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https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai is awesome, way more extreme than the other stuff. But it's super configurable and I love how it auto fills windows (but you may not, which can be configured)

comment by Jonovono · 2021-03-03 · in M1 MacBook Air hits 900 GFlops in the browser with Safari's experimental WebGPU

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Yabai – Tiling window manager for macOS

story by danpeddle · 2021-01-30 · 2 comments

…Mac OS (& Windows), I've been using yabai, which is heavily inspired by i3 but limited by Mac OS. https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai

comment by Hammershaft · 2020-12-17 · in I3: Improved Tiling Window Manager

…it as the developer has done an excellent job trying to bring the i3 experience to Mac. [0]: https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai

comment by vicken · 2020-12-16 · in I3: Improved Tiling Window Manager

…(for employer reasons), but I had a lot of success with Yabai (free/open-source) before I switched. https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai

comment by jessemillar · 2020-12-16 · in I3: Improved Tiling Window Manager

yabai is another option worth considering as well https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai

comment by firloop · 2020-12-16 · in I3: Improved Tiling Window Manager

…been using skhrdc (same maintainer I believe) for key bindings and it’s an absolute blast. [0]: https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai

comment by cmauniada · 2020-12-16 · in I3: Improved Tiling Window Manager

…tiling window managers. The best (only?) one for OSX now requires you to go disable SIP to use it: https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/wiki/Disabling-System-I... -- this wouldn't be the case if Apple cared at all to support these sorts of…

comment by sushisource · 2020-12-03 · in M1 Macs: Truth and Truthiness

It looks like yabai (mostly) works on Big Sur: https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/issues/589

comment by ggsp · 2020-11-13 · in macOS Big Sur

…for keeping your windows neat and orderly like I am, you may want to check out Yabai (+ skhd): https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai I used to use BetterTouchTool and Stay to do this, but after a co-worker tipped me off on yabai+skhd, I've…

comment by jkcorrea · 2020-11-12 · in macOS Big Sur

…You can also write your own with Hammerspoon[3]. [1] https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst [2] https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai [3] https://github.com/Hammerspoon/hammerspoon

comment by least · 2020-10-25 · in The X.Org Server Is Abandonware?

…back since. I've even managed to get Windows-style window management working in my config. Link: https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai

comment by SxC97 · 2020-09-21 · in Apple’s dongle problem isn’t getting any better

Yabai ( https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai ) and skhd ( https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd ) together makes a very powerful combination that works extremely well. It's as close to i3 as you can get on MacOS, and outside of a few odd…

comment by dashwav · 2020-09-16 · in Material Shell – A modern desktop interface for GNOME

…extension needs it to interact with the dock. But you don't need to completely disable it. [1] https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/wiki/Disabling-System-I...

comment by stevewillows · 2020-08-22 · in macOS Security and Privacy Guide

…Is SIP really needed ? I see that it didn't even exist since "since OS X 10.11 "El Capitan".". [1] https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/wiki [2] https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide#sy...

comment by abledon · 2020-08-22 · in macOS Security and Privacy Guide

…for people who tinker and use computers a lot. If that's the main reason, how about yabai on Mac? https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai > The primary function of yabai is tiling window management; automatically modifying your window layout…

comment by gowld · 2020-06-08 · in Running Linux on My MacBook

Yabai [1] turned out to be pretty sufficient replacement of i3 on macOS for me [1] https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai

comment by lisnake · 2020-05-31 · in Major Linux Problems on the Desktop, 2020 edition

> SLSTransactions thank you, that's a great pointer in case I look into that some more. Found https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/issues/148 which might be a good entry point for me This kind of software is completely foreign to me.…

comment by aloer · 2020-05-22 · in Linux touchpad: preliminary project funding, survey results

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Yabai: A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning

story by yarapavan · 2020-05-15 · 0 comments

…the i3 experience, but it's a very nice programmable keyboard-centric tiling wm for macOS. [1] https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai [2] https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd/

comment by butterthebuddha · 2020-02-17 · in i3 4.18

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story by shawndellysse · 2020-02-14 · 0 comments

…will get in a wonky state, but I have a hot key to reset them. It is usually stable for a week+ [0] https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai [1] https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd

comment by athorax · 2020-01-25 · in Show HN: Phoenix – a macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript

I have good success with yabai: https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai

comment by macinjosh · 2020-01-25 · in Show HN: Phoenix – a macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript

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Yabai: A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning

story by sudenmorsian · 2019-12-19 · 0 comments

From the readme ( https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/blob/master/README.md ): * The WindowServer is a single point of contact for all applications. It is central to the implementation of the GUI frameworks and many other services.…

comment by rufugee · 2019-12-10 · in Ask HN: What are your favorite tools for windows and mouse management on macOS?

…you to define custom layouts and save them. It can be controlled by the keyboard entirely. [1] https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/wiki/Disabling-System-I... [2] https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/ [3] https://setapp.com/apps/switchem [4]…

comment by least · 2019-12-10 · in Ask HN: What are your favorite tools for windows and mouse management on macOS?

Interesting! The active project (rewrite) moved here apparently: https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai Just to piggyback on your interest: My comments were more in the way of evangelizing Plasma (iirc KDE is the company, Plasma is their DE…

comment by K0SM0S · 2019-10-16 · in Show HN: Alt-tab-macos – Windows-style alt-tab on macOS

…your desktop. It's only too bad that you have to disable SIP for all the APIs to get exposed. [0]: https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai [1]: https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd

comment by motform · 2019-10-15 · in Show HN: Alt-tab-macos – Windows-style alt-tab on macOS

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yabai: A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning

story by bangonkeyboard · 2019-10-03 · 0 comments

Have you tried https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai ? (Unfortunately, you have to disable SIP...)

comment by eddyg · 2019-09-06 · in Fancy Zones, a tiling window manager

Gonna drop a PSA, if anyone is moving from i3wm to OSX, check out yabai. https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai

comment by kache_ · 2019-09-06 · in Fancy Zones, a tiling window manager

…Yabai[0] for a few months and am generally pretty happy with the i3-like experience on macOS. [0] https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai

comment by dostoevsky · 2019-09-06 · in Fancy Zones, a tiling window manager

I would suggest checking out Yabai ( https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai ) which is functionally similar to bspwm and allows quick switching workspaces (no animation or fade) and throwing windows to different workspaces or monitors.

comment by least · 2019-08-25 · in From Mac to Linux – the setup I've grown to love

…There are a couple of automatic tiling window managers for MacOS, the most notable being Yabai ( https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai ) and Amethyst ( https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst ). Yabai doesn't handle window switching on its own…

comment by least · 2019-08-25 · in From Mac to Linux – the setup I've grown to love