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Smooth window arrangement in macOS restored

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Restores functionality of window arrangement to that of X11 window managers: no more oppressive horizontal or vertical arrangement. No more window snapping!

HN · launched Nov 16, 2025 · 5 upvotes (top 90%) · 0 views

Niche: desktop window managers · 103 launches, 13 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Dev tools
  • Prosumer
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project

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Could you build this?

No Altering macOS window manager behaviors requires deep native macOS internals, private CoreGraphics APIs, Objective-C/Swift runtime manipulation, and bypassing modern macOS window snapping and SIP constraints.

What it would actually take: Building this requires a native macOS daemon utilizing C, Objective-C, and Swift, hooking into CoreGraphics Accessibility APIs (AXUIElement) or private SkyLight/CoreGraphics server symbols. Overriding window manager behavior and disabling system-level snapping requires continuous event tapping, handling low-level Quartz events, and maintaining compatibility across macOS updates without triggering system security blocks.

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Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 535 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #524 of 536 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Looks like the first mover among its competitors.

  • MacLayout · hn · 2026-03-25 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.61
  • WindowReturn · ph · 2026-09-17 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.57
  • Chain Your Mac · ph · 2026-09-20 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.56
  • Split · ph · 2026-09-25 · 57 upvotes · similarity 0.56
  • SlideScroll · ph · 2026-10-24 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.55
  • Wobbly · github · 2026-10-06 · 30 upvotes · similarity 0.55
  • QuiltMac · ph · 2026-11-07 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.53
  • Resettle · ph · 2026-09-28 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.52

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