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Automatic tiling window manager for macOS à la xmonad.

107 mentions on Hacker News by 82 people: 5 stories, 102 comments · first 2013-10-19 · latest 2025-08-23

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  1. …for OSX. It's still not as configurable as xmonad, but certainly nicer for me than the default WM: https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
  2. …(Gnome or macOS) but add tiling feature only. So, on my macOS laptops, it is Amethyst all day https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst . Love it. But on my Linux desktops, I am stuck with Gnome and not gone for full VM replacement with XMonad, i3…
    comment by flurdy · 2019-06-02 · in A Tiling Desktop Environment
  3. I've become quite fond of Amethyst ( https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst ). Especially it's 3Column Middle Wide layout in combination with swapping windows using the mouse and mouse pointer being placed in the middle of a switched-to window…
    comment by bastih · 2019-04-08 · in Study: Two Monitors or One Ultrawide
  4. I'm a very happy user of Amethyst, a tiling WM https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst Makes OSX actually usable.
    comment by npstr · 2019-02-07 · in Coroutines in C (2000)
  5. To replace i3/xMonad on macOS try Amethyst which does tiling pretty well https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
    comment by flurdy · 2019-01-11 · in So Long, Macbook. Hello Again, Linux
  6. You can run a tiling window manager like i3 and xmonad on macOS! See: https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
  7. Alas, does not play nice with the tiling window manager I use ( https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst ) - highly recommended to those who seek tiling WMs.
  8. If you prefer a tiling window manager that is automatic, check out https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst .
  9. Here are two window managers for macOS I use: Tiling window manager: https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst Programmable window manager: https://github.com/kasper/phoenix
    comment by Osiris · 2018-02-07 · in Designing Windows 95’s User Interface
  10. I use Amethyst ( https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst ) and cannot give it a stronger recommendation.
  11. [Amethyst]( https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst ) is a decent tiling manager for macOS if that's what you're after.
  12. …a while ago and they definitely deserve another shot. [0] https://github.com/koekeishiya/kwm [1] https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
    comment by rdavis · 2017-05-25 · in Workspaces for Mac 1.0
  13. 2nd for https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst This tool reduces my cognitive load.
  14. …past 5 years or so and must say that I'm very pleased. [1] https://koekeishiya.github.io/kwm/ [2] https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
  15. Divvy is great. I was a heavy Divvy user. These days I swear by https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
    comment by flurdy · 2017-05-10 · in Opera is Reborn
  16. https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst is a godsend.
    comment by bosie · 2017-04-16 · in Apple's cash hoard swells to $246B
  17. I'm a heavy user of Amethyst, the Xmonad-inspired tiling for OSX/MacOS ( https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst ) on my laptops. And are disappointed when using my Ubuntu desktop of the lack of simple tiling inside Unity. In my ancient fvwm and…
    comment by flurdy · 2017-02-22 · in XMonad 0.13 released
  18. …(at least the tiling part of it, under OSX-specific restrictions) in native Cocoa environment. [1]: https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
    comment by sirn · 2017-01-13 · in StumpWM 1.0 Released
  19. Try amethyst https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
    comment by kryachkov · 2017-01-12 · in Opera Neon concept browser
  20. …and then needing to switch. I believe its (unfamiliar to me) key bindings are based on i3. https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
    comment by tehwalrus · 2017-01-03 · in Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X
  21. Check out Amethyst https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst for Mac. I use i3 at home, and when I first started using OSX at work it drove me nuts until I found Amethyst.
    comment by joobus · 2017-01-03 · in Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X
  22. Because folks can instead use https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst if they want a tiling window manager like xmonad. It is pretty easy to install and it works well.
