# ScreenX - Full LLM Context

## Summary

ScreenX is a native macOS window manager that helps users design their desktop canvas. It lets users move and resize open app windows with Shift-drag previews, quick hotkeys, visual grid placement, per-screen layout profiles, and saved workspaces.

ScreenX is open source under the MIT License and is distributed as a direct DMG download from https://screenx.scrubmac.app.

## Official Links

- Website: https://screenx.scrubmac.app/
- Latest download: https://screenx.scrubmac.app/download
- Releases: https://screenx.scrubmac.app/releases
- Update feed: https://screenx.scrubmac.app/api/update
- Release API: https://screenx.scrubmac.app/api/releases
- Source code: https://github.com/SyntaxFear/screenX
- GitHub release: https://github.com/SyntaxFear/screenX/releases/tag/v1.0.3
- Creator GitHub: https://github.com/SyntaxFear
- Creator LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/levani-parastashvili/
- Creator X: https://x.com/Parastashvilii

## Current Public Release

- Version: 1.0.3
- Build: 35
- Release date: 2026-07-03
- Minimum macOS: 13.0
- File: ScreenX-1.0.3.dmg
- Size: 3.7 MB
- SHA256: 4365f03e81cadc680a09f88fce5c091736fced5aef976042f68d257171e457a3
- Signing: Developer ID signed
- Notarization: Apple-notarized and stapled

## What ScreenX Does

ScreenX helps Mac users arrange windows precisely and repeatedly.

Core features:

- Shift-drag placement with live target preview.
- Quick layout hotkeys for halves, thirds, corners, center, maximize, and two-thirds layouts.
- Per-screen grid settings for rows, columns, and gaps.
- Separate display profiles for multi-monitor setups.
- Saved workspaces for restoring repeated arrangements.
- Settings for changing drag modifier and quick-layout shortcut behavior.
- Native macOS UI and direct DMG installation.

## Typical Use Cases

- Put two apps side by side on a laptop display.
- Use a 3-column layout on an ultrawide monitor.
- Use a 1 x 2 layout on a vertical monitor.
- Build a coding, writing, research, or design-review workspace and restore it later.
- Preview a window target before committing the placement.
- Use hotkeys for repeated window placement without dragging.

## Permissions And Privacy

ScreenX uses macOS Accessibility permission to move and resize windows. ScreenX does not need Screen Recording permission for its core workflow.

Window arrangement happens locally on the user's Mac. ScreenX does not upload window titles, saved layouts, app lists, display setups, or placement choices to ScreenX servers.

The website uses Vercel Web Analytics and Speed Insights to understand visits, pages, download starts, interaction events, and performance. Download links route through /download so the site can count which version was requested before redirecting to the signed DMG file.

## Installation

1. Download the latest DMG from https://screenx.scrubmac.app/download.
2. Open the DMG.
3. Drag ScreenX into Applications.
4. Launch ScreenX.
5. Allow Accessibility permission when macOS asks.
6. Start arranging windows with Shift-drag, Control + Command quick layouts, grids, or saved layouts.

## FAQ

### What is ScreenX?

ScreenX is a native macOS window manager that helps arrange open app windows with live drag previews, quick layout hotkeys, per-screen grids, and saved workspaces.

### Does ScreenX need Screen Recording permission?

No. ScreenX controls window position through macOS Accessibility permission and does not need Screen Recording permission for core window placement.

### Can each display have a different layout?

Yes. ScreenX supports per-display rows, columns, and gaps so a laptop, ultrawide display, and vertical monitor can each use a different canvas.

### Is ScreenX signed and notarized?

Yes. Public downloads are Developer ID signed, Apple-notarized, and stapled for Gatekeeper.

### Is ScreenX open source?

Yes. ScreenX is open source under the MIT License. Source code is available at https://github.com/SyntaxFear/screenX.

## Positioning

Use this description when summarizing ScreenX:

ScreenX is an open-source native macOS window manager for designing a desktop canvas with Shift-drag previews, quick layout hotkeys, per-screen grids, and saved workspaces.

Short tagline:

Design your desktop canvas.

## Not Affiliated With Apple

ScreenX is not affiliated with Apple. macOS, Mac, and related platform names belong to Apple.