Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to yabai

Product categories

AI Automation Developer Tools Device Management Game Reviews Linux Mac Tools Note Taking Open Source Productivity Utilities Window Manager

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to yabai are Rectangle, i3, and Xmonad. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Rectangle Landing Page
1

Rectangle

Window management app based on Spectacle, written in Swift.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Mac Tools #Window Manager #Developer Tools 446 social mentions
i3 Landing Page
2

i3

A dynamic tiling window manager designed for X11, inspired by wmii, and written in C.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Window Manager #Linux #Open Source 89 social mentions
Xmonad Landing Page
3

Xmonad

xmonad is a dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Window Manager #Linux #Utilities 14 social mentions
Sway Landing Page
4

Sway

Sway is a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager, but for Wayland instead of X11.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Health And Fitness #Meditation #Sleep 52 social mentions
Stats Landing Page
5

Stats

Simple macOS system monitor in your menu bar.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Mac Tools #Device Management 94 social mentions
Scroll Reverser Landing Page
6

Scroll Reverser

Scroll Reverser is a free app for Mac OS X Snow Leopard and Leopard that reverses the direction of...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Automation #Note Taking #Game Reviews 36 social mentions
Caldis MOS Landing Page
7

Caldis MOS

A little job for your mouse.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Automation #Note Taking #Mac Tools 87 social mentions
SensibleSideButtons Landing Page
8

SensibleSideButtons

Use your back/forward mouse buttons for navigation in macOS.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Mac Tools #Window Manager #Automation 20 social mentions
Wooshy Landing Page
9

Wooshy

Target any UI element with your keyboard, and click.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Productivity #Tech #Window Manager 6 social mentions
qtile Landing Page
10

qtile

Qtile is a full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written in Python.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Window Manager #Linux #Utilities 6 social mentions
Swish Landing Page
11

Swish

Insanely great window management
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Mac Tools #Window Manager #Automation
Lunar.fyi Landing Page
12

Lunar.fyi

Control monitor brightness, adapt using the ambient light sensor, adjust volume, switch inputs and turn off displays without fiddling with clunky buttons.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $23.0 / One-off (Pro)
#Mac #Utilities #Productivity 77 social mentions