I use bspwm, which has a very simple design and follows the unix philosophy quite nicely. A single daemon process which manages windows, and all configuration i

I use bspwm, which has a very simple design and follows the unix philosophy quite nicely. A single daemon process which manages windows, and all configuration is done with the shell via the `bspc` command, which talks to the daemon over a socket. A separate daemon (sxhkd) is used for keybindings, and the configuration for sxhkd is just a map of keybindings (including mouse buttons) to shell commands, with a very simple DSL to allow groups of commands, and the use of the cursor position. Example from my configuration: alt + {Left,Down,Up,Right,h,j,k,l} bspc window --focus {left,down,up,right,left,down,up,right} {alt,super} + Tab bspc {window,monitor} --focus next alt + super + {Left,Down,Up,Right} bspc window --swap {left,down,up,right} super + {Left,Down,Up,Right} bspc window --edge {left,down,up,right} push super + shift + {Left,Down,Up,Right} bspc window --edge {right,up,down,left} pull super + q bspc window --kill Worth noting that bspwm treats monitors individually when using window commands, so you need a separate set to handle windows on diff monitors (unless using Xinerama). I've no idea whether it works on OSX though. 2bwm seems to be popular among OSX users, but I've not tried it.