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yabai VS LayAuto

Compare yabai VS LayAuto and see what are their differences

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A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning

LayAuto logo LayAuto

Automated window management for Mac ✨
  • yabai Landing page
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    2023-07-26
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    2022-05-02

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Yabai Demonstration

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  • Demo - yabai macOS Tiling Window Manager Demonstration

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to yabai and LayAuto)
Window Manager
75 75%
25% 25
Mac Tools
100 100%
0% 0
OSX Tools
68 68%
32% 32
OSX Window Manager
0 0%
100% 100

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, yabai seems to be a lot more popular than LayAuto. While we know about 132 links to yabai, we've tracked only 1 mention of LayAuto. 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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LayAuto mentions (1)

  • Recommedation on monitor
    Also, I'm using LayAuto software for window placement on a large display (split display in various sized grids - let me know if you want me to share my defaults). This is absolutely invaluable, as otherwise you spend most of your time arranging windows. Another one I've used and likes is Magnet, but it didn't allow me to customise the split and the keyboard shortcuts. Source: over 2 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing yabai and LayAuto, 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).

Better Window Manager - A tiny window management app for the Mac

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