# Tiling Window Managers for Linux and macOS

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## Results

- [glzr-io/glazewm](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/glzr-io-glazewm.md) (12,314 ⭐) — Glazewm is a tiling window manager and desktop automation framework designed to organize application windows into non-overlapping layouts. It functions as a keyboard-driven controller, allowing users to manage window focus, workspace navigation, and layout configurations entirely through custom keybindings. By intercepting system-level events, the software overrides default window placement and behavior to maximize screen space and maintain a structured workspace.

The project distinguishes itself through a highly configurable environment that supports complex multi-monitor setups and dynamic
- [hammerspoon/hammerspoon](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/hammerspoon-hammerspoon.md) (14,497 ⭐) — Hammerspoon is a programmable automation engine for macOS that enables deep system-level control through a Lua scripting environment. By bridging high-level scripts with native Objective-C APIs, it allows users to interact with the operating system's accessibility tree, intercept hardware input streams, and manage the lifecycle of running applications.

The project distinguishes itself through an event-driven architecture that registers asynchronous hooks for system notifications and hardware events. This allows for real-time automation, such as remapping keyboard and mouse inputs, managing wi
- [drduh/macos-security-and-privacy-guide](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/drduh-macos-security-and-privacy-guide.md) (22,449 ⭐) — This project is a security hardening guide and privacy configuration manual for macOS. It provides a comprehensive set of instructions for configuring system settings to improve privacy, reduce the attack surface, and implement a malware defense framework.

The guide covers technical methods for validating software notarization, verifying application sandboxing, and auditing system activity. It distinguishes itself by providing detailed workflows for restricting high-risk features and applying advanced security configurations to protect the operating system.

The documentation covers several k
- [dockur/macos](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/dockur-macos.md) (18,649 ⭐) — This project provides a containerized environment for running a full macOS desktop operating system. It utilizes a hardware-accelerated virtualization engine to execute the guest environment, allowing for the deployment and management of virtual machines through standard container orchestration tools.

The platform distinguishes itself by enabling direct hardware passthrough, which maps physical host disks, partitions, and USB controllers directly into the virtual machine for native driver access. It also supports advanced network integration, allowing the guest system to obtain its own unique
- [material-shell/material-shell](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/material-shell-material-shell.md) (7,255 ⭐) — Material Shell is a tiling window manager and Linux desktop environment that replaces traditional window management with a grid-based organizer. It functions as a spatial layout engine that automatically arranges application windows into non-overlapping grids to maximize screen space.

The system acts as a desktop session manager, recording and restoring window positions and workspace assignments to preserve the exact state of a previous session after a restart. It employs a coordinate-based layout engine to map applications to specific rows and cells for consistent placement.

The project cov
- [michaeltreat/windows-subsystem-for-linux-setup](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/michaeltreat-windows-subsystem-for-linux-setup.md) (625 ⭐) — An in-depth Guide for getting started with the Windows Subsystem for Linux!
- [expectocode/bouncy-window-manager](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/expectocode-bouncy-window-manager.md) (6 ⭐) — A toy X11 window manager that bounces windows around - https://jvns.ca/blog/2019/11/25/challenge--make-a-bouncy-window-manager/
- [nikitabobko/aerospace](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/nikitabobko-aerospace.md) (21,242 ⭐) — AeroSpace is a tiling window manager for macOS that automatically arranges application windows into grid-based layouts. It functions as a keyboard-driven controller, allowing users to manage window positioning, workspace navigation, and display assignments entirely through customizable keyboard commands.

The project distinguishes itself by operating as a background daemon that utilizes system-level accessibility frameworks and low-level window server hooks to enforce tiling behavior. It employs a declarative configuration system to define layout rules and maintains workspace consistency throu
- [getgrav/grav](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/getgrav-grav.md) (15,395 ⭐) — Grav is a flat-file content management system that eliminates the need for a traditional database by storing site content and configuration in human-readable Markdown and YAML files. Built as a modular PHP web framework, it uses a hierarchical page routing system where the physical directory structure directly determines the site's URL paths.

