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Rift

<p>Rift is a tiling window manager for macOS that focuses on performance and usability. </p> <img src="assets/demo.gif" alt="Rift demo" /> <p> <a href="https://github.com/acsandmann/rift/actions/workflows/rust.yml"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/acsandmann/rift/rust.yml?style=flat-square" alt="Rust CI Status" /> </a> <a href="https://github.com/acsandmann/rift/commits/main"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/acsandmann/rift?style=flat-square" alt="Last Commit" /> </a> <a href="https://github.com/acsandmann/rift/issues"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/issues/acsandmann/rift?style=flat-square" alt="Open Issues" /> </a> <a href="https://github.com/acsandmann/rift/stargazers"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/acsandmann/rift?style=flat-square" alt="GitHub stars" /> </a> </p> </div>

Features

• Multiple layout styles
  • Tiling (i3/sway-like)
  • Binary Space Partitioning (bspwm-like)
  • Master-stack (dwm-like)
  • Scrolling columns (niri-style)
  • Stack (accordion)
• Menubar icon that opens a menu for switching workspaces, changing layouts, and accessing quick Rift controls <details> <summary>^{click to see the menu bar icon}</summary><img src="assets/menu_menu.png" alt="Rift menu bar icon" /></details>
• MacOS-style mission control that allows you to visually navigate between workspaces <details><summary>^{click to see mission control}</summary><img src="assets/mission_control.png" alt="Rift Mission Control view" /></details>
• Focus follows the mouse with auto raise
• Drag windows over one another to swap positions
• Performant animations ^{(as seen in the demo)}
• Switch to next/previous workspace with trackpad gestures ^{(just like native macOS)}
• Hot reloadable configuration
• Interop with third-party programs (ie Sketchybar)
  • Requests can be made to rift via the cli or the mach port exposed (lua client here)
  • Signals can be sent on startup, workspace switches, and when the windows within a workspace change. These signals can be sent via a command(cli) or through a mach connection
• Does not require disabling SIP
• Works with “Displays have separate Spaces” enabled (unlike all other major WMs)

Quick Start

Get up and running via the wiki:
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<kbd><br>config<br></kbd>

<kbd><br>quick start<br></kbd>
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Status

Rift is in active development but is still generally stable. There is no official release yet; expect ongoing changes.

Issues and PRs are very welcome.

Community

Join the Rift community on Matrix for discussion, support, and announcements: #rift:matrix.org

Motivation

Aerospace worked well for me, but I missed animations and the ability to use fullscreen on one display while working on the other. I also prefer leveraging private/undocumented APIs as they tend to be more reliable (due to the OS being built on them and all the public APIs) and performant.
^{^{for more on why rift exists and what rift strives to do, see the manifesto}}

Credits

Rift began as a fork (and is licensed as such) of <a href="https://github.com/glide-wm/glide">glide-wm</a> but has since diverged significantly. It uses private APIs reverse engineered by yabai and other projects. It is not affiliated with glide-wm or yabai.

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