  23. …features I honestly feel like I get the best of both worlds. It's quite great, to be honest. [1] https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
  24. Check out amethyst https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
    comment by burntcookie90 · 2016-01-12 · in Using Xmonad on OS X
  25. …same assumptions I made that resulted in some strange problems like the dreaded fullscreen bug ( https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst/issues/254 ). That said, some of those assumptions were made 3 OS X versions ago so things might have…
    comment by ianyh · 2015-12-22 · in Kwm, tiling window manager for OS X
  26. It's not obvious from the Amethyst page that it's open source: https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst (looks to be the MIT licence)
    comment by to3m · 2015-12-22 · in Kwm, tiling window manager for OS X
  27. …be quite buggy but I've had zero issues in the last few months. @ianyh is an amazing developer! [0] https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
    comment by girvo · 2015-08-16 · in Terminal Window Manager for OS X
  28. …is the closest thing I have seen to xmonad on OS X. Has some bugs but all in all works pretty well. https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
    comment by Cajag · 2015-08-16 · in Terminal Window Manager for OS X
  29. For OS X, there's Amethyst[0] which is meant to be a near clone of Xmonad. [0] - https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
    comment by lelandbatey · 2015-08-16 · in Terminal Window Manager for OS X
  30. ever tried https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst ? It does the job pretty good.
    comment by therealmarv · 2015-08-16 · in Terminal Window Manager for OS X
  31. Not to be confused with Amethyst, the tiling window manager for OS X. https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
  32. …maintained and has a lot of performance bugs. I've started using other window managers like https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
    comment by ranman · 2015-06-08 · in Apple OS X El Capitan
  33. …and Amethyst is only easy, fully functional alternative I've found that works out of the box. [0]: https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
    comment by eivarv · 2015-06-08 · in Apple OS X El Capitan
  34. …) are quite handy especially space order locking. That used to drive me mad. Finally Amethyst ( https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst ) is still a lil buggy but so nice to have. If you want to go the 'more OS X route' check out BetterTouchTool…
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    Amethyst – a tiling window manager for Mac OS X
    story by wanda · 2015-04-08 · 3 comments
  36. …): Removes files and preferences associated with applications you wish to uninstall. - Amethyst ( https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst ): The only fully functional dynamic tiling window manager I've found that works well under OS X. - f.lux (…
    comment by eivarv · 2015-03-30 · in Ask HN: OS X first-timer
  37. I use the default 'spaces' along with Amethyst ( https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst ). Works quite well.
  38. Yeah, there's already an issue to track that ( https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst/issues/129 ), but in general it seems like people want more flexibility in defining how they want things to tile.
  39. A feature matrix isn't a bad idea (and I opened an issue to track https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst/issues/267 ), but it's kind of hard to compare as they are such different pieces of software. Spectacle is manual window management and…
  40. …whatever they were talking to me about starts working. There's a long thread on github about this ( https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst/issues/254 ). I'd love to know more about your set up. I've been trying for weeks to make it work for…
  41. Honestly, since I tried Amethyst [0] no other tiling WM for OS X has come close. [0] https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
  42. Recent versions of Amethyst https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst have made a pretty much xmonad-like experience on osx. There are a few quirks but I don't see me going back at this point.
  43. …It's a lot buggier than xmonad - mostly due to osx's terrible apis - but it gets the job done. [0] https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
    comment by simon_weber · 2014-12-17 · in A tiling window manager written in Rust
  44. …[5] https://github.com/sdegutis/mjolnir#mjolnir-vs-other-apps [6] https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
    comment by michaelsbradley · 2014-12-17 · in A tiling window manager written in Rust
  45. True, but Amethyst[0] comes pretty close for my personal taste. [0] https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
    comment by girvo · 2014-12-09 · in Plan 9 from Bell Labs
  46. …in its development, but I've been enjoying pretty substantial productivity gains from using it. [1] https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
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    Amethyst: Tiling window manager for OS X à la xmonad
    story by ot · 2014-10-17 · 0 comments
  48. I've been using https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst for a couple weeks and have been pretty happy with it.
  49. …awesome to see some more control over workspaces and not just the windows within a workspace. [1] https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
  50. Possibly with this, https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst > Tiling window manager for OS X similar to xmonad