The platform is distinguished by its event-driven plugin architecture and a command-line interface that prioritizes system administration, deployment, and maintenance tasks. It utilizes a blueprint-driven system to generate administrative forms from stru
- [amnweb/yasb](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/amnweb-yasb.md) (4,209 ⭐) — YASB is a customizable status bar framework and desktop shell component for Windows. It provides a toolkit for building personalized information bars using a modular class-based widget architecture and CSS-based styling.

The framework distinguishes itself through deep integration with Windows tiling window managers, allowing users to display active workspaces, tiling layouts, and window focus states. It also features automated visual consistency by generating system color schemes based on the current desktop wallpaper.

The project covers a wide range of capabilities, including real-time syst
- [expo/expo](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/expo-expo.md) (50,111 ⭐) — Expo is a universal mobile framework designed to build native iOS and Android applications from a single codebase using web-standard technologies. It provides a comprehensive development environment that includes a unified runtime for testing, cloud-based infrastructure for compiling and signing native binaries, and automated tools for managing the entire mobile release lifecycle, including app store submission.

The framework distinguishes itself through a plugin-based native configuration engine that programmatically modifies project files, allowing developers to integrate native modules wit
- [ghjp/octopus-window-manager](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/ghjp-octopus-window-manager.md) (2 ⭐) — Low resource X11 Window manager
- [gh0stzk/dotfiles](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/gh0stzk-dotfiles.md) (4,329 ⭐) — This project is a collection of configuration files for managing a personalized Linux desktop environment. It provides a comprehensive bundle for a tiling window manager, a Zsh shell environment, and a Neovim editor setup to synchronize software settings across different machines.

The configuration focuses on unified system theming, utilizing a cross-application theme suite to sync color palettes and visual styles across the terminal, browser, and system utilities. It includes a visual settings editor for immediate theme switching and wallpaper management without requiring session restarts.
- [bjorn/tiled](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/bjorn-tiled.md) (12,650 ⭐) — Tiled is a visual editor for creating two-dimensional game environments, functioning as a tile map editor and game level design tool. It allows for the construction of game worlds by arranging reusable tile sets and assets into maps.

The system includes a tile set manager to organize and modify collections of tiles that can be shared across multiple project maps. It supports the creation of complex environments through layered map composition and the placement of objects at precise coordinates.

The editor provides capabilities for grid alignment, coordinate-based layouts, and the attachment
- [gam-team/gam](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/gam-team-gam.md) (4,206 ⭐) — GAM is a command-line tool for administering Google Workspace and Cloud Identity. It translates command-line arguments into structured API calls, enabling administrators to manage users, groups, organizational units, and domain settings across a Google Workspace environment. The tool handles authentication through OAuth2 flows, service accounts, and workload identity federation, and supports multi-tenant configurations for managing multiple domains or cloud projects from a single installation.

GAM distinguishes itself through its batch processing and automation capabilities. It can process la
- [asmvik/yabai](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/asmvik-yabai.md) (29,093 ⭐) — Yabai is a system-level utility for macOS that provides automated window management and workspace organization. It functions as a tiling window manager that uses binary space partitioning to arrange application windows into grid layouts, bypassing standard desktop constraints through direct interaction with the system window server.

The project distinguishes itself by offering granular control over the graphical user interface via a socket-based command interface and event-driven system hooks. This allows for the programmatic manipulation of window states, display configurations, and virtual
- [valvesoftware/steam-for-linux](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/valvesoftware-steam-for-linux.md) (4,796 ⭐) — Steam for Linux Client
- [siduck/chadwm](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/siduck-chadwm.md) (2,955 ⭐) — chadwm is a tiling window manager for X11 written in C. It organizes application windows using dynamic tiling layouts and automated arrangement patterns to manage screen real estate.

The project utilizes a patch-based extension system to integrate specific behaviors, such as Fibonacci tiling and vanity gaps. It employs a tagging system for workspace organization, allowing windows to be segmented into virtual desktops.

The environment includes a modular widget framework for monitoring system metrics and hardware controls, alongside centralized configuration files for managing visual themes an
- [apache/superset](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/apache-superset.md) (73,451 ⭐) — Superset is a web-based business intelligence platform designed for data exploration, visualization, and interactive dashboarding. It functions as a query-driven analytics engine that connects to various SQL databases, allowing users to perform ad-hoc analysis, define virtual metrics, and build complex data visualizations through a centralized interface.

