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Amethyst for Mac

Automatic tiling window manager for macOS.

By ianyh. Free and open source, MIT licence.

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Amethyst at a glance

Version
0.24.3
Released
2 April 2026
Download size
7.3 MB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Licence
MIT
Category
Windows and Keyboard
Developer
ianyh
GitHub stars
16K

About Amethyst

Automatic tiling window manager for macOS à la xmonad.

Screenshots

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How to install Amethyst on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for Amethyst and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 0.24.3 from ianyh's own GitHub release.
  3. Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to Amethyst show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: Amethyst.zip (7.3 MB).

What is new in Amethyst 0.24.3

## Changes
* Fix a crash from reflow race conditions.

## What's Changed
* Amethyst 0.24.2 by @ianyh in https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst/pull/1841
* Take value snapshots instead of dynamic values by @ianyh in https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst/pull/1850

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst/compare/v0.24.2...v0.24.3

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