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Amethyst
Amethyst
4.1
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Tiling window manager similar to xmonad.

4.1
Based on 12 user ratesRead reviews & comments
Free
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Amethyst overview

Amethyst is a tiling window manager similar to xmonad. It was originally written as an alternative to fjolnir's awesome xnomad but written in pure Objective-C. It's expanded to include some more features like Spaces support not reliant on fragile private APIs. Amethyst is free and open source under the MIT license.

Note: Amethyst must be given permissions to use the accessibility APIs under the Privacy tab of the Security & Privacy preferences pane. There is a comprehensive list of keyboard shortcuts that are available on the developer's webpage.

What’s new in version 0.19.0

Updated on Mar 13 2023

Notable Changes:
  • Inclusion of exceptions in custom layout logging.
  • Addition of optional commands for spaces 11 and 12.
  • Fix an issue causing windows to "stick" when trying to throw between screens.
  • Fix an issue causing throwing to spaces left and right to throw to the wrong space.
  • Fix an issue that could fail to track applications if they did not launch quickly enough.
  • Fix an issue preventing management of Parallels Coherence Mode windows (along with a variety of similar ones).
  • A variety of stability improvements to prevent a common crash.
Changed:
  • Add missing .yml extension in XDG config path.
  • Start a Troubleshooting doc.
  • Only trigger reflow after a screen move has happened.
  • Use global space indices for left and right.
  • Treat yaml Null as nil.
  • Update Black Girls CODE donation link.
  • Amethyst 0.18.0.
  • Bundle update.
  • Log JavaScript exceptions in custom layouts.
  • Add support for throwing to spaces 11 and 12.
  • Update to swift 5.
  • Improvements to manageable applications determination.
  • Do not trigger changes when trying to toggle float on an unmanageable window.
  • Fix a bunch of warnings.
  • Update Silica for raise change.
  • Monitor application launch completion.
  • Just turn off file and type length lint rules.
  • Dependency updates.
  • Update Silica for run loop source change.
  • Amethyst/Events/HotKeyManager.swift: Add space 11 and 12 commandKeys.
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Information

License

Free

Size

6.6 MB

Developer’s website

https://ianyh.com/amethyst/

Downloads

7062

App requirements

  • Intel 64
  • Apple Silicon
  • macOS 10.15 or later
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Kai-Loehnert
Kai-Loehnert
May 23 2021
0.15.4
5.0
May 23 2021
5.0
Version: 0.15.4
after some quick testing im happy to say it looks good and makes tiling wm in macOS possible. the default keys are a little complicated but can changed .. 5 stars and I hope the developer keeps the program uptodate
nzrz
nzrz
Dec 17 2018
0.12.2
5.0
Dec 17 2018
5.0
Version: 0.12.2
Open source window manager under active development. It does it's job and works quite reliable. Thanks to the dev for this little lovely tool.
Tachy0n
Tachy0n
Oct 9 2014
0.9.2
4.0
Oct 9 2014
4.0
Version: 0.9.2
This is very promising. Keeps all my windows neat because if I accidentally move one, it puts it back into postition. If you visit the GitHub project page at https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst/issues you’ll see there are a number of suggestions.
firewall00110
firewall00110
Sep 19 2021
0.15.4
1.0
Sep 19 2021
1.0
Version: 0.15.4
Kai-Loehnert
Kai-Loehnert
May 23 2021
0.15.4
5.0
May 23 2021
5.0
Version: 0.15.4
Leszeks
Leszeks
Jul 8 2019
3.5
Jul 8 2019
3.5
Version: null
Gubagry
Gubagry
May 10 2019
1.5
May 10 2019
1.5
Version: null
xikc
xikc
Apr 12 2019
5.0
Apr 12 2019
5.0
Version: null
hifz
hifz
Feb 4 2019
4.5
Feb 4 2019
4.5
Version: null
nzrz
nzrz
Dec 17 2018
5.0
Dec 17 2018
5.0
Version: null
twaw
twaw
Aug 23 2018
5.0
Aug 23 2018
5.0
Version: null
qxas
qxas
Aug 14 2018
5.0
Aug 14 2018
5.0
Version: null
Inspira
Inspira
Oct 26 2015
5.0
Oct 26 2015
5.0
Version: null
Tachy0n
Tachy0n
Oct 9 2014
4.0
Oct 9 2014
4.0
Version: null
DragonDan
DragonDan
Jan 11 2030
0.15.4
5.0
Jan 11 2030
5.0
Version: 0.15.4
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