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A quick note on OmniWM, open source, and why giving credit matters
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BarutSRB
Jul 20, 2026
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Hey everyone,
I wanted to share an honest note with the macOS window manager community.
Over the past months, I’ve poured countless hours, personal sacrifices, and late-night trial-and-error into OmniWM. I’m not in this for money—we all know open-source maintainers aren't getting rich off passion projects. I do this out of pure love for programming and a refusal to accept "no" for an answer when it comes to pushing what’s possible on macOS.
Even though OmniWM is still a young project, it’s been incredible to watch it shift expectations and inspire creators across the macOS tiling WM space to strive for more.
Here’s where I need your help:
I genuinely don't mind people being inspired by OmniWM or porting its features to other WMs. Let the best software win. But seeing people rip out features I spent sleepless nights cracking and submitting them as PRs elsewhere without giving credit is deeply demoralizing.
Achieving Linux-level WM capabilities on macOS takes serious pain and sacrifice. When those breakthroughs are lifted without a simple head-nod, it burns me out to the point of wanting to quit. If boundary-pushing projects die off from burnout, the whole open-source community loses.
My simple ask:
If you pull a feature, solution, or concept from OmniWM to open a PR for your favorite WM, please give credit where credit is due.
I don't ask for money or praise—just recognition for the work. A simple link back or a nod in the PR description costs nothing, but it serves as the motivation I need to keep building and pushing boundaries for all of us.
Let’s keep the macOS WM space fair, innovative, and supportive.
Keep the spirit of hack the planet alive ♥️🙏☦️
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