((Tiling) window managers) for macOS
More hacker-oriented
- PaperWM.spoon - (HN 2025 comment) - Hammerspoon plugin like niri
- AeroSpace - (HN 2024) - like i3
- Amethyst - like xmonad
- yabai - (HN 2023)
- Phoenix - (HN 2018) - I use this since I work daily in JavaScript/TypeScript
- Hammerspoon - I previously used this. Similar to (and probably more powerful than) Phoenix, but scripted in Lua
More usable out-of-the-box
Related: focus follows mouse for macOS
See also
- Emacs is My New Window Manager - (HN 2023)
- Karabiner-Elements - keyboard customizer
- Multiple displays on a Mac sucks (HN 2024)
- The Future is Niri (HN 2025)
