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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 ## II
  28
  29 ### Developer Tools
  30 * Console: LARGE, 600px
  31 * Dash: LARGE, 800px
  32 * Hex Fiend: TINY, 173px
  33 * Script Debugger: MEDIUM, 500px
  34 * RapidAPI: LARGE, 660px
  35 * SQLPro Studio: LARGE, 600px
  36 * SF Symbols: MEDIUM, 467px
  37 * Sloth: HUGE, 853px
  38 * Thony: TINY, 73px
  39 * WorldWideWeb: MEDIUM, 480px
  40
  41 ### Diagramming
  42 * Map: TINY, 116px
  43 * Monodraw: LARGE, 700px
  44 * OmniGraffle: HUGE, 865px
  45
  46 ### Document and Book Readers
  47 * Adobe Digital Editions: LARGE, 700px
  48 * Books: MEDIUM, 500px; Only when reading, the main window (1000px) is HUGE
  49 * Calibre: TINY, 74px; Only when reading, the main window (570px) is LARGE
  50 * Marked: SMALL, 400px
  51 * Preview: LARGE, 708px
  52
  53 ## III
  54
  55 ### File Managers
  56 * Finder: SMALL, 316px; Without sidebar, otherwise MEDIUM at 446px
  57 * Transmission: SMALL, 350px
  58 * Transmit: HUGE, 880px
  59 * VeraCrypt: LARGE, 699px
  60
  61 ### Home and Automation
  62 * Automator: MEDIUM, 500px
  63 * Home: LARGE, 515px
  64 * Shortcuts: LARGE, 750px
  65
  66 ### IDEs
  67 * Android Studio: SMALL, 340px; Welcome window (800px) is LARGE
  68 * Max 8: TINY, 118px
  69 * Xcode: HUGE, 960px
  70
  71 ## IV
  72
  73 ### Image/3D/Publishing
  74 * Acorn: LARGE, 800px
  75 * Affinity Designer 2: MEDIUM, 500px; Preferences (800px) is LARGE and Account (1078px) is HUGE
  76 * Affinity Photo 2: MEDIUM, 500px; Preferences (800px) is LARGE and Account (1078px) is HUGE
  77 * Affinity Publisher 2: MEDIUM, 500px; Preferences (800px) is LARGE and Account (1078px) is HUGE
  78 * Blender: SMALL, 320px
  79 * Dark Room: HUGE, 900px
  80 * Glyphs Mini: MEDIUM, 450px
  81 * Paintbrush: TINY, 200px; Though it has floating windows
  82 * Photomator: HUGE, 980px
  83 * Photos: LARGE, 750px
  84 * Pixelmator Pro: LARGE, 800px
  85 * Sketch: LARGE, 800px
  86
  87 ### Instant Messaging / Chat / Social Media
  88 * Adium: TINY, 73px friend list, 200px chat; Some themes scroll at 200px
  89 * Discord: HUGE, 940px
  90 * Facetime: LARGE, 672px
  91 * Ivory: SMALL, 378px
  92 * Keybase: LARGE, 740px
  93 * Last.fm Scrobbler: LARGE, 540px
  94 * Messages: MEDIUM, 434px
  95 * Signal: LARGE, 680px
  96 * Slack: LARGE, 668px
  97 * Telegram: MEDIUM, 380px
  98 * Textual: MEDIUM, 342px
  99 * We: TINY, 74px
 100
 101 ## V
 102
 103 ### Marketplaces
 104 * App Store: HUGE, 1000px
 105 * Setapp: HUGE, 1100px
 106 * Steam: HUGE, 1008px
 107
 108 ### Math
 109 * Calculator: TINY, 232px; Programmer (398px) is SMALL, Scientific (574px) is LARGE
 110 * PCalc: SMALL, 380px
 111 * Numi: SMALL, 310px
 112 * Soulver: LARGE, 730px
 113
 114 ### Note-taking
 115 * Bear: SMALL, 300px; With Notes (570px) and Tags (752px) it's LARGE
 116 * Notes: MEDIUM, 500px
