Omacosy – Omarchy-style tiling desktop for macOS, no SIP

In plain words

Omacosy brings tiling window management to macOS while preserving system integrity protection, inspired by the Omarchy desktop environment. It features a dwindle layout, focus-follows-mouse, trackpad workspace navigation, and a custom menu bar, controlled primarily through keyboard shortcuts with a Super key. Built from AeroSpace, Karabiner, and five Swift binaries totaling 157MB, it's designed for users who want Linux-style window tiling on their MacBook without disabling macOS security features.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Pre-1.0. An omarchy-style desktop environment for macOS: tiling with a real Super key, dwindle layout, a themed status bar written for it, focus-follows-mouse, trackpad workspace swipes and a live workspace overview — ~157MB, six self-built Swift binaries, one repo. Built and tested on macOS 26 / Apple Silicon. - paulsp94/omacosy

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I have been using omarchy on my tower since nearly a year now, shortly after it was released first. I really love the experience I am having with it but I still use my macbook for daly work, so I wanted to recreate a similar experience on it. Thats why I created omacosy, a setup for tiling windows, custom menu bar…

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