skhd

I use MacOS for development, and I too was used to a tiling wm on linux. Yabai[1] as a wm and skhd[2] were totally necessary. It's a bit of a pain to install, but once it's set up it's been completely frictionless for me. [1] https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai [2] https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd

I recently had to start using MacOS for work after never using an Apple product ever. Between MacPorts packages, Yabai[1], and skhd [2] I've found myself able to achieve a close enough setup in terms of tiling WM + system keybindings to make the desktop experience close enough to what I have using i3 or whatever else on Linux. I still don't love using MacOS and would probably never buy a Macbook for personal use, but it's not really that bad and sure beats using Windows + WSL for development since at least MacOS is a UNIX [1] https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai [2] https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd

> The thing that annoys me most is that there's no global shortcut for new terminal windows. Did you look at skhd? https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd I found it through the yabai window manager - but I'm starting to think I might be better off with something less ambitious - as macos apis are restricted and yabai needs a lot of privileges to work with screen/desktops :'( But skhd is very simple and powerful - it can run commands and also insert text (I rebind some keys for brackets and tilde which are annoying on Mac intl layouts). Eg: # open terminal, blazingly fast compared to iTerm/Hyper cmd - return : /Applications/kitty.app/Contents/MacOS/kitty --single-instance -d ~ alt - k : skhd --text "~"

Try this: https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd If it’s customizable, global, keyboard shortcuts you’re after, skhd should do the job.

Indeed, power users are not really what Apple optimizes for. They try to dumb everything down, and it helps them in their ultimate goal: get more market share. You've actually stumbled upon the least configurable components of macOS: the Window Manager, and the Desktop Environment. On Linux you can choose your own, and you have so many different paradigms. I still miss i3 wm.. On macOS you don't have this choice, and you have to use apps to get to the workflow you need. I was a Windows power user for a few years, and now I use both Linux and macOS daily since 6 years ago. In the end, I feel more productive on macOS nowadays, mostly because there are many quality apps to get anything I want done, I don't have to worry that basic OS function will stop working when I update some dependency, and there are some macOS-native features that reall

> The best platform examples for me are GoodNotes and Procreate. These are great examples. > What's an example of a desktop Linux application that is so good that somebody will setup or buy a Linux machine to run? This is a tough question as most of the software I use on Linux can be used on MacOS with its ancient FreeBSD userland or Windows with WSL or natively. I feel that often developers who don't treat Linux as an afterthought also make things available for other platforms. I know for me, I use a Linux machine for the software ecosystem I use to keep things keyboard driven. skhd[1] on MacOS and Autohotkey[2] on Windows can help but when I have tried both it is not quite as flushed out in my opinion. I also use Linux for increased privacy and a more minimal environment compared to MacOS or Windows. I would say those are compelling rea

How about skhd? https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd I use it to simply bind hotkeys to shell commands in a single config file. Given the full power of the shell, you can even use AppleScript (through osascript) if you want to automate the UI/system like AutoHotkey does. It can also send key events using the -k flag so you can remap keys to other key combinations.

I like that the author points out a number of great default shortcuts in macOS, but I find it hard to beat the combination of yabai[1] and skhd[2] for the best keyboard-driven workflow. In the absence of these, I would be more inclined to try either Hammerspoon or Karabiner-Elements. I also find Phoenix[3] intriguing, but it's probably too much work to get it to where I'd want it for daily use. [1] https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai [2] https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd [3] https://github.com/kasper/phoenix

I would also suggest https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd for hotkeys; it also pairs well with an associated project for window tiling and management: https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai