feat(yabai): tiling window manager

README.md

@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ Migrating to new hardware or rebuilding old hardware after a wipe is a breeze.
 
 ## Features
 
+- Tiling window manager with
+  [yabai](https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai) and
+  [skhd](https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd).
 - [Alacritty](https://alacritty.org/) CLI-ready workflow with
   [`fish`](https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell),
   [`tmux`](https://github.com/tmux/tmux),

macbook/brew.nix

@@ -5,16 +5,21 @@
     # Homebrew Package Manager
     enable = true;
     onActivation = {
-      autoUpdate = false;
-      upgrade = false;
+      # "zap" removes manually installed brews and casks
       cleanup = "zap";
+      autoUpdate = true;
+      upgrade = true;
     };
     taps = [
       "homebrew/services"
+      "koekeishiya/formulae"
       "macos-fuse-t/homebrew-cask"
       "thefox/brewery"
     ];
     brews = [
+      "yabai"
+      "skhd"
+      "pinentry-mac"
       {
         name = "tor";
         restart_service = true;
@@ -39,7 +44,6 @@
       "keycastr"
       "orbstack"
       "protonvpn"
-      "rectangle"
       "signal"
       "sparrow"
       "tor-browser"

macbook/default.nix

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 {
   imports = [
-    ./fonts.nix
+    ./agenix.nix
     ./brew.nix
+    ./fonts.nix
     ./packages.nix
-    ./agenix.nix
   ];
 
   users.users.user = {

macbook/home-manager/default.nix

@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 {
   home.stateVersion = "23.11";
   imports = [
-    ./shell
-    ./cli
     ./alacritty.nix
+    ./cli
     ./helix
     ./karabiner
     ./shell
+    ./shell
+    ./yabai.nix
   ];
 }

macbook/home-manager/yabai.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+
+{
+  home.file = {
+    yabai = {
+      executable = true;
+      target = ".config/yabai/yabairc";
+      text = ''
+        #!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+        yabai -m signal --add event=dock_did_restart action="sudo yabai --load-sa"
+        sudo yabai --load-sa
+
+        # default layout
+        yabai -m config layout bsp
+
+        # New window spawns to the right if vertical split, or bottom if horizontal split
+        yabai -m config window_placement second_child
+
+        # padding set to 12px
+        yabai -m config top_padding 12
+        yabai -m config bottom_padding 12
+        yabai -m config left_padding 12
+        yabai -m config right_padding 12
+        yabai -m config window_gap 12
+
+        # leave my mouse alone
+        yabai -m config focus_follow_mouse off
+
+        # set mouse interaction modifier key (default: fn)
+        yabai -m config mouse_modifier cmd
+
+        # set modifier + left-click drag to move window (default: move)
+        yabai -m config mouse_action1 move
+
+        # set modifier + right-click drag to resize window (default: resize)
+        yabai -m config mouse_action2 resize
+
+        # when window is dropped in center of another window, swap them (on edges it will split it)
+        yabai -m mouse_drop_action swap
+
+
+        # rules
+        yabai -m rule --add app="^System Settings$"    manage=off
+        yabai -m rule --add app="^System Information$" manage=off
+        yabai -m rule --add app="^System Preferences$" manage=off
+        yabai -m rule --add title="Preferences$"       manage=off
+        yabai -m rule --add title="Settings$"          manage=off
+        yabai -m rule --add title="^Wallet Password"   manage=off
+        yabai -m rule --add app="^Calculator$"         manage=off
+        yabai -m rule --add app="^Karabiner-Elements$" manage=off
+        yabai -m rule --add app="^KeePassXC$"          manage=off
+        yabai -m rule --add app="^IINA$"               manage=off
+        yabai -m rule --add app="^Proton VPN$"         manage=off
+
+        echo "yabai configuration loaded"
+      '';
+    };
+
+    skhd = {
+      target = ".config/skhd/skhdrc";
+      text = let yabai = "/opt/homebrew/bin/yabai"; in
+        ''
+          # focus window
+          cmd - j : ${yabai} -m window --focus north
+          cmd - k : ${yabai} -m window --focus south
+          cmd - h : ${yabai} -m window --focus west
+          cmd - l : ${yabai} -m window --focus east
+
+          # swap managed window
+          shift + cmd - j : ${yabai} -m window --swap north
+          shift + cmd - k : ${yabai} -m window --swap south
+          shift + cmd - h : ${yabai} -m window --swap west
+          shift + cmd - l : ${yabai} -m window --swap east
+
+          # toggle window float
+          shift + cmd - space : ${yabai} -m window --toggle float --grid 4:4:1:1:2:2
+
+          # maximize a window:w:
+          shift + cmd - f : ${yabai} -m window --toggle zoom-fullscreen
+
+          # balance out tree of windows (resize to occupy same area)
+          shift + cmd - escape : ${yabai} -m space --balance
+
+          # focus space
+          cmd - 1 : ${yabai} -m space --focus 1
+          cmd - 2 : ${yabai} -m space --focus 2
+          cmd - 3 : ${yabai} -m space --focus 3
+          cmd - 4 : ${yabai} -m space --focus 4
+          cmd - 5 : ${yabai} -m space --focus 5
+          cmd - 6 : ${yabai} -m space --focus 6
+          cmd - 7 : ${yabai} -m space --focus 7
+          cmd - 8 : ${yabai} -m space --focus 8
+          cmd - 9 : ${yabai} -m space --focus 9
+          cmd - 0 : ${yabai} -m space --focus 10
+
+          # move window to space #
+          shift + cmd - 1 : ${yabai} -m window --space 1;
+          shift + cmd - 2 : ${yabai} -m window --space 2;
+          shift + cmd - 3 : ${yabai} -m window --space 3;
+          shift + cmd - 4 : ${yabai} -m window --space 4;
+          shift + cmd - 5 : ${yabai} -m window --space 5;
+          shift + cmd - 6 : ${yabai} -m window --space 6;
+          shift + cmd - 7 : ${yabai} -m window --space 7;
+          shift + cmd - 8 : ${yabai} -m window --space 8;
+          shift + cmd - 9 : ${yabai} -m window --space 9;
+          shift + cmd - 0 : ${yabai} -m window --space 10;
+
+          # application launcher
+          cmd - d : open -b com.apple.launchpad.launcher
+          shift + cmd - d : open -b com.apple.exposelauncher
+        '';
+    };
+  };
+}

macbook/packages.nix

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ in
       du-dust
       ncdu
       ueberzugpp
-      pinentry_mac
 
       # git
       gh