homebrew-chunkwm

Homebrew Tap for Chunkwm tiling window manager (https://github.com/koekeishiya/chunkwm)

NOTE: plugins folder has been moved to /usr/local/opt/chunkwm/share/chunkwm/plugins

Table of contents

1. Supported OSX versions
2. Brew Options
3. Caveats
4. Usage examples
5. Plugins

Supported OSX versions

Chunkwm works with MacOSX >= 10.11

Brew options

--with-logging
	Redirect stdout and stderr to log files to standard brew path.
--with-purify
    Build purify plugin.
--with-tmp-logging
	Redirect stdout and stderr to /tmp.
--without-border
	Do not build border plugin.
--without-ffm
	Do not build focus-follow-mouse plugin.
--without-tiling
	Do not build tiling plugin.
--HEAD
	Install HEAD version

Caveats

Copy the example configuration into your home directory:

cp /usr/local/opt/chunkwm/share/chunkwm/examples/chunkwmrc ~/.chunkwmrc

Opening chunkwm will prompt for Accessibility API permissions. After access has been granted, the application must be restarted:

brew services restart chunkwm

If both --with-logging and --with-tmp-logging are specified, the former takes precedence over the latter.

Codesign chunkwm binary

Accessibility API must be granted after every update to chunkwm, unless you codesign the binary with self-signed certificate before restarting

Create code signing certificate named "chunkwm-cert" using Keychain Access.app:

• Open Keychain Access.app
• From menu select Keychain Access -> Certificate Assistant -> Create a certificate
• Fill the certificate form:
  • Name: chunkwm-cert
  • Identity Type: Self Signed Root
  • Certificate Type: Code Signing

Sign the binary:

codesign -fs "chunkwm-cert" /usr/local/opt/chunkwm/bin/chunkwm

To have launchd start crisidev/chunkwm/chunkwm now and restart at login:

brew services start crisidev/chunkwm/chunkwm

Or, if you don't want/need a background service you can just run:

chunkwm

Logging

If the formula has been built with --with-logging, logs will be found in

/usr/local/var/log/chunwm/chunkwm.[out|err].log

Usage examples

Clone tap

brew tap crisidev/homebrew-chunkwm

Install latest stable version

brew install chunkwm

Install from git repo

brew install --HEAD chunkwm

Do not install border, tiling, and ffm plugins

brew install --without-border --without-tiling --without-ffm chunkwm

Log chunkwm stdout and stderr on /tmp

brew install --with-tmp-logging chunkwm

Plugins

In the repo I am also distributing other chunkwm plugins.

Chunkwm Blur - https://github.com/splintah/blur

Blur wallpaper when there are open windows.

brew install --HEAD chunkwm-blur