# mogenson/PaperWM.spoon

Tiled scrollable window manager for MacOS

Repository: https://github.com/mogenson/PaperWM.spoon
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/paperwmspoon
Language: Lua
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: window-manager, tiling-window-manager, paperwm, hammerspoon, lua, macos, osx
Last push: 2026-08-18T14:35:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1717, "days_push": 15, "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 1749, forks 84 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:30.981981+00:00)

## What it is
PaperWM.spoon is a tiled, scrollable window manager for macOS implemented as a Hammerspoon Spoon plugin in Lua. It arranges windows in a horizontally scrollable tiled grid with keyboard-driven focus, swap, resize, and layout commands inspired by the GNOME PaperWM extension.

## Use cases
- tile macOS windows automatically in a scrollable layout
- manage windows entirely from the keyboard
- switch focus between neighboring windows with hotkeys
- swap and rearrange windows in a tiled grid
- resize or center windows with keyboard shortcuts
- float specific windows outside the tiling layer
- split the screen between two windows

## When to choose
- you want a PaperWM-style tiling window manager on macOS
- you already use Hammerspoon and want window tiling
- you prefer keyboard-driven window management with customizable hotkeys
- you want a scrollable column layout rather than static tiling

## When to avoid
- you are not willing to install and configure Hammerspoon
- you need a window manager for Linux or Windows
- you prefer mouse-driven or native macOS window management
- you want a standalone app rather than a Lua plugin

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, developer-tools, cli
- domain: desktop-applications, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: lua
- tags: tiling-window-manager, hammerspoon, paperwm, window-management, spoon, macos

## Member repositories
- mogenson/PaperWM.spoon (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:30.981981+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 2026-08-30T03:28:47.565083+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mogenson/PaperWM.spoon (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:30.981981+00:00, sha 487b697af997)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.