Skyland — a Hyprland-inspired tiling window manager for macOS

I've been working on Skyland, a Hyprland-inspired desktop experience for macOS.

It's a fork of AeroSpace — huge thanks to nikitabobko for the foundation — with the look and workflow of 43PR's Hyprland dotfiles.

The goal was to bring that Linux tiling WM feeling to my Mac, including animations, workspace transitions, groups, dynamic theming, and a cyberpunk HUD.

Projects

• Skyland (window manager): https://github.com/waxdred/skyland
• Cyberdeck (HUD): https://github.com/waxdred/skyland-cyberdeck

What's in the video?

• Dwindle layout with smart split (the split direction follows the cursor) and togglesplit
• Bezier animations — windows pop in, shrink and fade on close, and workspaces use slidefadevert transitions
• Window groups with a tabs bar, similar to Hyprland's grouping workflow
• Master layout per workspace, with the master window centered on ultrawide screens
• Rounded corners, active/inactive opacity, and a gradient border around the focused window
• 18 themes from 43PR, plus wallpaper-generated colors using Matugen; light or dark mode is selected based on wallpaper brightness
• Cyberdeck HUD — a translucent, eye-implant-inspired app launcher and a unified messages panel for macOS notifications and script messages
• Claude Code integration — a Hermes plugin notifies me when an agent finishes or needs input
• Workspace overview with live thumbnails and drag-and-drop between workspaces
• Shortcut cheat sheet and a settings window that edits the TOML configuration while preserving comments

Other features

• Named scratchpads (for example, Spotify on its own shortcut)
• Window rules
• Alt + mouse to move or resize windows
• A Hyprlock-inspired screensaver
• Floating media widget with audio-reactive bars
• SketchyBar integration

My setup

• WM: Skyland (AeroSpace fork, Swift)
• Bar: SketchyBar
• Borders: JankyBorders
• Terminal: Ghostty + Hack Nerd Font
• Themes: 43PR palettes + Matugen
• Wallpapers: 43PR's Wallhaven collections

Honest caveats

A few things are worth knowing before trying it:

• Some features require partially disabling SIP. Window corners, opacity, animations, and keeping floating windows on top rely on a scripting addition injected into Dock, similar to yabai. This also requires the -arm64e_preview_abi boot argument. Without it, the core tiling features still work, but the window effects won't.
• Blur is limited. It only works where an application implements it itself (Ghostty, for example). I explored system-wide blur, but that would require much deeper WindowServer hacking.
• The lock screen is a screensaver, not a security boundary. macOS still handles password authentication.
• It's a personal setup, currently running on Apple Silicon with macOS 15. Some paths are hard-coded, so contributions and fixes are very welcome.

I'm sharing this because I wanted a more Hyprland-like workflow on macOS, and figured others might enjoy it too.

I'd love to hear your feedback, suggestions, and ideas for what to improve next!

GitHub: https://github.com/waxdred/skyland

I'm the developer of this one.

Roundhand lives in the menu bar. Hold Fn, talk, let go, and the text lands at your cursor. It checks which app has focus and writes for it: short in Slack, a proper email in Mail, a list in Notes, one line with no trailing full stop in a terminal.

• Speech is recognised on your Mac (NVIDIA Parakeet on the Neural Engine). Your audio is never uploaded or saved to disk.
• Offline cleanup drops "um" and "uh" and handles restarts: "Tuesday, scratch that, Wednesday" gives you Wednesday.
• Per-app styles you can override, plus a Dictionary for names.
• Skips password fields.

Free to download, no account needed; the offline path is free with no word limit. Apple silicon, macOS 14+.

Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUsTHgtK1wI

https://roundhand.dev

Tell me where it breaks.

My 512 GB Mac was down to 20 GB free, and most of it was "System Data" that macOS wouldn't let me look inside. I cleaned it up by hand and got back to 215 GB free. I also came very close to deleting a git repo whose history existed nowhere else.

So I turned what I learned into an app: **Dustloft**.

**What it does**

- Scans every installed app and shows its real data, with disposable caches separated out

- Finds the usual space hogs: old downloads, leftovers from uninstalled apps, screen recordings, VM images, device backups, mail and Messages attachments, browser caches

- Developer stuff too: node_modules, build output, Docker, Xcode leftovers, local LLM models

**How it keeps you safe**

Everything goes into one of three groups:

- **Regenerable**: caches, build output, dependencies. These come back on their own.

- **Needs admin**: safe to remove, but macOS asks for your password once

- **Permanent**: never bulk-selected, needs its own confirmation, and goes to the Trash instead of being deleted

It will never:

- delete a `.git` folder (it offers `git gc` instead, and warns when a repo exists only on your disk)

- touch Dropbox, iCloud Drive or other synced folders

- remove Docker volumes

- delete anything inside /System, /usr and other protected folders

- pretend it can free "purgeable" space

Every removal is written to a local log file.

**Telemetry, up front**

It sends one anonymous line: a random ID, total bytes cleaned, and the app version. No file names, no paths, no account. There's a "Turn it off" button on first launch. The whole client is one file, `Metrics.swift`, and the combined totals are public at dustloft.com/stats.

