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.

Install

See the installation guide.

Usage

See the usage guide.

Alternatives

i3-auto-layout

I have discovered i3-auto-layout project only after I have created mine. So credit to that older project.

Some improvements over it: * Less overhead (dependencies and runtime). * i3-autolayout (this project) uses a simple single blocking thread runtime and simple "stdout" minimal logging (less CPU overhead). * i3-autolayout (this project) takes 2% of the virtual memory instead used by i3-auto-layout (alternative project). ``` COMMAND | VIRT (kb)

i3-autolayout | 3423 i3-auto-layout | 140140 `` *i3-autolayout(*this project*) checks the workspace and avoid horizontal splitting on monitor with a vertical configuration. *i3-autolayout` (this project) provides an optional systemd unit file, if you prefer a more "service-oriented approach".