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Rift

Rift is a tiling window manager for macOS that focuses on performance and usability.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Application type

Platforms

  • Mac
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Features

Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  No Tracking
  2.  No registration required
  3.  Ad-free
  4.  Works Offline
  5.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
  6.  Tiling Window Manager

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  • acsandmann rated Rift  
  • acsandmann liked Rift
  • Paul added Rift as alternative to Konveyor
  • Quentin-Eude added Rift as alternative to Defi
  • PangMo5 added Rift as alternative to Tatami
  • Darlene Sonalder reviewed Rift  

    Buggy at time, but its on me as I'm running beta software on my device. However I like how customizable it is, its declarative toml configuration and its performance. I achieve a better poweruser UX on my Mac that Apple just couldn't deliver to me.

  • Paul added Rift as alternative to wayle
  • Cypher Jack liked Rift
  • Paul added Rift as alternative to BetterStage
  • cytron added Rift as alternative to OmniWM

Rift information

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GitHub repository

  •  2,562 Stars
  •  104 Forks
  •  21 Open Issues
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Comments and Reviews

   
Top Positive Comment
Darlene Sonalder
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App tester and reviewer at Great App Testing Ltd.

Buggy at time, but its on me as I'm running beta software on my device. However I like how customizable it is, its declarative toml configuration and its performance. I achieve a better poweruser UX on my Mac that Apple just couldn't deliver to me.

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What is Rift?

Rift is a tiling window manager for macOS that focuses on performance and usability.

Features:

  • Multiple layout styles
  • Tiling (i3/sway-like)
  • Binary Space Partitioning (bspwm-like)
  • Menubar icon that shows all of the workspaces and the layouts within
  • click to see the menu bar icon
  • Rift menu bar icon
  • MacOS-style mission control that allows you to visually navigate between workspaces
  • click to see mission control
  • Rift Mission Control view
  • 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)