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Hyperswitch VS yabai

Compare Hyperswitch VS yabai and see what are their differences

Hyperswitch logo Hyperswitch

HyperSwitch provides a compelling alternative to HyperDock for keyboard junkies. What's New

yabai logo yabai

A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning
  • Hyperswitch Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-07-26
  • yabai Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-07-26

Hyperswitch videos

Hyperswitch install and troubleshooting

yabai videos

Yabai Demonstration

More videos:

  • Demo - yabai macOS Tiling Window Manager Demonstration

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Hyperswitch and yabai)
Window Manager
20 20%
80% 80
Mac
100 100%
0% 0
OSX Tools
0 0%
100% 100
Note Taking
100 100%
0% 0

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, yabai seems to be a lot more popular than Hyperswitch. While we know about 132 links to yabai, we've tracked only 4 mentions of Hyperswitch. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Hyperswitch mentions (4)

  • I was a MacOS hater until...
    Especially if you recently migrated from Windows, I'm sure you'll like HyperSwitch. It's lag-free, keyboard window switcher. Show all apps with it's windows in one list, like in windows. But I'm not sure it works on arm, my mpb on intel. Source: about 1 year ago
  • All* my macOS keyboard shortcuts
    As a millennial, the first thing I do when I get a new Macbook is install Hyperswitch [1] which makes Cmd+Tab cycle through all windows of all applications of the current desktop. The regular OSX workflow seems to be only good for a workflow that includes a single maximised Chrome window with a million tabs open. [1] https://bahoom.com/hyperswitch. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago
  • Switching from macOS to Pop _OS
    I use hyperswitch: https://bahoom.com/hyperswitch Unrelated, I also use Hyperdock, from the same developer, to get the dock into the 21st century. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
  • Make shortcuts and buttons behave like windows
    Hyperswitch https://bahoom.com/hyperswitch Cleans up cmd+tab to only active windows (instead of all non-closed apps). Source: about 3 years ago

yabai mentions (132)

  • Ask HN: Best Hacks for a Ultrawide Monitor?
    I have a 49 inch CRG9 and the best recommendation for window management is Yabai (https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai). Yabai is a greedy window management solution that tries to fit opened applications in given space and skhd let's you easily jump between those using keyboard shortcuts. This has massively improved my ultrawide experience. Only disclaimer is, configuring yabai has a slight learning curve. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
  • Is there an app that does this Windows feature?
    Want something free that's better than tiling on Windows? Yabai. Source: 6 months ago
  • macOS Containers v0.0.1
    SIP is a feature that protects you from malicious actors with root (admin) access on your device. After they've encrypted your photos and drives and changed your passwords, it prevents them from making your machine unbootable by deleting or altering system binaries. As a side effect of this protection, you give up certain freedoms to customize your system. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago
  • Ask HN: Why does Apple refuse to add window snapping to macOS?
    This is disproven by the fact that Yabai [1] can instantly swap spaces with SIP disabled. [1] https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago
  • Ask HN: Why does Apple refuse to add window snapping to macOS?
    I feel the same way. I would much prefer no animation at all, and an instant transition to another space. Apparently this is possible with [yabai](https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai), but it requires disabling system integrity protection which I am personally uncomfortable with. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago
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What are some alternatives?

When comparing Hyperswitch and yabai, you can also consider the following products

Compiz - Project information. Maintainer: PS Project Management Team. Driver: Compiz Maintainers. Licence: GNU GPL v2, GNU LGPL v2. 1, MIT / X / Expat Licence.

Rectangle - Window management app based on Spectacle, written in Swift.

Witch - Welcome to the world of W. i. t. c. h.

Magnet Window Manager - Magnet Developers

Contexts - Switch between application windows effortlessly — with Fast Search, a better Command-Tab, a Sidebar or even a quick gesture. Free trial available.

Moom - Move your mouse over the green zoom button in any window, and Moom's mouse control overlay will appear (as seen in the above animation).