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