rift

features

• multiple layout styles
  • tiling (i3/sway-like)
  • binary space partitioning (bspwm-like)
  • floating (independent window frames with optional stacks)
  • master-stack (dwm-like)
  • scrolling columns (niri-style)
  • stack (accordion)
• menubar icon that opens a menu for switching workspaces, changing layouts, and accessing quick rift controls
  ^{click to see the menu bar icon}

  
• save and restore layouts from the menu bar or CLI, with reusable layouts listed from a configurable folder
  ^{click to see the menu}

  
• niri-style mission control for viewing workspaces and dragging windows between them

• focus follows the mouse with auto raise

• does not require disabling SIP
• native macOS tab support
• performant animations ^{(as seen in the demo)}
• switch to next/previous workspace with trackpad gestures ^{(just like native macOS)}
• hot reloadable configuration
• mach port based IPC for communicating with rift from third-party programs (sketchybar, etc)
• works with “Displays have separate Spaces” enabled (unlike all other major WMs)

quick start

Get up and running via the docs:

config

quick start

community

Join #rift:matrix.org for discussion, support, and development.

support

If rift is part of your daily workflow, consider sponsoring its development.

motivation

Aerospace worked well for me, but I missed animations and the ability to use fullscreen on one display while working on the other. I also prefer leveraging private/undocumented APIs as they tend to be more reliable (due to the OS being built on them and all the public APIs) and performant. ^{for more on why rift exists and what rift strives to do, see the manifesto}

credits

Rift began as a fork (and is licensed as such) of glide-wm but has since diverged significantly. It uses private APIs reverse engineered by yabai and other projects. It is not affiliated with glide-wm or yabai.