Slate (arm64)

Slate‑arm64 is a macOS window‑management tool that runs natively on Apple silicon and supports macOS 10.9 and later. It lets users bind keystrokes to move, resize, and focus windows, activate preset layouts, and create snapshots of the current window state. The application also offers window‑hint navigation and a customizable application switcher in beta.

The software is aimed at users who want fine‑grained control over their desktop environment, especially those comfortable editing configuration files. Configurations are written in a “.slate” file (or a JavaScript‑based “.slate.js” file for more dynamic setups) and can define global settings, aliases, layouts, default screen‑layout mappings, and key bindings. Expressions and simple functions are supported within the config to calculate positions and sizes.

Installation requires enabling the macOS Accessibility API and can be performed via a direct download of a DMG or tarball, or by fetching the archive with curl. Upon launch, Slate loads the user’s config or falls back to a default file, and changes can be reloaded from the status‑menu option.