OmniWM
Shares rank 19 of 30 window managers by recommenders
MacOS tiling window manager people find snappy and usable as a daily driver, though it has frequent unhandled edge cases and is still early in development.
MacOS tiling window manager people find snappy and usable as a daily driver, though it has frequent unhandled edge cases and is still early in development.
15 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 7
- approval share
- 53%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.1 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Usable as a daily driver
“This is the best implementation I have tested so far, and while there are definitely some quirks, at least in my case I feel it completely usable as a daily driver”
Comment from 25 Apr 2026 in “Niri 26.04 was just released (scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor)” “It immediately became my main window manager.”
Comment from 25 Apr 2026 in “Niri 26.04 was just released (scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor)” Worth using despite rough edges
“No, they don't, but I'd still take OmniWM over not having it.”
Comment from 26 Apr 2026 in “Niri 26.04 was just released (scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor)” “It is very good even though it's in early development.”
Comment from 9 Apr 2026 in “Native Instant Space Switching on macOS”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Odd glitches several times daily
“All of these work well most of the time, but something weird is bound to happen at least a few times each day”
Comment from 20 Aug 2026 on Hacker News “OmniWM is pretty snappy! Lots of unhandled cases that aren't even really edge cases.”
Comment from 3 Oct 2026 in “Make Tmux the OS” Overwhelming options and noisy animations
“OmniWM just overwhelmed me with its options and noisy animations”
Comment from 26 Apr 2026 in “Niri 26.04 was just released (scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor)” “it hurt my eyes. I can't understand whats going on”
Comment from 3 Oct 2026 in “Make Tmux the OS” Feature creep and fast change pace
“OmniWM is bundling more and more functionality in, the lead dev is a bit too keen on using tokens.”
Comment from 3 Oct 2026 in “Make Tmux the OS” “the project velocity was too much”
Comment from 3 Oct 2026 in “Make Tmux the OS”
Other window managers people recommend
The four most recommended other window managers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyprland | 82 | 33 | 71% | 12 | 1 mo4 owners | Approved |
| Rectangle for macOS | 67 | 3 | 96% | 11 | 1 yr3 owners | Approved |
| Enlightenment window manager | 51 | 19 | 73% | 8 | — | Approved |
| FVWM | 28 | 4 | 88% | 8 | 25 yrs7 owners | Approved |
| OmniWMThis page | 8 | 7 | 53% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
16 of the 17 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“OmniWM is bundling more and more functionality in, the lead dev is a bit too keen on using tokens.”
“it hurt my eyes. I can't understand whats going on”
“the project velocity was too much”
“OmniWM is pretty snappy! Lots of unhandled cases that aren't even really edge cases.”
“you can get similar on Mac with OmniWM”
“All of these work well most of the time, but something weird is bound to happen at least a few times each day”
“OmniWM just overwhelmed me with its options and noisy animations”
“support for these is notoriously bad in these variants”
“No, they don't, but I'd still take OmniWM over not having it.”
“None of them have delivered the level of polish Niri achieves.”
“This is the best implementation I have tested so far, and while there are definitely some quirks, at least in my case I feel it completely usable as a daily driver”
“they have the worst demo video I have seen in my life”
“It has made my work on MacOS much more pleasant.”
“It immediately became my main window manager.”
“It is very good even though it's in early development.”
“digging my early foray into OmniWM”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.