# Minimum Window Sizes of Mac Apps
Since I started using tiled window managers, I started noticing how so many apps have minimum sizes that don't play well with this type of windowing.
I prefer tools with small window sizes even when I don't use tiling, as I find them more usable in my laptop screen.
I use the following thresholds:
* `<= 250` = TINY * `> 250` & `<= 400` = SMALL * `> 400` & `<= 500` = MEDIUM * `> 500` & `<= 800` = LARGE * `> 800` = HUGE
# Browsers
* Arc: `MEDIUM`, `470px` * Firefox: `SMALL`, `250px` * Google Chrome: `MEDIUM`, `500px` * Lagrange: `MEDIUM`, `425px` * Qutebrowser: `TINY`, `135px` * Safari: `LARGE`, `575px`
# Calendars and Contacts
* BusyCal: `LARGE` `710px` * BusyContacts: `LARGE` `776px` * Calendar: `LARGE` `639px` * Cardhop: `SMALL` `350px` * Contacts: `MEDIUM` `498px` * Fantastical: `MEDIUM` `500px`; Day view only, Week (`510px`), Month (`516px`), Quarter (`524px`), and Year (`504px`) are `LARGE`, though may vary by toolbar icons visible.
# Developer Tools
* Console: `LARGE` `600px` * Data Jar: `SMALL` `400px` * Dash: `LARGE` `800px` * Hex Fiend: `TINY` `173px` * MultiPatch: `MEDIUM` `452px` * RapidAPI: `LARGE` `660px` * Script Debugger: `MEDIUM` `500px` * SQLPro Studio: `LARGE` `600px` * SF Symbols: `MEDIUM` `467px` * Sloth: `HUGE` `853px` * Thony: `TINY` `73px` * WorldWideWeb: `MEDIUM` `480px` * Zeal: `LARGE` `558px`
# Diagramming * Map: `TINY` `227px` * Monodraw: `LARGE` `700px` * OmniGraffle: `HUGE` `865px`
# Document and Book Readers * Adobe Digital Editions: `LARGE` `700px` * Books: `MEDIUM` `500px`; Only when reading, the main window (`1000px`) is `HUGE` * Calibre: `TINY` `74px`; Only when reading, the main window (`570px`) is `LARGE` * Marked: `SMALL` `400px` * Preview: `LARGE` `708px`
# File Managers
* Finder: `SMALL` `316px`; Without sidebar, otherwise MEDIUM at `446px` * Transmission: `SMALL` `350px` * Transmit: `HUGE` `880px` * VeraCrypt: `LARGE` `699px` * SoulSeekQt: `LARGE` `778px`
# Home and Automation
* Automator: `MEDIUM` `500px` * Home: `LARGE` `515px` * Shortcuts: `LARGE` `750px`
# IDEs
* Android Studio: `SMALL` `340px`; Welcome window (`800px`) is LARGE * Max 8: `TINY` `118px` * Xcode: `HUGE` `960px`
# Image/3D/Publishing
* Acorn: `LARGE` `800px` * Affinity Designer 2: `MEDIUM` `500px`; Preferences (`800px`) is `LARGE` and Account (`1078px`) is `HUGE` * Affinity Photo 2: `MEDIUM` `500px`; Preferences (`800px`) is `LARGE` and Account (`1078px`) is `HUGE` * Affinity Publisher 2: `MEDIUM` `500px`; Preferences (`800px`) is `LARGE` and Account (`1078px`) is `HUGE` * Blender: `SMALL` `320px` * Dark Room: `HUGE` `900px` * Glyphs Mini: `MEDIUM` `450px` * Paintbrush: `TINY` `200px`; Though it has floating windows * Photomator: `HUGE` `980px` * Photos: `LARGE` `750px` * Pixelmator Pro: `LARGE` `800px` * Sketch: `LARGE` `800px`
# Instant Messaging / Chat / Social Media
* Adium: `TINY` `73px` friend list, `200px` chat; Some themes scroll at `200px` * Discord: `HUGE` `940px` * Facetime: `LARGE` `672px` * Ivory: `SMALL` `378px` * Keybase: `LARGE` `740px` * Last.fm Scrobbler: `LARGE` `540px` * Legacy Scrobbler: `LARGE` `640px` * Messages: `MEDIUM` `434px` * Signal: `LARGE` `680px` * Slack: `LARGE` `668px` * Telegram: `MEDIUM` `380px` * Textual: `MEDIUM` `342px` * We: `TINY` `74px`
# Marketplaces
* App Store: `HUGE` `1000px` * Setapp: `HUGE` `1100px` * Steam: `HUGE` `1008px`