The platform distinguishes itself through a robust semantic layer that transforms raw database schemas into calculated columns and virtual metrics, enabling consistent business logic across an organization. It features a plugin-based visualiz
- [jlblancoc/suitesparse-metis-for-windows](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/jlblancoc-suitesparse-metis-for-windows.md) (467 ⭐) — CMake scripts for painless usage of SuiteSparse+METIS from Visual Studio and the rest of Windows/Linux/OSX IDEs supported by CMake
- [fmhy/fmhy](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/fmhy-fmhy.md) (13,150 ⭐) — FMHY is a community-driven index designed to organize and distribute decentralized digital content through standardized metadata and protocol-agnostic linking. It functions as a resilient, distributed map of internet resources, providing a structured directory that facilitates the discovery of media, software, and educational tools without reliance on centralized control.

The project distinguishes itself by maintaining a massive, human-verified repository of external links that span diverse digital ecosystems, including peer-to-peer networks, Usenet, and direct download servers. By utilizing
- [stmol/ssh-keys-manager-macos-app](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/stmol-ssh-keys-manager-macos-app.md) (182 ⭐) — A native macOS app for managing SSH keys, editing SSH config entries, and safely organizing your local SSH workspace.
- [kovidgoyal/kitty](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/kovidgoyal-kitty.md) (33,462 ⭐) — Kitty is a high-performance, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator designed to provide a consistent and extensible workspace across different operating systems. It leverages graphics hardware to render text, images, and complex layouts with low latency, while providing a robust environment for demanding command-line workflows.

The project distinguishes itself through its integrated workspace management and programmable interface. It functions as a tiling window manager that organizes terminal windows, tabs, and layouts into persistent, keyboard-driven sessions. Users can automate complex workflow
- [gohugoio/hugo](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/gohugoio-hugo.md) (88,701 ⭐) — Hugo is a high-performance static site generator that transforms source content and templates into optimized web assets. Built with a focus on speed and scalability, it provides a comprehensive framework for managing large-scale documentation and editorial projects through structured content organization, taxonomies, and a flexible template-driven rendering engine.

The project distinguishes itself through a sophisticated build system that utilizes incremental caching to minimize redundant processing during site updates. It supports complex content requirements by enabling multidimensional mod
- [niri-wm/niri](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/niri-wm-niri.md) (20,069 ⭐) — Niri is a Wayland compositor and tiling window manager designed for Linux systems. It functions as a display server that organizes application windows into a scrollable, column-based layout, providing a structured environment for managing graphical sessions, input routing, and hardware output.

The project distinguishes itself through a declarative configuration engine that enables live-reloading of settings, allowing users to modify window rules, input bindings, and visual appearance without restarting the session. It features a physics-based animation system that uses spring-based curves to
- [githubvpn007/clash-for-windows](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/githubvpn007-clash-for-windows.md) (940 ⭐) — Clash for Windows使用教程，Clash-for-Windows配置，Clash-for-Windows说明，Clash-for-Windows
- [missing-semester-cn/missing-semester-cn.github.io](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/missing-semester-cn-missing-semester-cn-github-io.md) (7,311 ⭐) — This is an open-source educational website that translates and localizes MIT's Missing Semester course, teaching practical computing skills for computer science students. The curriculum covers developer tooling, shell scripting, version control, security fundamentals, and open-source collaboration, with a focus on core computing skills including data processing pipelines, workflow automation, secure remote access, shell productivity, Vim editing, and Git version control.

The project distinguishes itself by teaching command-line mastery, shell scripting, and automation to boost daily developer
- [flutter/flutter](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/flutter-flutter.md) (177,056 ⭐) — This project is a multi-platform UI framework designed for building applications that target mobile, web, and desktop environments from a single codebase. It utilizes a declarative paradigm where the user interface is defined as a function of application state, supported by a layered architecture that includes a high-performance rendering engine and a multi-platform compilation model.

