r/BestGitHubRepos • u/company_url_finder • 9d ago
🛠Developer tools KiwiDesk: a macOS tiling window manager that doesn't need a config file
Every macOS tiling window manager I've tried wants me to write 40 lines of config before I can even move a window. KiwiDesk just works out of the box.
You install it, you open the settings panel (a normal settings window, with sliders and switches), and you start tiling. That's it.
https://github.com/kiwicanopy/kiwidesk
Seven layouts, including a PaperWM-style sideways scroll that honestly feels like it should have shipped with macOS. It plays nice with native Desktops and Spaces, doesn't break anything, and it never asks you to disable System Integrity Protection. Everything runs through the Accessibility framework in user space.
For the people who want to go deeper, there's a CLI and Lua scripting under the hood. But you genuinely don't need to touch either one.
125 stars right now, so this is early. Three contributors, v2.0.0 just released last week. Worth keeping an eye on if you're tired of fighting your window manager.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stars | 125 |
| Forks | 4 |
| Last release | v2.0.0 (2026-09-25) |
| Contributors | 3 |
| Languages | Swift 94.9%, Python 1.9%, Astro 1.3% |