# Math
* Calculator: `TINY` `232px`; Programmer (`398px`) is `SMALL`, Scientific `574px` is `LARGE` * PCalc: `SMALL` `380px` * Numi: `SMALL` `310px` * Soulver: `LARGE` `730px`
# Note-taking
* AnyType: `LARGE` `640px` * Bear: `SMALL` `300px`; With Notes (`570px`) and Tags (`752px`) it's LARGE * Notes: `MEDIUM` `500px` * Obsidian: `TINY` `200px` * Stickies: `TINY` `54px`
# Office Software
* iA Presenter: `LARGE` `700px` * Keynote: `LARGE` `540px` * Mellel: `MEDIUM` `456px` * Numbers: `LARGE` `540px`; The new window (`760px`) is also `LARGE` * OmniPlan: `LARGE`, `740px` * Pages: `LARGE` `640px` * GrandTotal: `HUGE` `1200px`
# Media Players
* IINA: `SMALL` `286px` * Music: `HUGE` `980px` * Odio: `HUGE` `1000px` * Play: `HUGE` `870px` * Podcasts: `HUGE` `1000px` * QuickTime Player: `SMALL` `326px` * Swinsian: `HUGE` `870px` * XLD: `LARGE` `640px`
* Mail: `SMALL` `360px` with sidebar disabled; With layout column it's `550px` * MailMate: `SMALL` `380px`; Only with sources disabled, otherwise `MEDIUM` `488px`
# Music Making / Audio Editing
* Ableton Live: `LARGE` `800px` * Audacity: `TINY` `250px` * Capo: `LARGE` `777px` * GarageBand: `SMALL` `400px` * Logic Pro: `SMALL` `400px` * MuseScore: `HUGE` `1050px` * Reason: `HUGE` `972px`; The Reason companion is `1200px`
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# News Readers / Bookmarks
* NetNewsWire: `LARGE` `585px` * News: `HUGE` `860px` * Pins: `LARGE` `515px` * Reeder: `SMALL` `320px` * Unison: `LARGE` `800px`
# Password Managers
* 1password: `LARGE` `784px` * Bitwarden: `LARGE` `680px` * KeePassX: `LARGE` `558px` * Passwords: `LARGE` `668px` * Secrets: `LARGE` `603px`
# Task Managers
* Do: `TINY` `180px` * Reminders: `SMALL` `350px` * Ritmo: `TINY` `85px` * Things: `SMALL` `400px`
# Terminal Emulators
* iTerm 2: `TINY` `70px`; Size depends on font, I got down to 7 columns * Ghostty: `TINY` `92px`; Size depends on font, I got down to 10 columns * Kitty: `TINY` `22px`; Size depends on font, I got down to 2 columns * Terminal: `TINY` `190px`; Size depends on font, I got down to 20 columns
# Text Editors
* Atom: `TINY` `73px` * BBEdit: `SMALL` `311px` * Byword: `SMALL` `350px` * Inky: `SMALL` `350px` * Nova: `MEDIUM` `480px` * Scrivener: `SMALL` `316px` * Sublime Text: `TINY` `91px` * TextEdit: `TINY` `159px`; Can go smaller, but not for very long. * Ulysses: `LARGE` `555px` * Visual Studio Code: `SMALL` `400px`
# Learning
* Anki: `SMALL` `400px`
# Utilities
* Activity Monitor: `LARGE` `740px` * ChatGPT: `SMALL` `400px` * CleanMyMacX: `HUGE` `1120px` * Clock: `LARGE` `600px` * CrystalFetch: `LARGE` `800px` * DaisyDisk: `LARGE` `800px` * DeepL: `LARGE` `580px` * Delicious Library 3: `LARGE` `800px` * Dictionary: `SMALL` `400px` * Find My: `HUGE` `980px` * Flighty: `LARGE` `515px` * Font Book: `SMALL` `350px` * Freeform: `LARGE` `600px` * Gemini: `HUGE` `1152px` * GPG Keychain: `MEDIUM` `470px` * HP Smart: `HUGE` `1024px` * Logitech G Hub: `HUGE` `1024px` * Malwarebytes: `HUGE` `888px` * Maps: `LARGE` `660px` * ObinsKit: `HUGE` `1200px` * Parcel: `LARGE` `722px` * Photo Booth: `LARGE` `600px` * Stapler: `SMALL` `300px` * Stocks: `HUGE` `860px` * Typeface: `MEDIUM` `440px` * Voice Memos: `LARGE` `752px` * Weather: `HUGE` `985px` * YubiKeyManager: `TINY` `74px`. Technically! it doesn't show the content or scroll, more like `MEDIUM` `476px` for the content view.
# Video Editing / Streaming
* DaVinci Resolve: `HUGE` `1445px` * Final Cut Pro: `HUGE` `1280px` * iMovie: `HUGE` `1280px` * OBS: `HUGE` `867px`
# VPN
* NordVPN: `HUGE` `902px`