Verdict: Verified Silver (Requires partial SIP disable, but signed binaries) Yabai is the gold standard for tiling on Mac. The "verified" version does not require disabling SIP entirely; instead, it uses a helper script that requests specific entitlements. The yabai --verify command checks the binary signature against the official GitHub release.
This is the most common use of these terms, referring to ways to sign in to your computer or account when your primary method (like a password or specific phone) isn't working.
It’s wild how stable these "alternate" environments have become. Everything just works.