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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: MEDIUM, 450px
  16 * Google Chrome: MEDIUM, 500px
  17 * Lagrange: MEDIUM, 425px
  18 * Qutebrowser: TINY, 128px
  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 ## Developer Tools
  28 * Console: LARGE, 600px
  29 * Dash: LARGE, 800px
  30 * Hex Fiend: TINY, 173px
  31 * Script Debugger: MEDIUM, 500px
  32 * RapidAPI: LARGE, 660px
  33 * SQLPro Studio: LARGE, 600px
  34 * SF Symbols: MEDIUM, 467px
  35 * Sloth: HUGE, 853px
  36 * Thony: TINY, 73px
  37 * WorldWideWeb: MEDIUM, 480px
  38
  39 ## Diagramming
  40 * Map: TINY, 116px
  41 * Monodraw: LARGE, 700px
  42 * OmniGraffle: HUGE, 865px
  43
  44 ## Document and Book Readers
  45 * Adobe Digital Editions: LARGE, 700px
  46 * Books: MEDIUM, 500px; Only when reading, the main window (1000px) is HUGE
  47 * Calibre: TINY, 74px; Only when reading, the main window (570px) is LARGE
  48 * Marked: SMALL, 400px
  49 * Preview: LARGE, 708px
  50
  51 ## File Managers
  52 * Finder: SMALL, 316px; Without sidebar, otherwise MEDIUM at 446px
  53 * Transmission: SMALL, 350px
  54 * Transmit: HUGE, 880px
  55 * VeraCrypt: LARGE, 699px
  56
  57 ## Home and Automation
  58 * Automator: MEDIUM, 500px
  59 * Home: LARGE, 515px
  60 * Shortcuts: LARGE, 750px
  61
  62 ## IDEs
  63 * Android Studio: SMALL, 340px; Welcome window (800px) is LARGE
  64 * Max 8: TINY, 118px
  65 * Xcode: HUGE, 960px
  66
  67 ## Image/3D/Publishing
  68 * Acorn: LARGE, 800px
  69 * Affinity Designer 2: MEDIUM, 500px; Preferences (800px) is LARGE and Account (1078px) is HUGE
  70 * Affinity Photo 2: MEDIUM, 500px; Preferences (800px) is LARGE and Account (1078px) is HUGE
  71 * Affinity Publisher 2: MEDIUM, 500px; Preferences (800px) is LARGE and Account (1078px) is HUGE
  72 * Blender: SMALL, 320px
  73 * Dark Room: HUGE, 900px
  74 * Glyphs Mini: MEDIUM, 450px
  75 * Paintbrush: TINY, 200px; Though it has floating windows
  76 * Photomator: HUGE, 980px
  77 * Photos: LARGE, 750px
  78 * Pixelmator Pro: LARGE, 800px
  79 * Sketch: LARGE, 800px
  80
  81 ## Instant Messaging / Chat / Social Media
  82 * Adium: TINY, 73px friend list, 200px chat; Some themes scroll at 200px
  83 * Discord: HUGE, 940px
  84 * Facetime: LARGE, 672px
  85 * Ivory: SMALL, 378px
  86 * Keybase: LARGE, 740px
  87 * Last.fm Scrobbler: LARGE, 540px
  88 * Messages: MEDIUM, 434px
  89 * Signal: LARGE, 680px
  90 * Slack: LARGE, 668px
  91 * Telegram: MEDIUM, 380px
  92 * Textual: MEDIUM, 342px
  93 * We: TINY, 74px
  94
  95 ## Marketplaces
  96 * App Store: HUGE, 1000px
  97 * Setapp: HUGE, 1100px
  98 * Steam: HUGE, 1008px
  99
 100 ## Math
 101 * Calculator: TINY, 232px; Programmer (398px) is SMALL, Scientific (574px) is LARGE
 102 * PCalc: SMALL, 380px
 103 * Numi: SMALL, 310px
 104 * Soulver: LARGE, 730px
 105
 106 ## Note-taking
