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yabai VS Hookshot

Compare yabai VS Hookshot and see what are their differences

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A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning

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Cursor movement window snapping on macOS
  • yabai Landing page
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    2023-07-26
  • Hookshot Landing page
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    2023-04-12

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  • Demo - yabai macOS Tiling Window Manager Demonstration

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to yabai and Hookshot)
Window Manager
76 76%
24% 24
OSX Tools
71 71%
29% 29
Mac Tools
79 79%
21% 21
Productivity
100 100%
0% 0

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, yabai should be more popular than Hookshot. It has been mentiond 132 times since March 2021. 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.

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: 5 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 / 7 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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Hookshot mentions (23)

  • macOS Setup after 15 Years of Linux
    Rectangle and its paid cousin, Hookshot (https://hookshot.app) are great. I use Hookshot. They are the best window managers I've used on MacOS, because the resize features work flawlessly every single time. Other ones I've tried (e.g. bettertouchtool) have occasional issues with that. They'd be perfect if they supported full customization of drop zones. They have some limited customization, including via the... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
  • macOS Setup after 15 Years of Linux
    Since a few people already have mentioned Rectangle for Window management, I wanted to point out that there is also a payed version of it called Hookshot (https://hookshot.app/). The same developer also offers a great app called Hyperkey (https://hyperkey.app/) which defines CAPS as your hyper-key. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
  • MacBook apps you can't live without!
    Hookshot - A mouse/gesture-based window manager. I always have one installed and then almost never use it. This I started using right away. Then I realized the only things I used it for were built into Raycast. Still, it's my favorite of the window management tools that I've tried. Source: over 2 years ago
  • My new Setup! Ultra Wide Monitor ans 16“ M1 Max 😍🤩
    I've got the same setup. Hookshot and SwitchResX are essential. Source: over 2 years ago
  • LG 34WK95U review (from MBP 16" 2021 perspective)
    The LG software is trash, I bought Hookshot.app to better manage my windows. Source: over 2 years ago
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What are some alternatives?

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

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

Magnet Window Manager - Magnet Developers

Spectacle App - Move and resize windows with ease.

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).

Mizage Divvy - Divvy is an entirely new way of managing your workspace.

LayAuto - Automated window management for Mac ✨