| | 1 | --- title: min_sizes.html |
| | 2 | --- description: A collection of mac apps and their minimum window sizes, for people running tiled window managers. |
| | 3 | ## Minimum Window Sizes of Mac Apps |
| | 4 | |
| | 5 | I use tiled window managers, and some layouts work better with smaller windows, but not all mac apps can do that so this is a collection of minimum window sizes of different apps to help me find which ones are better suited for my workflow. |
| | 6 | |
| | 7 | I use the following thresholds: |
| | 8 | |
| | 9 | * <= 250 = TINY |
| | 10 | * > 250 and <= 400 = SMALL |
| | 11 | * > 400 and <= 500 = MEDIUM |
| | 12 | * > 500 <= 800 = LARGE |
| | 13 | * > 800 = HUGE |
| | 14 | |
| | 15 | ### Browsers |
| | 16 | * Arc: MEDIUM, 470px |
| | 17 | * Firefox: SMALL, 250px |
| | 18 | * Google Chrome: MEDIUM, 500px |
| | 19 | * Lagrange: MEDIUM, 425px |
| | 20 | * Qutebrowser: TINY, 135px |
| | 21 | * Safari: LARGE, 575px |
| | 22 | |
| | 23 | ### Calendars and Contacts |
| | 24 | * Calendar: LARGE, 639px |
| | 25 | * Cardhop: SMALL, 350px |
| | 26 | * Contacts: MEDIUM, 498px |
| | 27 | * Fantastical: MEDIUM, 500px; Day view only, Week (510px), Month (516px), Quarter (524px), and Year (504px) are LARGE, though may vary by toolbar icons visible. |
| | 28 | |
| | 29 | ## II |
| | 30 | |
| | 31 | ### Developer Tools |
| | 32 | * Console: LARGE, 600px |
| | 33 | * Dash: LARGE, 800px |
| | 34 | * Hex Fiend: TINY, 173px |
| | 35 | * MultiPatch: MEDIUM, 452px |
| | 36 | * RapidAPI: LARGE, 660px |
| | 37 | * Script Debugger: MEDIUM, 500px |
| | 38 | * SQLPro Studio: LARGE, 600px |
| | 39 | * SF Symbols: MEDIUM, 467px |
| | 40 | * Sloth: HUGE, 853px |
| | 41 | * Thony: TINY, 73px |
| | 42 | * WorldWideWeb: MEDIUM, 480px |
| | 43 | * Zeal: LARGE, 558px |
| | 44 | |
| | 45 | ### Diagramming |
| | 46 | * Map: TINY, 227px |
| | 47 | * Monodraw: LARGE, 700px |
| | 48 | * OmniGraffle: HUGE, 865px |
| | 49 | |
| | 50 | ### Document and Book Readers |
| | 51 | * Adobe Digital Editions: LARGE, 700px |
| | 52 | * Books: MEDIUM, 500px; Only when reading, the main window (1000px) is HUGE |
| | 53 | * Calibre: TINY, 74px; Only when reading, the main window (570px) is LARGE |
| | 54 | * Marked: SMALL, 400px |
| | 55 | * Preview: LARGE, 708px |
| | 56 | |
| | 57 | ## III |
| | 58 | |
| | 59 | ### File Managers |
| | 60 | * Finder: SMALL, 316px; Without sidebar, otherwise MEDIUM at 446px |
| | 61 | * Transmission: SMALL, 350px |
| | 62 | * Transmit: HUGE, 880px |
| | 63 | * VeraCrypt: LARGE, 699px |
| | 64 | * SoulSeekQt: LARGE, 778px |
| | 65 | |
| | 66 | ### Home and Automation |
| | 67 | * Automator: MEDIUM, 500px |
| | 68 | * Home: LARGE, 515px |
| | 69 | * Shortcuts: LARGE, 750px |
| | 70 | |
| | 71 | ### IDEs |
| | 72 | * Android Studio: SMALL, 340px; Welcome window (800px) is LARGE |
| | 73 | * Max 8: TINY, 118px |
| | 74 | * Xcode: HUGE, 960px |
| | 75 | |
| | 76 | ## IV |
| | 77 | |
| | 78 | ### Image/3D/Publishing |
