Show HN: Arbitrarily nestable tabs and splits for the qtile window manager

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2 years ago

Hey HN. I released qtile-bonsai [0] - a flexible custom layout for the qtile [1] window manager that lets you arrange windows as tabs, splits and even subtabs under splits.

For a quick feeler on what's possible, there is a short demo video in the README and there's a 'visual guide' [2] as a one pager cheatsheet.

The use case is when you want to generally do more within a single workspace (or a 'Group', in qtile parlance). A couple examples:

- keep things like logs/servers/ssh/etc in the background, but pull them into view without losing sight of your main content

- presentations: keep progressive demonstrations as background subtabs

Give it a shot if you feel like it's time to review your desktop workflow!

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[0]: https://github.com/aravinda0/qtile-bonsai

[1]: https://github.com/qtile/qtile

[2]: https://aravinda0.github.io/qtile-bonsai/static/visual_guide...