i3-autolayout

Introduction

i3-autolayout is a simple service which helps keep a reasonable windows layout for your i3 manager.

without i3-autolayout	with i3-autolayout

Without autolayout, you have to manually decide whether to split the windows horizontally or vertically.

Instead, when i3-autolayout service is enabled, the split mode is automatically selected to better distribute the width and the height of windows uniformly.

Of course, you can still perform a manual split: indeed, i3-autolayout aims to be as less invasive as possible.

i3-autolayout is written in Rust (programming language) for best performances and minimal system resource usage.

Key Features

• Easy to install (see the installation guide).
• tabmode: real tabbed layout with a single command.
  • This command is integrated with save/restore layout. So it is possible to toggle tabmode saving the previous layout.
• Written in Rust. Minimum resources overhead.
• Systemd Unit (if you like it).

Install

See the installation guide.

Usage

See the usage guide.