| | 79 | * Acorn: LARGE, 800px |
| | 80 | * Affinity Designer 2: MEDIUM, 500px; Preferences (800px) is LARGE and Account (1078px) is HUGE |
| | 81 | * Affinity Photo 2: MEDIUM, 500px; Preferences (800px) is LARGE and Account (1078px) is HUGE |
| | 82 | * Affinity Publisher 2: MEDIUM, 500px; Preferences (800px) is LARGE and Account (1078px) is HUGE |
| | 83 | * Blender: SMALL, 320px |
| | 84 | * Dark Room: HUGE, 900px |
| | 85 | * Glyphs Mini: MEDIUM, 450px |
| | 86 | * Paintbrush: TINY, 200px; Though it has floating windows |
| | 87 | * Photomator: HUGE, 980px |
| | 88 | * Photos: LARGE, 750px |
| | 89 | * Pixelmator Pro: LARGE, 800px |
| | 90 | * Sketch: LARGE, 800px |
| | 91 | |
| | 92 | ### Instant Messaging / Chat / Social Media |
| | 93 | * Adium: TINY, 73px friend list, 200px chat; Some themes scroll at 200px |
| | 94 | * Discord: HUGE, 940px |
| | 95 | * Facetime: LARGE, 672px |
| | 96 | * Ivory: SMALL, 378px |
| | 97 | * Keybase: LARGE, 740px |
| | 98 | * Last.fm Scrobbler: LARGE, 540px |
| | 99 | * Legacy Scrobbler: LARGE, 640px |
| | 100 | * Messages: MEDIUM, 434px |
| | 101 | * Signal: LARGE, 680px |
| | 102 | * Slack: LARGE, 668px |
| | 103 | * Telegram: MEDIUM, 380px |
| | 104 | * Textual: MEDIUM, 342px |
| | 105 | * We: TINY, 74px |
| | 106 | |
| | 107 | ## V |
| | 108 | |
| | 109 | ### Marketplaces |
| | 110 | * App Store: HUGE, 1000px |
| | 111 | * Setapp: HUGE, 1100px |
| | 112 | * Steam: HUGE, 1008px |
| | 113 | |
| | 114 | ### Math |
| | 115 | * Calculator: TINY, 232px; Programmer (398px) is SMALL, Scientific (574px) is LARGE |
| | 116 | * PCalc: SMALL, 380px |
| | 117 | * Numi: SMALL, 310px |
| | 118 | * Soulver: LARGE, 730px |
| | 119 | |
| | 120 | ### Note-taking |
| | 121 | * Bear: SMALL, 300px; With Notes (570px) and Tags (752px) it's LARGE |
| | 122 | * Notes: MEDIUM, 500px |
| | 123 | * Obsidian: TINY, 200px |
| | 124 | * Stickies: TINY, 54px |
| | 125 | |
| | 126 | ### Office Software |
| | 127 | * iA Presenter: LARGE, 700px |
| | 128 | * Keynote: LARGE, 540px |
| | 129 | * Mellel: MEDIUM, 456px |
| | 130 | * Numbers: LARGE, 540px; The new window (760px) is also LARGE |
| | 131 | * OmniPlan: LARGE, 740px |
| | 132 | * Pages: LARGE, 640px |
| | 133 | |
| | 134 | ## VI |
| | 135 | |
| | 136 | ### Media Players |
| | 137 | * IINA: SMALL, 286px |
| | 138 | * Music: HUGE, 980px |
| | 139 | * Odio: HUGE, 1000px |
| | 140 | * Play: HUGE, 870px |
| | 141 | * Podcasts: HUGE, 1000px |
| | 142 | * QuickTime Player: SMALL, 326px |
| | 143 | * Swinsian: HUGE, 870px |
| | 144 | * XLD: LARGE, 640px |
| | 145 | |
| | 146 | ### Mail |
| | 147 | * Mail: SMALL, 360px with sidebar disabled; With layout column it's 550px |
| | 148 | * MailMate: SMALL, 380px; Only with sources disabled, otherwise MEDIUM 488px |
| | 149 | |
| | 150 | ### Music Making |
| | 151 | * Ableton Live: LARGE, 800px |
| | 152 | * Capo: LARGE, 777px |
| | 153 | * GarageBand: SMALL, 400px |
| | 154 | * Logic Pro: SMALL, 400px |
| | 155 | * MuseScore: HUGE, 1050px |
