yabai Alternatives

yabai is described as 'Started as a C99 rewrite of chunkwm, originally supposed to be its first RC version' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to yabai for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Wayland, BSD and Windows apps. The best yabai alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like yabai are Rectangle, niri, Sway and Loop - Window Management.

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  1. Cocoa-Way icon
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    Native macOS Wayland compositor in Rust using Smithay, providing seamless Linux app streaming and display with OpenGL rendering, HiDPI Retina support, hardware acceleration, polished UI, server-side decorations, direct Wayland protocol, and zero VM overhead.

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    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    • Wayland
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  2. Arrange macOS windows into halves, thirds, quarters, or custom grid layouts using live previews, drag actions, or fully remappable shortcuts. Restore positions with one key, move windows across displays, manage layouts via the menu bar, and customize every action.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    A Wayland compositor.

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    • Linux
    • Rust
    • Wayland
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  4. MacOS toolbar utility application that makes window management easier.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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    Weston is a Wayland compositor designed for correctness, reliability, predictability, and performance.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
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  6. Snapback icon
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    Free macOS window manager that saves and restores your entire workspace layout with one keystroke. Every app, every window position, every display. Includes window snapping, drag-to-snap, and unlimited named workspaces.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. Cage is a kiosk compositor for Wayland. A kiosk is a window manager (in the X11 world) or compositor (in the Wayland world) that is designed for a user experience wherein user interaction and activities outside the scope of the running application are prevented.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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  8. wtftw icon
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    Window Tiling For The Win (wtftw) is a tiling window manager written in Rust.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Linux
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    Wio is a Wayland compositor for Linux & FreeBSD which has a similar look & feel to plan9's rio.

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    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
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  10. OmniWM icon
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    MacOS Niri and Hyprland inspired tiling window manager that's developer signed and notorized (safe for managed enterprise environments). Aiming for parity and extra innovation.

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    • Mac
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    Mahogany is a tiling window manager for Wayland modeled after StumpWM. While it is not a drop-in replacement for StumpWM, StumpWM users should be very comfortable with Mahogany. Its planned features are:

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    • Linux
    • Wayland
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  12. Kröhnkite is mainly inspired by dwm from suckless folks, and aims to provide rock solid stability while fully integrating into KWin.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
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