Spacetile

Window management. Naturally Mac.

A place for everything.
Room for you.

Your windows. Your Spaces. Your way.
A Mac that moves with the shape of your day.

macOS 26+ · Direct download · Source readable
HomeYour space. Just right.

A little of everything. In its place.

Scroll between Spaces, or choose a dot.
A little less arranging. A little more living.Scroll to explore

01 / Spaces & tiling

From a single window.
To your whole world.

A desktop that adapts. Spaces that stay familiar.
Room to work across every screen you use.

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A little order. Automatically.

Open a window.Make room for an idea.

A new window shares the tile you’re working in. Close one, and the others take back the space. Your desktop finds its balance as you go.

Explore tiling and layouts
+A new window. A little more possibility.
OpenArrangeKeep going

The gestures you already know

Follow your hands.Keep your flow.

Drag a title bar to rearrange. Pull a shared edge and the neighbours resize with it. A little more room for the thing that matters.

See how dragging and resizing work
One shared edge.Everything moves together.
Drag a title bar to rearrange. Pull an edge to resize.

One Mac. More room to think.

A Space for this.And a Space for that.

Home, messages, a place to write. These are your real macOS Spaces, right where Mission Control keeps them. Move between them with a few keys.

⌥1…9Go straight to a Space
Get to know native Spaces
Your real macOS Spaces⌃ Mission Control
1Home
2Comms
3Writing
4Reference
5Music
Desktop 1 · Home
Desktop 2 · Comms
Desktop 3 · Writing
⌥1A familiar Space. Instantly.

Room beyond one screen

Think bigger.Spread out.

Each display has its own tiled workspace. Move windows between screens, switch Spaces on the active display, and bring back a saved setup when your displays connect.

Explore multiple displays
Studio Display Active display
MacBook Pro
Notes
Studio Display
1
2
3
MacBook Pro
1
2
3
Each display has its own Spaces. Move a window between them.
Next: Your setup

02 / Your setup

A place for everything.
Chosen by you.

Design a layout. Give your apps a home.
Keep the whole picture in your menu bar.

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An arrangement for every you

Your day.By your design.

Capture a layout you love, or build one in the profile designer. Choose apps, split tiles, and decide what belongs on each Desktop.

Inside the profile designer
Profiles
☾   Writing3 Desktops · 5 windows
Apply Profile
1 Writing 22 Reference 23 Music 1
Desktop 1 · Writing
Layout
TileStackFloat
Start from
Single
Halves
Main + stack
Quarters
NNotes
SSafari
MMusic
Choose an app. Split a tile. Drag the gap to resize.
When applied
Show afterwardsDesktop 1
Apps not in this profileLeave running

Small decisions. Already made.

Let the right appsland in the right place.

Send new Mail windows to Comms. Keep Calculator floating. Set the little rules that make your Mac feel like yours.

Explore rules and settings
Rules
⚙General⌘Keys☷Rules▦Spaces▤Menu Bar
Always float
=CalculatorFloat
Send new windows to a Space
@MailDesktop 2 · Comms
NNotesDesktop 3 · Writing

Rules apply when new windows open.

3 Writing
NNotes opens.
Right where it belongs.

Your whole setup. At a glance.

A small menu.A bigger picture.

See your Spaces in the menu bar. Jump to a window, drag one to another Desktop, or apply a profile. The big picture is always close.

Meet the menu-bar mini-map
Finder    File   Edit   View9:41
SpacetileTiling windows as they open
1Home
2Comms
3Writing
4Reference
5Music
6
Profiles
◈ Everyday✓
☾ Writing
▦ Meeting
＋   Save Current Layout…▱   Edit Profiles… ⇧⌘P⚙   Settings ⌘,
Click the menu-bar icon to try it.
Next: Your workflow

03 / Your workflow

You change gear.
Your Mac follows.

A Focus. A shortcut. A command.
The same possibilities, however you work.

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A change of focus. A change of scene.

Turn on your Focus.Find your space.

Connect a profile to a macOS Focus filter. When Writing turns on, your writing arrangement comes back. Choose another profile for when the Focus ends.

Connect profiles to Focus
☾
macOS FocusWriting
Off
Spacetile Focus filter
☾   Writing profileReady to apply
2 Reference
3 Music
Focus on. Apps arranged. Ready to begin.

Thought. Shortcut. Done.

Keep your handson the good stuff.

Focus, swap, resize, or switch Spaces from the keyboard. Bring familiar shortcuts from another window manager, or record your own in Settings.

Find your shortcuts
⌥optionL
Focus the window on the right.
Use shortcuts from
RectangleSpectacleAeroSpace
Or choose your own in Settings.

Open to your way of working

Your tools.The same possibilities.

Load a profile or control the layout from Raycast, skhd, Karabiner, or a script. The app’s command line puts the same actions wherever you need them.

Set up command-line control
RaycastskhdKarabinerYour scripts
Your workflowzsh

# Give the next part of your day a place

~ % spacetile load Writing

# Move focus. Shape the layout.

~ % spacetile focus east

~ % spacetile place left 2/3

Writing profile
1 Writing
2 Reference
3 Music
The same commands, wherever your workflow starts.
Made for your Mac

Built to belong

Still your Mac.
Just more in tune.

⌘

Embrace the native.

Real Spaces. Mission Control. Native full screen. Spacetile works with the Mac you already know.

⌥

Keep the familiar.

Keyboard first, mouse welcome. Simple dragging and resizing stay part of your day.

▦

Let it evolve.

Tile, stack, or float. Save arrangements that fit, then change them as your work changes.

Why Spacetile exists

Twenty years of “almost right.”
So I decided to have a go.

I tried nearly every window manager I could find. Each left a small frustration, or a big gap. Spacetile is my attempt at a better fit: embrace the Mac, keep the gestures familiar, and let the layout evolve with what I’m doing.

A note from the maker
Spacetile app icon

Make yourself
some space.

Distributed directly. Licensed. Source you can read.

Read before you get started

Spacetile for Mac

A little more space.
Coming your way.

Spacetile will be distributed directly with a license and readable source. The app download isn’t available on this page yet.

Requires macOS 26 or later.

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