The framework provides a comprehensive suite of developer tools, including hot reloading for real-time code injection and diagnostic utilities for monitoring application state and performance. It features a modu
- [mapeditor/tiled](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/mapeditor-tiled.md) (12,669 ⭐) — Tiled Map Editor - https://www.mapeditor.org/
- [microsoft/powertoys](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/microsoft-powertoys.md) (135,047 ⭐) — PowerToys is a collection of background-resident system utilities designed to extend native operating system functionality and streamline desktop workflows. It operates as a modular toolkit, utilizing a central plugin-based host architecture that allows users to dynamically enable or disable specific features for system configuration and automation. By leveraging native system hooking, the suite intercepts global input and window events to provide advanced control over the computing environment.

The project distinguishes itself through its focus on cross-device input orchestration and spatial
- [getpaseo/paseo](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/getpaseo-paseo.md) (9,118 ⭐) — Paseo is an LLM coding agent orchestrator and multi-agent workflow manager designed to coordinate multiple AI agents across isolated git worktrees. It provides a unified control interface for managing these agents and their associated environments to execute complex programming tasks.

The system distinguishes itself through a remote agent daemon that enables secure access to local coding agents via encrypted relays. It employs a git worktree environment manager to isolate parallel tasks into dedicated directories and branch-based server URLs, preventing file collisions and network port confli
- [kelindar/tile](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/kelindar-tile.md) (223 ⭐) — Tile is a 2D grid engine, built with data and cache friendly ways, includes pathfinding and observers.
- [dbt-labs/dbt-core](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/dbt-labs-dbt-core.md) (13,051 ⭐) — dbt-core is a command-line framework for transforming data within a warehouse using modular SQL and version control. It functions as a data transformation engine that enables users to define data structures and business logic through declarative configuration files, which the system then compiles into executable code. By managing complex data dependencies through a directed acyclic graph, it ensures that transformation tasks execute in the correct order while maintaining a manifest-driven state to track lineage and execution history.

The project distinguishes itself through an adapter-based d
- [microsoft/ebpf-for-windows](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/microsoft-ebpf-for-windows.md) (3,502 ⭐) — eBPF implementation that runs on top of Windows
- [wailsapp/wails](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/wailsapp-wails.md) (34,819 ⭐) — Wails is a cross-platform framework for building native desktop applications by combining a Go backend with web-based frontend technologies. It enables developers to create lightweight software by utilizing the host operating system's native web rendering engine, eliminating the need to bundle heavy browser dependencies.

The framework distinguishes itself through a robust communication layer that bridges the backend and frontend. It automatically generates type-safe JavaScript bindings and proxies from Go code, allowing for seamless, asynchronous method invocation and data serialization acros
- [lingtjien/grid-tiling-kwin](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/lingtjien-grid-tiling-kwin.md) (911 ⭐) — A kwin script that automatically tiles windows
- [drduh/os-x-security-and-privacy-guide](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/drduh-os-x-security-and-privacy-guide.md) (22,444 ⭐) — This project is a comprehensive security hardening and privacy management guide for macOS. It provides a set of instructions and checklists for reducing the system attack surface through manual configuration, policy enforcement, and a layered defense strategy.

The guide emphasizes a system auditing framework, using binary analysis, system logs, and packet inspection to verify that security controls and application sandboxing are functioning as intended. It offers tool-agnostic recommendations, defining security goals while allowing users to select their own third-party software for implementa
- [faho/kwin-tiling](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/faho-kwin-tiling.md) (1,096 ⭐) — Tiling script for kwin
- [pop-os/shell](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/pop-os-shell.md) (5,226 ⭐) — This project is an automatic tiling window manager and a GNOME desktop interface extension. It functions as a keyboard-driven window orchestrator that organizes application windows into non-overlapping grids using a hierarchical tree structure to subdivide and rearrange screen space.

The system provides a multi-monitor layout manager that handles window placement across multiple display outputs and automatically re-tiles when monitors are connected or disconnected. It includes a searchable, asynchronous interface for launching applications, system settings, and locating open windows.

The sof
- [swaywm/sway](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/swaywm-sway.md) (17,054 ⭐) — Sway is a Wayland compositor and tiling window manager for Linux. It functions as a display server that manages window placement and input handling, organizing application windows into logical grids to maximize screen space.

The project is designed for a keyboard-driven workflow, allowing users to manage workspaces and window geometry without relying on a mouse. It provides a modular environment for desktop customization and includes translation layers to support legacy applications, facilitating the replacement of older window management systems.

