AeroSpace

@Mansi_126 That's pretty cool, never seen this kind of window management before... but why not to use something like aerospace nikitabobko/AeroSpace?

AeroSpace: an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS (24k stars) What it does All text below is quoted directly from the project README. >AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS Key features: - Tiling window manager based on a tree paradigm - i3 inspired - Fast workspaces switching without animations and without the necessity to disable SIP - AeroSpace employs its own emulation of virtual workspaces instead of relying on native macOS Spaces due to their considerable limitations - Plain text configuration (dotfiles friendly). - CLI first (manpages and shell completion included) - Doesn't require disabling SIP (System Integrity Protection) - Proper multi-monitor support (i3-like paradigm) >Install via Homebrew to get autoupdates (Preferred): brew install --cask nikitabobko/tap/aerospace Repository nikitabobko/AeroSpace Repository stats |Metric|Value| |:-|:-| |Stars|23,674| |Forks|784| |Last release|None| |Languages|Swift 96.9%, Shell 3%, Other 0.1%| |Contributors|59| |AI contributor accounts (Claude / Codex / Cursor / Copilot)|@claude (1 commits)| |AI co-authored commits|Claude: 1| Main contributor |Field|Value| |:-|:-| |Name|Nikita Bobko| |GitHub|@nikitabobko| |Commits to this repo|1,682 (top contributor)| |Bio|Amateur yak shaver. Creator of AeroSpace| |Company / Location|Amsterdam, The Netherlands| |Followers|805| ────────────────────────────── 📌 How many great GitHub repos have you discovered and completely forgotten about? Don't let another useful tool disappear into your Reddit feed. Get the community's best repos, organized by category, plus key takeaways from real developer discussions, delivered to your inbox twice a week. 📬 Never lose track of great repos again. Subscribe free.

@mebeim These “products” rely on people who are uninformed about how easy it is to find open source versions of this stuff. Like a two second google search: nikitabobko/AeroSpace

@ahmedgagan11 Try nikitabobko/AeroSpace Never looked back!

skyland — free, open-source Hyprland-style tiling window manager for macOS (AeroSpace fork) Skyland — a Hyprland-inspired tiling window manager for macOS I've been working on Skyland, a Hyprland-inspired desktop experience for macOS. It's a fork of AeroSpace — huge thanks to nikitabobko for the foundation The goal was to bring that Linux tiling WM feeling to my Mac, including animations, workspace transitions, groups, dynamic theming, and a cyberpunk HUD. Projects - Skyland (window manager): waxdred/skyland - Cyberdeck (HUD): waxdred/skyland-cyberdeck What's in the video? - Dwindle layout with smart split (the split direction follows the cursor) and togglesplit - Bezier animations — windows pop in, shrink and fade on close, and workspaces use slidefadevert transitions - Window groups with a tabs bar, similar to Hyprland's grouping workflow - Master layout per workspace, with the master window centered on ultrawide screens - Rounded corners, active/inactive opacity, and a gradient border around the focused window - 18 themes from 43PR, plus wallpaper-generated colors using Matugen; light or dark mode is selected based on wallpaper brightness - Cyberdeck HUD — a translucent, eye-implant-inspired app launcher and a unified messages panel for macOS notifications and script messages - Claude Code integration — a Hermes plugin notifies me when an agent finishes or needs input - Workspace overview with live thumbnails and drag-and-drop between workspaces - Shortcut cheat sheet and a settings window that edits the TOML configuration while preserving comments I'm sharing this because I wanted a more Hyprland-like workflow on macOS, and figured others might enjoy it too. I'd love to hear your feedback, suggestions, and ideas for what to improve next! GitHub: waxdred/skyland

skyland — free, open-source Hyprland-style tiling window manager for macOS (AeroSpace fork) Skyland — a Hyprland-inspired tiling window manager for macOS I've been working on Skyland, a Hyprland-inspired desktop experience for macOS. It's a fork of AeroSpace — huge thanks to nikitabobko for the foundation The goal was to bring that Linux tiling WM feeling to my Mac, including animations, workspace transitions, groups, dynamic theming, and a cyberpunk HUD. Projects - Skyland (window manager): waxdred/skyland - Cyberdeck (HUD): waxdred/skyland-cyberdeck What's in the video? - Dwindle layout with smart split (the split direction follows the cursor) and togglesplit - Bezier animations — windows pop in, shrink and fade on close, and workspaces use slidefadevert transitions - Window groups with a tabs bar, similar to Hyprland's grouping workflow - Master layout per workspace, with the master window centered on ultrawide screens - Rounded corners, active/inactive opacity, and a gradient border around the focused window - 18 themes from 43PR, plus wallpaper-generated colors using Matugen; light or dark mode is selected based on wallpaper brightness - Cyberdeck HUD — a translucent, eye-implant-inspired app launcher and a unified messages panel for macOS notifications and script messages - Claude Code integration — a Hermes plugin notifies me when an agent finishes or needs input - Workspace overview with live thumbnails and drag-and-drop between workspaces - Shortcut cheat sheet and a settings window that edits the TOML configuration while preserving comments I'm sharing this because I wanted a more Hyprland-like workflow on macOS, and figured others might enjoy it too. I'd love to hear your feedback, suggestions, and ideas for what to improve next! GitHub: waxdred/skyland

