


There are many alternatives to spectrwm for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Rift, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to spectrwm and 12 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to spectrwm are Amethyst, yabai, Komorebi Window Manager and Xmonad.



Amethyst is a tiling window manager for Mac similar to the xmonad tiling window manager popular on Linux. Amethyst is written in Objective-C and has configurable shortcuts, multi-monitor support, multiple layouts, and the option to float certain applications.



komorebi is a tiling window manager that works as an extension to Microsoft's Desktop Window Manager in Windows 10 and above.




xmonad is a dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell. In a normal WM, you spend half your time aligning and searching for windows. xmonad makes work easier, by automating this.







Phoenix is a lightweight OS X window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript. You can also easily use languages which compile to JavaScript such as CoffeeScript. Phoenix aims for efficiency and a very small footprint.




Native macOS Wayland compositor in Rust using Smithay, providing seamless Linux app streaming and display with OpenGL rendering, HiDPI Retina support, hardware acceleration, polished UI, server-side decorations, direct Wayland protocol, and zero VM overhead.

MacOS Niri and Hyprland inspired tiling window manager that's developer signed and notorized (safe for managed enterprise environments). Aiming for parity and extra innovation.