Tiling Window Managers

Discussions recommend and compare tiling window managers for Windows, macOS, and Linux, highlighting tools like i3, xmonad, Amethyst, Spectacle, Rectangle, and their benefits for window organization.

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burntsushi Nov 12, 2012 View on HN

Are there tiling window managers for Windows or Mac?

bguebert Jun 28, 2023 View on HN

Maybe you are looking for a tiling window manager.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager

mike97 Oct 11, 2021 View on HN

You should try a tilling window manager if you haven't already.

flurdy Jul 22, 2017 View on HN

If you mean tiling window managers:Macos: https://ianyh.com/amethyst/Linux: http://xmonad.org or https://i3wm.org

imp0cat Nov 14, 2025 View on HN

Hate seeing bits of your desktop showing? Try a tiling window manager, you might like it!

rakoo Aug 29, 2014 View on HN

Hum... Are we talking about the same Windows ?Have you tried other tiling window managers ? i3 [0] comes to mind, but XMonad [1] and Awesome WM [2] are 2 other popular choices in this domain. There are plenty of others to pick from, too [3].[0] http://i3wm.org/[1] http://xmonad.org/[2] http://awesom

hamasho Oct 12, 2025 View on HN

I used to be a heavy user of i3. It's very flexible and configurable, and you can do much more than just moving windows. But after I switched to Mac, I couldn't find a tiling window manager that was both feature-rich and stable. After trying several options, I just use Rectangle[1]. It's not a window manager; it only provides shortcuts for window placements like simply moving windows to left/right/top/bottom or splitting the screen into 3/4/6 sections and

wilsonnb3 May 6, 2020 View on HN

There are tiling window managers for macOS and Windows.

GekkePrutser Jan 15, 2021 View on HN

Yours sounds like the ideal usecase to try out tiled window managers, it's just the thing you're looking for!

CSDude Feb 8, 2015 View on HN

A tiling window manager like xmonad, awesomewm can help