**About the malware warning**

It's not notarized, because that needs a $99/year Apple developer account. If you download the DMG, macOS will warn you. The one-line installer skips the warning because macOS doesn't flag files downloaded with curl:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kapil303196/dustloft/main/install-online.sh | bash

Or read the code and build it yourself. It's MIT licensed and only needs the Xcode Command Line Tools.

**Links**

- GitHub: https://github.com/kapil303196/dustloft

- Site: https://dustloft.com

Free, universal build (Apple Silicon and Intel). I'd really like feedback, especially if it flags something it shouldn't or misses something big on your Mac.

Initially made it for my oppo enco x first gen, but should work for any bluetooth headphones.

First install SwiftBar https://github.com/swiftbar/SwiftBar and then my script https://github.com/alansleep/Headphone-Battery-Monitor-for-macOS

It would accumulate data over time and estimate remaining working time both for playing and idle states, it takes into account the volume (estimates 50% before real useful data is accumulated), idle or playing current state, previous history, and time passed in real time in current session as well, so over time it will become more and more accurate.

https://github.com/Toxic880/TwistPad

In short, you can twist two fingers on your trackpad like you're turning a dial to change the volume. Thumb and index works best.

Please contact me if you've got any issues or ideas for this - [Support@traluco.com](mailto:Support@traluco.com)

Hi everyone, I have been working on a few apps for the past few months and wanted to get this one out there and thought I would do it here.

I was frustrated with PiP extensions always freezing or breaking in between episodes so I came up with this. Floating Browser is a dedicated WebKit browser window that can stay above other apps without relying on Safari PiP.

Features:
Compact 16:9 Mini mode that remains above other windows
Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, Disney+, Max, Prime Video, Apple TV+, Peacock, Paramount+, and Tubi shortcuts
Custom saved-site shortcuts
Back, forward, reload, address search, and downloads
Lightweight local ad and popup blocking
Open in Safari and Apple Passwords shortcuts
No analytics, advertising, or developer-operated data collection
Universal build for Apple silicon and Intel Macs
This is a free, open-source, unsigned public beta for macOS 14 or later. Because it is not notarized yet, macOS requires the normal Privacy & Security > Open Anyway step after the first launch. The source, MIT license, SHA-256 checksum, and installation instructions are all available on GitHub.
Some streaming services can reject protected playback in embedded WebKit. Disney+ may show Error 83, and website changes can affect compatibility. Safari remains available as a fallback.
GitHub: https://github.com/chrishansen1984x-lang/floating-browser
Download: https://github.com/chrishansen1984x-lang/floating-browser/releases/tag/v0.3.0
I’d appreciate feedback about Mini mode, playback reliability, and which streaming services work on different Macs.

Classic scope creep story. One late-night tweak turned into sketchetc, a themeable interactive macOS menu bar built on SketchyBar: 19 toggleable widgets, 5 palettes, clipboard history, window snapping, live system stats, a self-locking daily journal, and a daily activity score.

Everything is local-first (one folder you choose), free forever, no accounts or telemetry. Signed releases, CI, OpenSSF Scorecard 7.5.

https://himanshu007-creator.github.io/sketchetc/

Would love feedback, bug reports, or feature ideas. Happy to answer questions about the build.

Following the excellent work by apple sharpener among others here's my modest tweaks for making Tahoe usable ; at least for me.

https://github.com/ut0mt8/BrutalDock and

https://github.com/ut0mt8/Brutalium

It allows configuring the corner radius of every window plus some bonus like theming the traffic lights.

Also a separate tweak only for the dock.

Im running sequoia and can't update os any further due to older MacBook, I love the look of Tahoe and when I tried oclp it doesn't support Tahoe properly and the system runs at 1fps and odd dpi scaling, so I'm trying to modify what I have to look like Tahoe.

I’m looking for developer to modify app IPA so it works on jailbroken iPhone

My setup:

• iPhone 11 Pro Max

• iOS: 16.4.1 : Dopamine (RootHide)

Requirements:

• Run the app on a jailbroken iPhone

• without RootHide blacklist

Bounty: 50$ (can increase if needed)

If you have experience with this, please DM me.

Looking for a Tahoe theme for Monterey

https://discord.gg/cxuH8jxnZ

i am using macos ventura. 13.6.5 and after scouring hte internet it seems like the only program that provides functionality to change system icons is iconchamp. however, it is paid, and the latest, updated versions seem to only be found in some obscure forked github repository. is there any other way to change system icons in this version at all, or alternatively a way to activate iconchamp for free?

I have designed a very simple tweak which aims to add liquid glass properties onto finder,

do note its for macos 26+ and currently WIP, contributions are appreciated.

https://github.com/rennnss/AeroFinder

I tried replaced the finder icon in all this places with SIP disabled

/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/Finder.icns /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/finder.png /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/finder@2x.png /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/FinderIcon.icns

And also cleared the caches

sudo rm -rf /private/var/folders/*/*/*/com.apple.iconservices sudo rm -rf /Library/Caches/com.apple.iconservices.store

But after restart the Finder icon in the dock is not changing, what I'm missing?