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by onelesd 927 days ago
try hammerspoon. it isn't a tiling window manager, per se - it's more of an all-purpose desktop extension framework. it is fully customizable, has a well-documented API, and a large community.

for window arrangement the hs.grid component is plenty for me. see an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRJ0477KFp8

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Hammerspoon is literally the only thing I miss from leaving macOS.

If I ever have to go back, it'll be one of the first things I install again.

I use the PaperWM spoon, a port of the Gnome thing.

It does not make sense to me to use a "normal" tilling wm that automatically messes up windows' dimensions without asking me

I just need the windows to be automatically put side by side:

[1] https://github.com/mogenson/PaperWM.spoon

[2] https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM

Check out https://github.com/agzam/spacehammer if you're using Hammerspoon.
There's also somewhat similar extension for Hammerspoon: https://github.com/FryJay/MenuHammer/
I use hammerspoon with https://github.com/miromannino/miro-windows-manager...it's a great tiling experience.
Do you have a config example I can look at that demonstrates how to set this up?