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24 alternatives to Tinywm – a scrolling window manager for macOS, inspired by Niri

A scrolling window manager for macOS, inspired by niri - bbodi/tinywm

Tinywm is a scrolling window manager for macOS that takes inspiration from Niri. It allows users to organize and navigate open windows through a scrolling interface rather than traditional window management methods.… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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   Better Window Manager▲233

   A tiny window management app for the Mac

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   A Native Tiling Window Manager for Windows 10, Inspired by I3wm▲327

   A Tiling Window Manager for windows 10, Inspired by i3wm - McYoloSwagHam/win3wm

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Magnet 2.0▲739

   Window manager for Mac

   2017 · magnet.crowdcafe.com · its alternatives →

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   Lasso - window manager for macOS▲246

   Easily organize windows with just a few clicks

   2023 · thelasso.app · its alternatives →

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   Snap▲115

   Effortless window management for power users on macOS

   2025 · freethinkel.dev · its alternatives →

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   A tiling window manager like i3wm written entirely in C#▲121

   GlazeWM is a tiling window manager for macOS and Windows inspired by i3wm. - glzr-io/glazewm

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A Tiling Window Manager for Windows, Written in Janet▲297

   Hi HN! I read[1] about Janet[2] some time ago, then immediately got impressed by the enthusiasm of its community, and by the language itself, so I started playing with it. At the time I was searching for a tiling window manager for Windows, and unavoidably the idea of scratching my own itch with Janet got hold of me, so Jwno was born. Simply put, Jwno is a keyboard-driven tiling window manager for Windows, scriptable with Janet. But since it has a complete Lisp runtime, and a thin wrapper library for Win32 APIs[3], you can certainly do much more with it. I hope you'll enjoy playing with it…

   2025 · agent-kilo.github.io · its alternatives →

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   OmniWM a macOS tiling window manager Niri inspired▲6

   - real quake-style terminal using ghostty framework - window finder/jumper - searchable and usable command pallet for any app - App menu anywhere - Niri tabs - Niri and Dwindle layout - Hide/unhide status bar icons - Interactive workspace bar - Animations A lot more features to list or remember them all...

   Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   LayAuto▲266

   Automated window management for Mac ✨

   2017 · layautoapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Hummingbird▲99

    Make macOS window management a breeze

    2019 · hbird.app · its alternatives →

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    Keypad Layout Window Manager for Mac▲109

    Control window layout using Ctrl + Numeric Keypad on macOS - janten/keypad-layout

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    MacMenuBar▲317

    A curated directory of 200+ Mac menu bar apps

    2019 · macmenubar.com · its alternatives →

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    Magnet for Mac▲515

    Keep your workspace organized

    2015 · magnet.crowdcafe.com · its alternatives →

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    Veeer▲317

    A lightweight window manager for your OSX.

    2018 · veeer.io · its alternatives →

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    Autumn – A macOS window manager for (Type|Java)Script hackers▲75

    2018 · sephware.com · its alternatives →

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    Rift – A tiling window manager for macOS▲212

    a tiling window manager for macos. Contribute to acsandmann/rift development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Stack: tiling WM for Windows▲101

    Stack is a customizable tiling window manager for Windows.

    2017 · losttech.software · its alternatives →

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    TinyClock – a tiny true 5-arch universal Mac OS X single-binary GUI app▲192

    1. Single universal binary, that can be natively executed on every hardware platform Mac OS X was made for (32/64 bit, PowerPC/x86/AppleSilicon). 2. Minimalistic gadget-style design. If launched as a tool, there is no menubar, no dock icon, no nothing, just the clock window. 3. Support for hidpi and dark mode for environments, that have them. 4. Window title bar for moving the window with a mouse, and a handle to resize it (latter for OS versions, that have it). 5. Can be easily ported to GNUStep and thus other OSes (sources under GPLv3). 6. Simple Makefile build system.

    2022 · tycho.sytes.net · its alternatives →

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    Yashiki – A tiling window manager for macOS in Rust, inspired by River▲23

    macOS tiling window manager. Contribute to typester/yashiki development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Melisandre▲90

    A window manager app using shortcuts for macOS

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Howm – A Vim-like tiling X11 window manager▲71

    A lightweight, X11 tiling window manager that behaves like vim - HarveyHunt/howm

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Dwm.tmux – a dwm-inspired window manager for tmux▲101

    Hey, HN! With all recent agentic workflows being primarily terminal- and tmux-based, I wanted to share a little project I created about decade ago. I've continued to use this as my primary terminal "window manager" and wanted to share in case others might find it useful. I would love to hear about other's terminal-based workflows and any other tools you may use with similar functionality.

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Sway, a tiling window manager and compositor for Wayland▲163

    i3-compatible Wayland compositor. Contribute to swaywm/sway development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Autumn▲102

    The macOS window manager for JavaScript hackers

    2019 · its alternatives →

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