 107 * Bear: SMALL, 300px; With Notes (570px) and Tags (752px) it's LARGE
 108 * Notes: MEDIUM, 500px
 109 * Obsidian: TINY, 200px
 110 * Stickies: TINY, 54px
 111
 112 ## Office Software
 113 * iAPresenter: LARGE, 700px
 114 * Keynote: LARGE, 540px
 115 * Numbers: LARGE, 540px; The new window (760px) is also LARGE
 116 * OmniPlan: LARGE, 740px
 117 * Pages: LARGE, 640px
 118
 119 ## Media Players
 120 * IINA: SMALL, 286px
 121 * Music: HUGE, 980px
 122 * Odio: HUGE, 1000px
 123 * Play: HUGE, 870px
 124 * Podcasts: HUGE, 1000px
 125 * QuickTime Player: SMALL, 326px
 126 * Swinsian: HUGE, 870px
 127
 128 ## Mail
 129 * Mail: LARGE, 550px; Only in column layout, otherwise 610px
 130
 131 ## Music Making
 132 * Ableton Live: LARGE, 800px
 133 * Capo: LARGE, 777px
 134 * GarageBand: SMALL, 400px
 135 * Logic Pro: SMALL, 400px
 136 * MuseScore: HUGE, 1050px
 137 * Reason: HUGE, 972px; The Reason companion is 1200px
 138
 139 ## News Readers / Bookmarks
 140 * NetNewsWire: LARGE, 585px
 141 * News: HUGE, 860px
 142 * Pins: LARGE, 515px
 143 * Reeder: SMALL, 320px
 144 * Unison: LARGE, 800px
 145
 146 ## Password Managers
 147 * 1password: LARGE, 784px
 148 * Bitwarden: LARGE, 680px
 149 * KeePassX: LARGE, 558px
 150 * Secrets: LARGE, 603px
 151
 152 ## Task Managers
 153 * Do: TINY, 180px
 154 * Reminders: SMALL, 350px
 155 * Ritmo: TINY, 85px
 156 * Things: SMALL, 400px
 157
 158 ## Terminal Emulators
 159 * iTerm 2: TINY, 70px; Size depends on font, I got down to 7 columns
 160 * Kitty: TINY, 22px; Size depends on font, I got down to 2 columns
 161 * Terminal: TINY, 190px; Size depends on font, I got down to 20 columns
 162
 163 ## Text Editors
 164 * Atom: TINY, 73px
 165 * BBEdit: SMALL, 311px
 166 * Byword: SMALL, 350px
 167 * Inky: SMALL, 350px
 168 * Nova: MEDIUM, 480px
 169 * Scrivener: SMALL, 316px
 170 * Sublime Text: TINY, 91px
 171 * TextEdit: TINY, 159px; Can go smaller, but not for very long.
 172 * Ulysses: LARGE, 555px
 173 * Visual Studio Code: SMALL, 400px
 174
 175 ## Utilities
 176 * Activity Monitor: LARGE, 740px
 177 * Clock: LARGE, 600px
 178 * CrystalFetch: LARGE, 800px
 179 * DaisyDisk: LARGE, 800px
 180 * Dictionary: SMALL, 400px
 181 * Find My: HUGE, 980px
 182 * Flighty: LARGE, 515px
 183 * Font Book: SMALL, 350px
 184 * Freeform: LARGE, 600px
 185 * GPG Keychain: MEDIUM, 470px
 186 * HP Smart: HUGE, 1024px
 187 * Logitech G Hub: HUGE, 1024px
 188 * Malwarebytes: HUGE, 888px
 189 * Maps: LARGE, 660px
 190 * ObinsKit: HUGE, 1200px
 191 * Parcel: LARGE, 722px
 192 * Photo Booth: LARGE, 600px
 193 * CleanMyMacX: HUGE, 1120px
 194 * Gemini: HUGE, 1152px
 195 * Typeface: MEDIUM, 440px
 196 * Stocks: HUGE, 860px
 197 * Voice Memos: LARGE, 752px
 198 * Weather: HUGE 985px
 199
 200 ## Video Editing / Streaming
 201 * DaVinci Resolve: HUGE, 1445px
 202 * iMovie: HUGE, 1280px
 203 * OBS: HUGE, 867px
 204
 205 ## VPN
 206 * NordVPN: HUGE, 902px