 117 * Obsidian: TINY, 200px
 118 * Stickies: TINY, 54px
 119
 120 ### Office Software
 121 * iAPresenter: LARGE, 700px
 122 * Keynote: LARGE, 540px
 123 * Numbers: LARGE, 540px; The new window (760px) is also LARGE
 124 * OmniPlan: LARGE, 740px
 125 * Pages: LARGE, 640px
 126
 127 ## VI
 128
 129 ### Media Players
 130 * IINA: SMALL, 286px
 131 * Music: HUGE, 980px
 132 * Odio: HUGE, 1000px
 133 * Play: HUGE, 870px
 134 * Podcasts: HUGE, 1000px
 135 * QuickTime Player: SMALL, 326px
 136 * Swinsian: HUGE, 870px
 137
 138 ### Mail
 139 * Mail: LARGE, 550px; Only in column layout, otherwise 610px
 140
 141 ### Music Making
 142 * Ableton Live: LARGE, 800px
 143 * Capo: LARGE, 777px
 144 * GarageBand: SMALL, 400px
 145 * Logic Pro: SMALL, 400px
 146 * MuseScore: HUGE, 1050px
 147 * Reason: HUGE, 972px; The Reason companion is 1200px
 148
 149 ### News Readers / Bookmarks
 150 * NetNewsWire: LARGE, 585px
 151 * News: HUGE, 860px
 152 * Pins: LARGE, 515px
 153 * Reeder: SMALL, 320px
 154 * Unison: LARGE, 800px
 155
 156 ## VII
 157
 158 ### Password Managers
 159 * 1password: LARGE, 784px
 160 * Bitwarden: LARGE, 680px
 161 * KeePassX: LARGE, 558px
 162 * Secrets: LARGE, 603px
 163
 164 ### Task Managers
 165 * Do: TINY, 180px
 166 * Reminders: SMALL, 350px
 167 * Ritmo: TINY, 85px
 168 * Things: SMALL, 400px
 169
 170 ### Terminal Emulators
 171 * iTerm 2: TINY, 70px; Size depends on font, I got down to 7 columns
 172 * Kitty: TINY, 22px; Size depends on font, I got down to 2 columns
 173 * Terminal: TINY, 190px; Size depends on font, I got down to 20 columns
 174
 175 ### Text Editors
 176 * Atom: TINY, 73px
 177 * BBEdit: SMALL, 311px
 178 * Byword: SMALL, 350px
 179 * Inky: SMALL, 350px
 180 * Nova: MEDIUM, 480px
 181 * Scrivener: SMALL, 316px
 182 * Sublime Text: TINY, 91px
 183 * TextEdit: TINY, 159px; Can go smaller, but not for very long.
 184 * Ulysses: LARGE, 555px
 185 * Visual Studio Code: SMALL, 400px
 186
 187 ## VIII
 188
 189 ### Utilities
 190 * Activity Monitor: LARGE, 740px
 191 * Clock: LARGE, 600px
 192 * CrystalFetch: LARGE, 800px
 193 * DaisyDisk: LARGE, 800px
 194 * Dictionary: SMALL, 400px
 195 * Find My: HUGE, 980px
 196 * Flighty: LARGE, 515px
 197 * Font Book: SMALL, 350px
 198 * Freeform: LARGE, 600px
 199 * GPG Keychain: MEDIUM, 470px
 200 * HP Smart: HUGE, 1024px
 201 * Logitech G Hub: HUGE, 1024px
 202 * Malwarebytes: HUGE, 888px
 203 * Maps: LARGE, 660px
 204 * ObinsKit: HUGE, 1200px
 205 * Parcel: LARGE, 722px
 206 * Photo Booth: LARGE, 600px
 207 * CleanMyMacX: HUGE, 1120px
 208 * Gemini: HUGE, 1152px
 209 * Typeface: MEDIUM, 440px
 210 * Stocks: HUGE, 860px
 211 * Voice Memos: LARGE, 752px
 212 * Weather: HUGE 985px
 213
 214 ### Video Editing / Streaming
 215 * DaVinci Resolve: HUGE, 1445px
 216 * iMovie: HUGE, 1280px
 217 * OBS: HUGE, 867px
 218
 219 ### VPN
 220 * NordVPN: HUGE, 902px