((Tiling) window managers) for macOS

• Mac now provides built-in window tiling as of macOS Sequoia.
• I am still using Phoenix to script my windows with TypeScript.

More hacker-oriented

• Loop - (HN 2025 comment) - has a nice table comparing tiling window managers
• Rift - (HN 2025)
• PaperWM.spoon - (HN 2025 comment) - Hammerspoon plugin like niri
• AeroSpace - (HN 2024) - like i3
• Amethyst - like xmonad
• yabai - (HN 2023)
• Phoenix - (HN 2018) - I use this since I work daily in JavaScript/TypeScript
• Hammerspoon - I previously used this. Similar to (and probably more powerful than) Phoenix, but scripted in Lua

More usable out-of-the-box

• Magnet
• Divvy
• Reactangle
• Moom
• BetterSnapTool
• SizeUp

Related: focus follows mouse for macOS

• AutoRaise

See also

• Emacs is My New Window Manager - (HN 2023)
• Karabiner-Elements - keyboard customizer
• Multiple displays on a Mac sucks (HN 2024)
• The Future is Niri (HN 2025)
• Tiling Window Managers on macOS (2025)