capability before anyone else did, but it has been eclipsed by newer apps.
Con Can be a steep learning curve at first
Con Needs disabling SIP to get full benefit
SIP is a security feature for Mac. You can use most of the features without disabling it.
Con Needs additional tools to get the full benefit
Install "skhd" to use keyboard shortcuts