Hyprland is a Wayland compositor for Linux, so there's no macOS version and there can't be one. Parts of the workflow do run on a Mac. Here's which tool matches which part, and what you'll have to give up.
Hyprland is a Wayland compositor for Linux and can't run on macOS. For Hyprland's dwindle tiling, the closest Mac tool is OmniWM (free, but it needs macOS 26 Tahoe). For Hyprland's scrolling layout, try OmniWM or ChainYourMac, which runs on macOS 13 or later. What no Mac tool can match is Hyprland's compositor-level eye candy, because Apple draws the windows.
Try it right here — this is a working model of ChainYourMac, not a video.
A working model of ChainYourMac, not a video. Drag a title bar to reorder, click a Dock icon to open an app, close a window with its red button. In the real app every key here is ⌥ plus the key.
Hyprland is a "dynamic tiling Wayland compositor" for Linux and FreeBSD (v0.56.2 as of September 2026). A compositor isn't an app you run on top of the desktop. It is the display layer: it owns every window, every frame and every effect.
macOS already has a compositor, the WindowServer, and Apple doesn't let anyone replace it. So a Hyprland port would need Apple to hand over the display stack, which won't happen. Every Mac window manager, free or paid, works as a regular app that moves windows through the macOS Accessibility API while Apple keeps drawing.
This matters for picking a Mac tool. Since v0.54.0 (February 27, 2026), Hyprland ships a built-in scrolling layout (wiki page). The hyprscrolling plugin was dropped from hyprland-plugins in May 2026, and dawsers/hyprscroller is archived. Scrolling went from a plugin to a first-class layout.
So before choosing, check which Hyprland you actually use:
| Hyprland | OmniWM | yabai | ChainYourMac | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs on | Linux, FreeBSD | macOS 26 Tahoe+, Apple silicon | macOS | macOS 13+, Apple silicon |
| Dwindle / BSP | Yes | Yes (Hyprland-style Dwindle) | Yes (BSP) | No |
| Scrolling layout | Yes (since v0.54) | Yes (Niri-style) | No | Yes, it's the whole app |
| SIP changes | n/a | None | Only for extras | None |
| Config | Text config | GUI + TOML | ~/.yabairc | GUI (TOML optional) |
| Hotkeys | Built in | Built in | Needs skhd or similar | Built in, with a shortcut recorder |
| Price | Free, BSD-3 | Free, GPL-2.0 | Free, MIT | $9.99 one time, lifetime license |
If you live in dwindle, OmniWM is the most direct match on a Mac, and we'd point you there first. Each workspace can use either a Niri-style scrolling layout or a Hyprland-style Dwindle layout. It's free and open source (GPL-2.0), notarized, needs no SIP changes, and has a settings GUI plus ~/.config/omniwm/settings.toml. It also has scratchpads, an overview, a command palette and an omniwmctl CLI. As of September 2026 it's at v0.7.0 and very actively developed.
The catch: it requires Apple silicon and macOS 26 Tahoe or later. If you're on Sequoia or earlier, it's not an option yet. Full comparison: ChainYourMac vs OmniWM.
yabai does automatic BSP tiling and is free (MIT). Tiling works with SIP enabled. Hotkeys come from a separate tool such as skhd. It's the ricer's Mac option, since it can do window opacity, window animations and removing shadows, but all of those need SIP partially disabled, which is a real trade-off on a work machine. See yabai without SIP.
ChainYourMac only does scrolling. Windows sit side by side on an endless strip, opening one never resizes the others, and you move along the strip with the keyboard or a three- or four-finger swipe that follows your fingers and then glides to the nearest window. It's a SwiftUI app with a Rust engine, notarized, with no SIP changes, and it runs on macOS 13 Ventura and later on Apple silicon. That's the main practical difference from OmniWM.
What a Hyprland scrolling user will recognise:
chainyourmac CLI, a URL scheme and Raycast script commands.You can try the model in the live demo on this page. It's a working model of ChainYourMac, not a video.
This is where Hyprland users get disappointed. Hyprland draws every frame itself, so it can blur, round, shade and animate however you configure it. On a Mac, Apple's compositor draws all windows, and window managers can only move and resize them. None of the tools here can add blur behind a terminal or run shaders on your windows the way Hyprland does.
What you can get: smooth motion. ChainYourMac's animation is synced to your display's refresh rate, up to 120 Hz on ProMotion, and OmniWM also lists refresh-rate-synced animations. ChainYourMac adds an optional focus border and can dim inactive windows (both off by default). yabai goes further on opacity and shadows if you're willing to partly disable SIP. If ricing is the reason you use Hyprland, no Mac setup will fully replace it.
No. Hyprland is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor for Linux (and FreeBSD). A compositor replaces the display server, and macOS's WindowServer can't be replaced. Mac window managers work as regular apps that move windows through the Accessibility API instead.
For Hyprland's dwindle tiling, OmniWM, which has a Hyprland-style Dwindle layout, but it needs macOS 26 Tahoe. For Hyprland's scrolling layout, OmniWM or ChainYourMac (macOS 13+). For classic BSP tiling, yabai.
Yes. Since v0.54.0 (February 2026), Hyprland ships a built-in scrolling layout, documented on the Hyprland wiki. The older hyprscrolling plugin was dropped from hyprland-plugins, and hyprscroller is archived.
Not in the same way. Apple's compositor draws every window on a Mac, so no window manager gets Hyprland-style compositor effects. Some tools animate window movement: ChainYourMac and OmniWM both sync their animations to the display's refresh rate. yabai can do window opacity and animations, but only with SIP partially disabled.
Usually not. ChainYourMac and OmniWM never need SIP changes. yabai's tiling works with SIP on; only extras like space management, opacity and animations need it partially off. See yabai without SIP.