glazewm vs cua

glazewm and cua share 7 technologies: Tokio, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, image, tracing, tracing-subscriber, and tracing-appender. Both are written in Rust.

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What they share and what sets them apart

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glazewm

GlazeWM is a tiling window manager for macOS and Windows inspired by i3wm.

Rust13kRead on November 10, 2026, at commit 5709ad0What is glazewm built with?

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SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
glazewm25,891 lines written173 code files
cua2,816,396 lines written3,906 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
glazewm0.2% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code and GitHub Copilot
cua29.5% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, CodeRabbit, Factory, and Cursor
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
glazewmLast push June 20, 20261,789 commits12,988 stars
cuaLast push November 7, 20265,960 commits31,935 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
glazewm2 test files12.7% of its code files have a test that imports them
cua2,216 test files28.5% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, glazewm or cua?
cua, with 2,816,396 lines written; glazewm has 25,891.

The proof: trycua/cua's code at commit bfded77

Which has more GitHub stars, glazewm or cua?
cua, with 31,935 stars; glazewm has 12,988.

The proof: trycua/cua on GitHub

Which has more tests, glazewm or cua?
cua, with 2,216 test files; glazewm has 2.

The proof: trycua/cua's code at commit bfded77

Which was updated more recently, glazewm or cua?
cua: its last push was on November 7, 2026, and glazewm's on June 20, 2026.

The proof: trycua/cua's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, glazewm or cua?
cua: an AI signed 29.5% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, CodeRabbit, Factory, and Cursor; in glazewm, 0.2%.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in trycua/cua

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