| | 156 | * Reason: HUGE, 972px; The Reason companion is 1200px |
| | 157 | |
| | 158 | ### News Readers / Bookmarks |
| | 159 | * NetNewsWire: LARGE, 585px |
| | 160 | * News: HUGE, 860px |
| | 161 | * Pins: LARGE, 515px |
| | 162 | * Reeder: SMALL, 320px |
| | 163 | * Unison: LARGE, 800px |
| | 164 | |
| | 165 | ## VII |
| | 166 | |
| | 167 | ### Password Managers |
| | 168 | * 1password: LARGE, 784px |
| | 169 | * Bitwarden: LARGE, 680px |
| | 170 | * KeePassX: LARGE, 558px |
| | 171 | * Passwords: LARGE, 668px |
| | 172 | * Secrets: LARGE, 603px |
| | 173 | |
| | 174 | ### Task Managers |
| | 175 | * Do: TINY, 180px |
| | 176 | * Reminders: SMALL, 350px |
| | 177 | * Ritmo: TINY, 85px |
| | 178 | * Things: SMALL, 400px |
| | 179 | |
| | 180 | ### Terminal Emulators |
| | 181 | * iTerm 2: TINY, 70px; Size depends on font, I got down to 7 columns |
| | 182 | * Kitty: TINY, 22px; Size depends on font, I got down to 2 columns |
| | 183 | * Terminal: TINY, 190px; Size depends on font, I got down to 20 columns |
| | 184 | |
| | 185 | ### Text Editors |
| | 186 | * Atom: TINY, 73px |
| | 187 | * BBEdit: SMALL, 311px |
| | 188 | * Byword: SMALL, 350px |
| | 189 | * Inky: SMALL, 350px |
| | 190 | * Nova: MEDIUM, 480px |
| | 191 | * Scrivener: SMALL, 316px |
| | 192 | * Sublime Text: TINY, 91px |
| | 193 | * TextEdit: TINY, 159px; Can go smaller, but not for very long. |
| | 194 | * Ulysses: LARGE, 555px |
| | 195 | * Visual Studio Code: SMALL, 400px |
| | 196 | |
| | 197 | ## VIII |
| | 198 | |
| | 199 | ### Utilities |
| | 200 | * Activity Monitor: LARGE, 740px |
| | 201 | * CleanMyMacX: HUGE, 1120px |
| | 202 | * Clock: LARGE, 600px |
| | 203 | * CrystalFetch: LARGE, 800px |
| | 204 | * DaisyDisk: LARGE, 800px |
| | 205 | * DeepL: LARGE, 580px |
| | 206 | * Delicious Library 3: LARGE, 800px |
| | 207 | * Dictionary: SMALL, 400px |
| | 208 | * Find My: HUGE, 980px |
| | 209 | * Flighty: LARGE, 515px |
| | 210 | * Font Book: SMALL, 350px |
| | 211 | * Freeform: LARGE, 600px |
| | 212 | * Gemini: HUGE, 1152px |
| | 213 | * GPG Keychain: MEDIUM, 470px |
| | 214 | * HP Smart: HUGE, 1024px |
| | 215 | * Logitech G Hub: HUGE, 1024px |
| | 216 | * Malwarebytes: HUGE, 888px |
| | 217 | * Maps: LARGE, 660px |
| | 218 | * ObinsKit: HUGE, 1200px |
| | 219 | * Parcel: LARGE, 722px |
| | 220 | * Photo Booth: LARGE, 600px |
| | 221 | * Stapler: SMALL, 300px |
| | 222 | * Stocks: HUGE, 860px |
| | 223 | * Typeface: MEDIUM, 440px |
| | 224 | * Voice Memos: LARGE, 752px |
| | 225 | * Weather: HUGE 985px |
| | 226 | * YubiKeyManager: TINY 74px. Technically! it doesn't show the content or scroll, more like MEDIUM 476px for the content view. |
| | 227 | |
| | 228 | ### Video Editing / Streaming |
| | 229 | * DaVinci Resolve: HUGE, 1445px |
| | 230 | * iMovie: HUGE, 1280px |
| | 231 | * OBS: HUGE, 867px |
| | 232 | |
| | 233 | ### VPN |
| | 234 | * NordVPN: HUGE, 902px |
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