Rift
Dev tools
window manager
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How HN took it
4 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 9 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score -0.17.
Execution: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Virtual workspace design avoids macOS spaces limits
From 1 comment
yabai uses native macos spaces and generally requires sip to be disabled to have a good experience(windows can't be moved between spaces without) rift is essentially aerospace…
atticus_ on HN
Objections
Relies on private APIs that may break after macOS updates
From 1 comment
> It uses private APIs reverse engineered by yabai and other projects Don't get used to this. Because of private API use, this project will break at some point after some macOS…
self_awareness on HN
Other tiling managers break after macOS updates
From 1 comment
I used to use tiling window managers on macOS and in the end it got a bit tiring that after every update something broke. It seems like all of them are fighting the system in…
SirHumphrey on HN
Build fails on stable Rust due to nightly feature flag
From 1 comment
I'm getting an error during compiling. I did a "brew install rust", cloned the project then did "cargo build --bins --release" and got the error ``` Compiling rift-wm v0.1.0…
bartvk on HN
Requests
Step-by-step installation guide
From 1 comment
I'm getting an error during compiling. I did a "brew install rust", cloned the project then did "cargo build --bins --release" and got the error ``` Compiling rift-wm v0.1.0…
bartvk on HN
Nix flake for installation
From 1 comment
Does anyone have nix flake for this? I am trying out several window managers after yabai. Aerospace is just laggy sometimes, not sure if it is to do with the events I emitted for…
swoorup on HN
Native macOS tab handling
From 1 comment
Does rift handle native MacOS tabs like the ones ghostty and finder use? I might give it a shot. I have been having a couple of issues with Aerospace lately.
mgrandl on HN
Questions
How does it differ from yabai or AeroSpace?
From 1 comment
this is cool, I love multiple options on macOS. What’s the difference between this and yabai or aerospace?
tra3 on HN
Does it handle native macOS tabs?
From 1 comment
Does rift handle native MacOS tabs like the ones ghostty and finder use? I might give it a shot. I have been having a couple of issues with Aerospace lately.
mgrandl on HN
Alternatives named
Rectangle
From 1 comment
I used to be a heavy user of i3. It's very flexible and configurable, and you can do much more than just moving windows. But after I switched to Mac, I couldn't find a tiling…
hamasho on HN
AeroSpace
From 2 comments
Having just gone through really yak shaving Aerospace into a spot that I'm happy with, I'm curious how folks on here manage having so many overlapping keyboard shortcuts? Maybe…
cipehr on HNhttps://github.com/nikitabobko/AeroSpace
jrks11o on HN
yabai
From 1 comment
this is cool, I love multiple options on macOS. What’s the difference between this and yabai or aerospace?
tra3 on HN
Divvy
From 1 comment
Similar experience and pov here -- but w/ Divvy^1 (not Rectangle). 1. https://mizage.com/divvy/
chrisweekly on HN
Magnet
From 1 comment
been using magnet for a long time, it lets you map custom key-combos to put windows in specific slots https://magnet.crowdcafe.com/
d4rkp4ttern on HN