Windows Rectangle icon

Snap windows
into place

A tiny, keyboard-driven window manager for Windows. Halves, quarters, and multi-monitor cycling — all from your keyboard.

~1–2 MB·Windows 10 / 11·MIT License

Everything you need,
nothing you don't.

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Half Snapping

Snap any window to the left, right, top, or bottom half of your screen instantly.

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Quarter Snapping

Pin windows into any corner for a clean four-pane workspace layout.

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Multi-Monitor

Press the same direction again to throw the window to the adjacent monitor.

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DPI Aware

Per-monitor DPI scaling. Crisp and correct on mixed-resolution setups.

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System Tray

Lives quietly in your tray. Menu shows all bindings; clicks act on the last-focused window.

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Portable

A single ~1–2 MB exe. No installer, no dependencies, no runtime.

Your hands stay
on the keyboard.

Window halves

Halve Left repeat → prev monitor
Ctrl+Alt+←
Halve Right repeat → next monitor
Ctrl+Alt+→
Halve Top
Ctrl+Alt+↑
Halve Bottom
Ctrl+Alt+↓

Window quarters

Top-Left
Ctrl+Alt+U
Top-Right
Ctrl+Alt+I
Bottom-Left
Ctrl+Alt+J
Bottom-Right
Ctrl+Alt+K

Window management

Maximize / Restore
Ctrl+Alt+Enter
Center
Ctrl+Alt+C
Restore previous size
Ctrl+Alt+R

Up and running
in 30 seconds.

Download the latest windows-rectangle.exe from the releases page.

Double-click to run. A blue square icon appears in the system tray.

Start snapping windows with your keyboard. Hotkeys are active immediately.

To launch on login, drop a shortcut into shell:startup.

To quit, right-click the tray icon and select Quit.

For developers.

# Build the release binary
cargo build --release --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc

# Cross-platform check (works on macOS / Linux)
cargo check --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc

# Run unit tests (any OS)
cargo test --lib

Requires Rust stable and the x86_64-pc-windows-msvc target.

Ready to take control
of your windows?

Free, open source, and under 2 MB.