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Spacetile vs AeroSpace

AeroSpace tiles in workspaces of its own and parks hidden windows in a corner of the screen. Spacetile tiles the native Spaces that Mission Control shows, and full-screen apps and Split View keep working.

Tiling window managers

Apps that lay windows out for you. The difference that matters most is where they tile: in the Desktops Mission Control shows, or in workspaces of their own that hide windows to fake switching.

Feature	Spacetile1.0.0	AeroSpace0.21.3
Native macOS
Tiles inside native Spaces, not virtual workspaces	Yes	Its own workspaces; hidden windows are parked in a corner of the screen
Every feature works with SIP on	Yes	Yes
Instant switching between native Spaces	Yes	Switches its own workspaces instantly
Works with native full-screen apps	Numbered between Desktops as Mission Control shows them; leaving full screen puts the window back in its tile	Supported, but its docs call it clunky; with spanning Spaces a second display can go black
Split View from a command	Yes	No
Uses macOS tiling (green-button menu, Fill & Arrange) instead of undoing it	Reads what macOS did as its own command and re-tiles the other windows round it	No
Tiling and profiles
Halves, thirds and quarters by key, inside the tiling	Yes	No
Save and restore every Space, full-screen apps and Split View included	Yes	No
Apply a layout when displays connect or a Focus mode turns on	Yes	Pins workspaces to monitors; nothing for Focus modes
Setting it up
Settings window; no config file needed	Yes	No
Start from another tool's shortcuts	Rectangle, Spectacle, AeroSpace, Amethyst, BetterStage, ShiftPlus	No
Where others go further
Create, delete or reorder Spaces	macOS only allows it with SIP off	Doesn't apply
Window opacity, layers and sticky windows	Dims the windows behind the focused one with SIP on; real opacity, layers and sticky windows need SIP off	No

Choose another app if…

AeroSpace: you'd rather have i3-style workspaces of its own than macOS Spaces.

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