The compositor utilizes hardware-accelerated
- [jfversluis/filepicker-plugin-for-xamarin-and-windows](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/jfversluis-filepicker-plugin-for-xamarin-and-windows.md) (157 ⭐) — Simple cross-platform plug-in that allows you to pick files and work with them.
- [awesome-skills/code-review-skill](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/awesome-skills-code-review-skill.md) (1,043 ⭐) — This project is a specialized instruction set for AI coding agents designed to perform structured, language-specific code reviews. It functions as an automated tool that evaluates source code against predefined checklists to identify security, performance, and architectural inconsistencies across diverse technology stacks.

The system distinguishes itself by employing a multi-phase analysis pipeline that moves from high-level architectural assessments to granular, line-by-line inspections. It utilizes a severity-based taxonomy to categorize findings, clearly separating blocking security issues
- [dotnet/core](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/dotnet-core.md) (21,897 ⭐) — This project is a cross-platform development framework and managed runtime environment designed for building high-performance applications. It provides a comprehensive toolkit for constructing web services, cloud-native microservices, and desktop applications, utilizing a unified runtime that handles memory management and execution across diverse operating systems.

The framework distinguishes itself through a native ahead-of-time compilation toolchain that transforms source code into optimized, self-contained machine code binaries. This capability enables fast startup times and reduced memory
- [baskerville/bspwm](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/baskerville-bspwm.md) (8,274 ⭐) — bspwm is an X11 tiling window manager that organizes application windows into non-overlapping rectangular tiles using binary space partitioning. It treats the screen as a tree of rectangular regions to automatically manage window placement and is compliant with Extended Window Manager Hints.

The project is distinguished by a socket-based window controller, which allows layout changes and configuration settings to be updated via a communication socket rather than through a built-in configuration file.

It provides independent window tree management for each detected monitor, treating every dis
- [farag2/sophia-script-for-windows](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/farag2-sophia-script-for-windows.md) (9,384 ⭐) — This project is a suite of Windows system optimization scripts and tools designed for debloating, environment configuration, and network optimization. It provides a set of scripts to modify registry settings, disable telemetry, and remove preinstalled software to improve privacy, stability, and overall performance.

The tool features a graphical interface that allows users to select and customize system function profiles to generate and execute optimization scripts. It distinguishes itself by automating the deployment of essential C++ and .NET runtimes and simplifying the installation of the W
- [avaloniaui/avalonia](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/avaloniaui-avalonia.md) (30,986 ⭐) — Avalonia is a cross-platform desktop framework that enables the creation of native-feeling applications for Windows, macOS, and Linux from a single codebase. It functions as a declarative UI toolkit, allowing developers to define complex visual hierarchies and interface structures using a markup-based syntax that maps directly to underlying object properties. By utilizing the Model-View-ViewModel architectural pattern, the framework facilitates a clean separation between application logic and user interface layout, which simplifies unit testing and component maintenance.

The framework disting
- [mbta/tile-server](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/mbta-tile-server.md) (10 ⭐) — OpenStreetMap tile server
- [awesomewm/awesome](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/awesomewm-awesome.md) (6,905 ⭐) — Awesome is a programmable tiling window manager for the X11 Window System. It functions as a dynamic window manager that automatically arranges application windows into non-overlapping tiles based on predefined layout rules to maximize screen space.

The project provides a scriptable desktop environment where system behaviors and layouts are defined through an embedded Lua interpreter. This allows for the creation of a personalized interface and a keyboard-driven workflow for managing application windows.

The system covers dynamic window layout management and the configuration of system behav
- [nelvko/clash-for-linux-install](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/nelvko-clash-for-linux-install.md) (13,627 ⭐) — This project is an automated installation and management tool for deploying Clash proxy cores and web dashboards on Linux systems. It provides a scripted environment deployer that handles the setup of network proxy kernels and administration panels across various distributions and initialization systems.

The tooling includes a subscription manager that handles multiple proxy feeds with automated updates and format conversion for profile switching. It also provides a service controller for managing the operational status, lifecycle, and log tracking of the proxy services.

The system covers au
- [lgug2z/komorebi](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/lgug2z-komorebi.md) (14,754 ⭐)