I3 Autotiling

Nov 1, 2025

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Download the main.py file from the autotiling folder.

Install python3-i3ipc

sudo apt install python3-i3ipc

Move the main.py file from Downloads to /usr/bin and rename it autotiling

sudo mv main.py /usr/bin/autotiling

Make the autotiling file executable

sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/autotiling

add the autotiling to i3 config

vim ~/.config/i3/config
### Add the following two lines

# enable autotiling (from https://github.com/nwg-piotr/autotiling )
exec_always --no-startup-id autotiling