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mjolnirapp
mjolnir
C2014–2019
mjolnirapp / mjolnir

mjolnir

Lightweight automation and productivity app for OS X

18Distinct people
24Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
5.2KGitHub stars
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Lightweight automation and productivity app for OS X

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Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 12:45:45 PM UTC.

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HN mentions by year24 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2014-07-03 11:54:56 UTC to 2019-08-26 19:16:25 UTC.

0510152014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 14 mentions; 2 submissions, 12 comments20142015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 1 submissions, 2 comments2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments20162017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2019

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20142014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC14212
20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC312
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC211

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I posted this yesterday in the thread about the Rust-written window manager, but it's relevant here as well. There are plenty of apps that provide varying levels of window-manager functionality to OS X. I would try a couple out and see which feels right to you. I have tried most of them, and personally prefer Moom. http://manytricks.com/moom/ http://mizage.com/divvy/ http://ianyh.com/amethyst/ http://spectacleapp.com/ https://github.com/fjolnir/xnomad https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bettersnaptool/id417375580?m.... https://github.com/sdegutis/mjolnir
In Amethyst – A tiling window manager for OS X
Optimal Layout[1] works pretty well as a tiling window manager (or close enough) for OS X. I've been using it as an essential part of my workflow for 2+ years. I also make heavy use of emacsclient and tmux[2] sessions and windows in conjunction with iTerm2[3]. When I have some time to experiment, I'd like to look at replacing Optimal Layout with mjolnir[4] or one of the similar tools listed in mjolnir's README, under Mjolnir vs. other apps.[5] Amethyst[6] looks like another option worthy of consideration. [1] http://most-advantageous.com/optimal-layout/ [2] http://robots.thoughtbot.com/a-tmux-crash-course [3] http://iterm2.com/ [4] https://github.com/sdegutis/mjolnir [5] https://github.com/sdegutis/mjolnir#mjolnir-vs-other-apps [6] https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
In A tiling window manager written in Rust
There's a lot of different window managing tools on OS X. I personally use Optimal Layout, but there's a number of open source ones as well, such as Slate [1] (which unfortunately hasn't been updated in a while), Mjolnir (nee Hydra) [2], and Spectacle [3]. Both of the last two were updated a few months ago. Spectacle is a bit easier to use than Mjolnir, but it looks like Mjolnir is more flexible. In comparing Mjolnir to things like Divvy, the Readme states: "Mjolnir is intended for programmers who want to write programs that customize their environment. It's not intended to be a drag-n-drop solution; it's meant to allow you to write your own personalized productivity enhancement suite to keep and to use long-term." [1] https://github.com/jigish/slate [2] https://github.com/sdegutis/mjolnir [3] http://spectacleapp.com
In Mouseless workflow on the Mac
For those who are not familiar with Lua, or who have heard the prevalent "conventional wisdom" about it, here's a quick clarification: A. Lua's source code is really really small and extremely well-commented[1]. B. Lua is super easy to integrate... you can literally just throw Lua's entire source code into your app[2] and it'll compile just fine. C. Lua's C API is super easy to use, and way more thought-out than Python's or Ruby's (no offense to Matz or Guido) -- yes, it is stack-based, but this actually makes its API much simpler and smaller than it would otherwise be. You can probably learn all of it in an afternoon (with the right guide). D. Lua is uncannily similar to JavaScript in semantics, and the syntax[3] is ridiculously simple to learn. Semantically, it has way less magic to learn than either Ruby or Python. E. Lua isn't only fo
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r scripting video games. I wish this "conventional wisdom" would just die. Yes, it is good for scripting video games, for the same reason it's excellent for scripting anything. F. Table indices starting at 1 is not hard to reason about, not hard to use, and it's not hard to switch back-and-forth between Lua and languages where indices start at 0. This is a complete myth. [1]: http://www.lua.org/source/5.2/ [2]: like this: https://github.com/sdegutis/mjolnir/tree/master/Mjolnir/lua [3]: here's Lua's EBNF in its entirely, fitting on a single screen for me: http://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/manual.html#9
In Scriptable Operating Systems with Lua [pdf]

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