# eczarny/spectacle

Spectacle allows you to organize your windows without using a mouse.

Repository: https://github.com/eczarny/spectacle
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/spectacle
Homepage: https://spectacleapp.com/
Language: Objective-C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-01-15T17:32:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5898, "days_push": 1691, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 13636, forks 852 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:04.447894+00:00)

## What it is
Spectacle is a macOS application that lets users move and resize windows using customizable keyboard shortcuts instead of the mouse. It supports snapping windows to screen halves, corners, thirds, and centering or maximizing them.

## Use cases
- move windows with keyboard shortcuts on mac
- snap windows to screen halves and corners
- maximize or center a window without a mouse
- resize windows into thirds on macos
- organize desktop windows quickly

## When to choose
- you want a free, open-source keyboard-driven window manager for macOS
- you're on an older macOS version (10.9+) where it still works fine
- you prefer its simple shortcut-based tiling behavior

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained tool - the project is explicitly unmaintained
- you want modern macOS features or bug fixes
- you'd prefer a supported alternative like Rectangle

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools, gui
- domain: developer-tools, desktop-applications, apple-ecosystem
- platform: -
- tags: window-management, keyboard-shortcuts, window-tiling, objective-c, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- eczarny/spectacle (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:04.447894+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 2026-08-29T17:13:08.903460+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/eczarny/spectacle (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:04.447894+00:00, sha acb9cd187f41)
  - homepage: https://spectacleapp.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:07:40.403292+00:00, sha 0184413cb7f2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.