Tinywm
a scrolling window manager for macOS, inspired by Niri
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HN · launched Oct 16, 2026 · 13 upvotes (top 39%)
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- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Partial The UI and layout logic can be vibe-coded, but a reliable scrolling tiling window manager depends on macOS Accessibility quirks, window-server behavior, and possibly private APIs. Those are hard to get right without deep platform knowledge.
What it would actually take: Build a Swift or Objective-C menu-bar app that uses the Accessibility API to move and resize windows, plus a virtual-strip layout engine and global hotkeys. The hard parts are reliable control of third-party windows, smooth animations, and multi-display handling, which may need private CoreGraphics or SkyLight calls. That calls for macOS internals expertise, comparable to how yabai and Niri-style projects were built.
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Launched 351 days after the earliest competitor.
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- 50122281
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- Product
- tinywm
- Website domain
- github.com
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- Upvotes percentile
- 0.61
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- AI summary
- scrolling window manager for macos
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