skyland — free, open-source Hyprland-style tiling window manager for macOS (AeroSpace fork) Skyland — a Hyprland-inspired tiling window manager for macOS I've been working on Skyland, a Hyprland-inspired desktop experience for macOS. It's a fork of AeroSpace — huge thanks to nikitabobko for the foundation — with the look and workflow of 43PR's Hyprland dotfiles. The goal was to bring that Linux tiling WM feeling to my Mac, including animations, workspace transitions, groups, dynamic theming, and a cyberpunk HUD. Projects - Skyland (window manager): waxdred/skyland - Cyberdeck (HUD): waxdred/skyland-cyberdeck What's in the video? - Dwindle layout with smart split (the split direction follows the cursor) and togglesplit - Bezier animations — windows pop in, shrink and fade on close, and workspaces use slidefadevert transitions - Window groups with a tabs bar, similar to Hyprland's grouping workflow - Master layout per workspace, with the master window centered on ultrawide screens - Rounded corners, active/inactive opacity, and a gradient border around the focused window - 18 themes from 43PR, plus wallpaper-generated colors using Matugen; light or dark mode is selected based on wallpaper brightness - Cyberdeck HUD — a translucent, eye-implant-inspired app launcher and a unified messages panel for macOS notifications and script messages - Claude Code integration — a Hermes plugin notifies me when an agent finishes or needs input - Workspace overview with live thumbnails and drag-and-drop between workspaces - Shortcut cheat sheet and a settings window that edits the TOML configuration while preserving comments Other features - Named scratchpads (for example, Spotify on its own shortcut) - Window rules - Alt + mouse to move or resize windows - A Hyprlock-inspired screensaver - Floating media widget with audio-reactive bars - SketchyBar integration My setup - WM: Skyland (AeroSpace fork, Swift) - Bar: SketchyBar - Borders: JankyBorders - Terminal: Ghostty + Hack Nerd Font - Themes: 43PR palettes + Matugen - Wallpapers: 43PR's Wallhaven collections Honest caveats A few things are worth knowing before trying it: - Some features require partially disabling SIP. Window corners, opacity, animations, and keeping floating windows on top rely on a scripting addition injected into Dock, similar to yabai. This also requires the -arm64e_preview_abi boot argument. Without it, the core tiling features still work, but the window effects won't. - Blur is limited. It only works where an application implements it itself (Ghostty, for example). I explored system-wide blur, but that would require much deeper WindowServer hacking. - The lock screen is a screensaver, not a security boundary. macOS still handles password authentication. - It's a personal setup, currently running on Apple Silicon with macOS 15. Some paths are hard-coded, so contributions and fixes are very welcome. I'm sharing this because I wanted a more Hyprland-like workflow on macOS, and figured others might enjoy it too. I'd love to hear your feedback, suggestions, and ideas for what to improve next! GitHub: waxdred/skyland

[AeroSpace] skyland — I turned my Mac into Hyprland (dwindle, bezier animations, groups, master, cyberpunk HUD) I've been working on Skyland, a Hyprland-inspired desktop experience for macOS. It's a fork of AeroSpace — huge thanks to nikitabobko for the foundation — with the look and workflow of 43PR's Hyprland dotfiles. The goal was to bring that Linux tiling WM feeling to my Mac, including animations, workspace transitions, groups, dynamic theming, and a cyberpunk HUD. Projects - Skyland (window manager): waxdred/skyland - Cyberdeck (HUD): waxdred/skyland-cyberdeck What's in the video? - Dwindle layout with smart split (the split direction follows the cursor) and togglesplit - Bezier animations — windows pop in, shrink and fade on close, and workspaces use slidefadevert transitions - Window groups with a tabs bar, similar to Hyprland's grouping workflow - Master layout per workspace, with the master window centered on ultrawide screens - Rounded corners, active/inactive opacity, and a gradient border around the focused window - 18 themes from 43PR, plus wallpaper-generated colors using Matugen; light or dark mode is selected based on wallpaper brightness - Cyberdeck HUD — a translucent, eye-implant-inspired app launcher and a unified messages panel for macOS notifications and script messages - Claude Code integration — a Hermes plugin notifies me when an agent finishes or needs input - Workspace overview with live thumbnails and drag-and-drop between workspaces - Shortcut cheat sheet and a settings window that edits the TOML configuration while preserving comments Other features - Named scratchpads (for example, Spotify on its own shortcut) - Window rules - Alt + mouse to move or resize windows - A Hyprlock-inspired screensaver - Floating media widget with audio-reactive bars - SketchyBar integration My setup - WM: Skyland (AeroSpace fork, Swift) - Bar: SketchyBar - Borders: JankyBorders - Terminal: Ghostty + Hack Nerd Font - Themes: 43PR palettes + Matugen - Wallpapers: 43PR's Wallhaven collections Honest caveats A few things are worth knowing before trying it: - Some features require partially disabling SIP. Window corners, opacity, animations, and keeping floating windows on top rely on a scripting addition injected into Dock, similar to yabai. This also requires the -arm64e_preview_abi boot argument. Without it, the core tiling features still work, but the window effects won't. - Blur is limited. It only works where an application implements it itself (Ghostty, for example). I explored system-wide blur, but that would require much deeper WindowServer hacking. - The lock screen is a screensaver, not a security boundary. macOS still handles password authentication. - It's a personal setup, currently running on Apple Silicon with macOS 15. Some paths are hard-coded, so contributions and fixes are very welcome. I'm sharing this because I wanted a more Hyprland-like workflow on macOS, and figured others might enjoy it too. I'd love to hear your feedback, suggestions, and ideas for what to improve next! GitHub: waxdred/skyland

If you like this idea, also check out aerospace, a full on window manager for macOS. nikitabobko/AeroSpace I've been using it for a couple of years now, and it's great. You can navigate between windows with the keyboard, etc etc.

@shantanugoel I have been hooked to aerospace. Very easy to dedicate keyboard shortcut controlled virtual screens to single applications or layouts. nikitabobko/AeroSpace