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yabai VS MenubarX

Compare yabai VS MenubarX and see what are their differences

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A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning

MenubarX logo MenubarX

MenubarX.app is a powerful Mac menu bar browser that can pin any webpage on your menu bar just like a native App.
  • yabai Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-07-26
  • MenubarX Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-10-06

yabai videos

Yabai Demonstration

More videos:

  • Demo - yabai macOS Tiling Window Manager Demonstration

MenubarX videos

SCOM1164 - Tip - MenubarX - Preview

More videos:

  • Review - Why You Should Get The PRO Version of MenuBarX For Mac
  • Review - MenubarX for macOS Preview

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to yabai and MenubarX)
Window Manager
100 100%
0% 0
Productivity
47 47%
53% 53
OSX Tools
100 100%
0% 0
Mac
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 MenubarX. While we know about 132 links to yabai, we've tracked only 8 mentions of MenubarX. 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 / 4 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 / 12 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 / 12 months ago
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MenubarX mentions (8)

  • This but for the Menu bar
    MenubarX might be what your looking for. Source: 11 months ago
  • Is there a macOS app that will launch a Safari web view of a specific website without borders, buttons etc?
    Https://menubarx.app has a detached mode, might for what you need. Source: about 1 year ago
  • Is there an app that allows me to pin any website to the system tray on my Windows taskbar?
    Something like this (https://menubarx.app/) but for the Windows system tray on the bottom right on the screen. Source: over 1 year ago
  • App that show safari tabs in menuen bar
    Hi OP. Maybe something like this? MenubarX. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Do browser apps run in a container/sandbox mode on a Mac?
    Thank you very much for the detailed and insightful reply. The app in question I was pondering on whether to use or not is MenuBarX. It seems pretty useful, I can imagine a few use cases in which I would find it quite handy, and since I use Adguard I guess it would have also a decent ad/tracking protection. Source: over 1 year ago
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What are some alternatives?

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

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

Bumpr - Open web and email links in different browsers/email apps

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).

Bartender Mac App - Bartender is an award-winning app for macOS that superpowers your menu bar, giving you total control over your menu bar items, what's displayed, and when, with menu bar items only showing when you need them.

Magnet Window Manager - Magnet Developers

Saved for later. - The website blocker that gets out of your way.