6 Free and Open-source Tiling Apps for macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon)

1- Hammerspoon

Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua

Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS. At its core, Hammerspoon is just a bridge between the operating system and a Lua scripting engine. What gives Hammerspoon its power is a set of extensions that expose specific pieces of system functionality, to the user.

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2- PaperWM.spoon

Tiled scrollable window manager for MacOS. Inspired by PaperWM.

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3- Rectangle WM

Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas

Rectangle WMMove and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas

Rectangle is a window management app written in Swift, based on Spectacle. It enables users to customize dozens of actions, such as screen layouts and window positions, and all shortcuts associated with them.

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4- ShiftIt

Managing windows size and position in OSX

ShiftItManaging windows size and position in OSX

ShiftIt is an application for OSX that allows you to quickly manipulate window position and size using keyboard shortcuts. It intends to become a full featured window organizer for OSX. It is a complete rewrite of the original ShiftIt by Aravindkumar Rajendiran which is not longer under development.

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5- Slate

A window management application (replacement for Divvy/SizeUp/ShiftIt)

Slate is a window management application similar to Divvy and SizeUp (except better and free!). Originally written to replace them due to some limitations in how each work, it attempts to overcome them by simply being extremely configurable. As a result, it may be a bit daunting to get configured, but once it is done, the benefit is huge.

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