Spectacle App VS Sway

Sway

Sway is a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager, but for Wayland instead of X11.

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2021-09-18

Important note: Spectacle is no longer being actively maintained

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2023-03-20

Demo of Spectacle App for Mac

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Sway beats Powerpoint for these 4 reasons (Microsoft Office 365).

Category Popularity

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Sway

Window Manager

58 58%

Window Manager

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OSX Tools

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User comments

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Reviews

These are some of the external sources and on-site user reviews we've used to compare Spectacle App and Sway

While custom sizes can only be done with Moom, the predefined window sizes are provided by Magnet and Spectacle out of the box, but can also be configured manually with Moom. It’s also possible to assign keyboard shortcuts. So, in this case, if you want all the features, Moom can do them all.

Source: medium.com

Sway Reviews

Top 13 Best Tiling Window Managers For Linux In 2022

Sway is a tiling Wayland i3-compatible window manager that dynamically arranges app windows to rationally maximise desktop space. It is free, open-source, and lightweight. By default, it arranges windows in a grid and supports practically all of the i3 commands.

Source: www.hubtech.org

13 Best Tiling Window Managers for Linux

Sway is a free, open-source, and lightweight tiling Wayland i3-compatible window manager that automatically arranges app windows to logically maximize desktop space. It arranges windows into a grid by default and supports almost all the commands included in i3.

Source: www.tecmint.com

Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Sway seems to be a lot more popular than Spectacle App. While we know about 52 links to Sway, we've tracked only 4 mentions of Spectacle App. 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.

Spectacle App mentions (4)

.app vs .com?
Like spectacleapp.com or alfredapp.com for example. Source: almost 2 years ago
The Essence operating system at Handmade Seattle 2021 [video]
If that's your only complaint, it's very simple to fix: SpectacleApp Source: https://github.com/eczarny/spectacle Download: https://spectacleapp.com/. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
Workspace - Mid work day
If you're comfortable with shortcuts already, consider using Spectacle. Or their successor, Rectangle. Source: almost 3 years ago
Window management for PPC Mac OS
Before Rectangle I used Spectacle but can’t recall what I used 10 years ago! Source: almost 3 years ago

Sway mentions (52)

"We understand" ;)
This is partially why I use tools like i3 (/ sway). I like the tool; it works extremely well for me; the design has stayed the same for 20 years; there's no profit motive to come along and fuck everything up. It just works. It is boring in the best way possible. Source: 6 months ago
Framework 13 with AMD Ryzen 7040 Series Makes for a Great Linux Laptop
I've tested using i3 but never fully got into it. But my plan for the F13 is to try out Hyprland[0] and perhaps Sway[1]. [0] https://hyprland.org/ [1] https://swaywm.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago
Rethinking Window Management in Gnome
Sway does all those things very well: https://swaywm.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago
Just ran Sway on openSUSE. Complete noob. I need help.
Read the manual on https://swaywm.org/. There are tons of youtube videos showcasing basic configuration and usage. This is extremely basic stuff you need to do yourself. Source: about 1 year ago
Thinking about doing distro hop after half a year any recommendations?
While both the Pop Shell and Material shell extensions offer very easy access to window tiling on GNOME, they're not as powerful as the likes of Sway or Hyprland. Source: about 1 year ago