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Amethyst

Amethyst is a free, open-source tiling window manager for macOS inspired by xmonad. It automatically arranges application windows into non-overlapping layouts using keyboard shortcuts, without requiring System Integrity Protection to be disabled. Amethyst supports multiple layout algorithms including tall, wide, fullscreen, and column layouts.

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Year Launched2013
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