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About AeroSpace
AeroSpace brings i3-style tiling window management to the Mac. Windows are arranged automatically in a tiling layout and controlled from the keyboard, in the manner familiar to users of i3 and similar Linux window managers.
It is an open-source project on GitHub with a large following, over 23,000 stars and more than 1,700 commits, and it includes documentation in the repository. It suits people who prefer keyboard-driven tiling over dragging windows by hand.
Strengths
- i3-style tiling on macOS
- Keyboard-driven control
- Large, active user community
Limitations
- Tiling workflow takes time to learn
- macOS only
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- Nikita Bobko
- Platforms
- macOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Mac users coming from i3 or other Linux tiling window managers
- Categories
- Window tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to AeroSpace
Compare allSoftware that can replace AeroSpace for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
yabai
A tiling window manager for macOS that arranges windows by binary space partitioning and is driven entirely from the command line.
yabai tiles macOS windows by binary space partitioning and is driven from the command line, but needs skhd for hotkeys and some features require partially disabling System Integrity Protection.
Amethyst
Arrange macOS windows automatically with a keyboard-driven tiling manager.
Amethyst is a free MIT-licensed macOS tiling manager with keyboard navigation and automatic layouts, rather than an i3-style tree workflow like AeroSpace.
GlazeWM
An i3-style tiling window manager for Windows and macOS, configured in one YAML file.
GlazeWM offers i3-style tiling configured in one YAML file and also runs on Windows, though its macOS support is much newer than the Windows side.
Phoenix
A lightweight macOS window and app manager that you configure and script with JavaScript.
Phoenix lets you script macOS window management in JavaScript, so you write your own tiling behaviour instead of getting ready-made i3-style tiling.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
JankyBorders
A lightweight macOS tool that draws colored borders around windows to highlight the focused one.
SketchyBar
A scriptable status bar for macOS that replaces or supplements the standard menu bar.
skhd
Simple hotkey daemon for macOS commonly paired with the yabai tiling manager.
Rectangle
Snap macOS windows to halves, thirds, quarters and corners with keyboard shortcuts or by dragging to an edge.
i3
Arrange X11 windows in a keyboard-controlled tiling workspace.
Loop
An open-source macOS window manager that moves and resizes windows through a radial menu.
