# jigish/slate

A window management application (replacement for Divvy/SizeUp/ShiftIt)

Repository: https://github.com/jigish/slate
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jigish-slate
Language: Objective-C
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2022-06-23T09:17:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5581, "days_push": 1532, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7834, forks 511 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:05.903774+00:00)

## What it is
Slate is a highly configurable macOS window management application that lets users bind keystrokes to move, resize, and focus windows, activate layouts, and take window snapshots. It serves as a free replacement for tools like Divvy, SizeUp, and ShiftIt, with configuration via a .slate file or JavaScript.

## Use cases
- manage mac window positions with keyboard shortcuts
- resize and move windows on macOS
- save and restore window layouts
- switch window focus using keyboard hints
- automatically apply layouts per monitor configuration
- replace divvy or sizeup on mac

## When to choose
- you want a free, extremely customizable macOS window manager
- you prefer text/JavaScript-based configuration for window layouts
- you need per-monitor-configuration default layouts or window snapshots

## When to avoid
- you want a modern, actively developed app with GUI-based configuration
- you need window management on Linux or Windows
- you prefer plug-and-play tiling without writing config files

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: gui, developer-tools, configuration-management
- domain: desktop-applications, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: window-management, keyboard-shortcuts, window-tiling, macos-app, divvy-alternative, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- jigish/slate (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:05.903774+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:33:58.727602+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jigish/slate (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:05.903774+00:00, sha 5f19bbbb6674)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.