AltDrag
Shares rank 28 of 30 window managers by recommenders
People recommend it as a free Windows tool for moving and resizing windows with Alt and mouse drag, and say it has worked reliably for years.
People recommend it as a free Windows tool for moving and resizing windows with Alt and mouse drag, and say it has worked reliably for years.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Free and works reliably for years
“Has worked fine for years.”
Comment from 7 Jun 2026 in “Preparing for KDE Plasma's Last X11-Supported Release” Long-established alternative to other tools
“they've all been around for over a decade”
Comment from 23 Mar 2026 in “Windows native app development is a mess” Found it as a replacement
“ended up finding AltDrag thankfully”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Resizing windows on macOS Tahoe – the saga continues” Named as the Windows option
“For Windows there is AltDrag or the AltSnap fork.”
Comment from 31 Oct 2026 in “Infinite Mac: BeOS”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Does not work with display scaling
“Altdrag doesn't work with scaling and is missing some other nice to haves”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Resizing windows on macOS Tahoe – the saga continues”
Other window managers people recommend
The four most recommended other window managers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyprland | 82 | 33 | 71% | 12 | 1 mo4 owners | Approved |
| Rectangle for macOS | 67 | 3 | 96% | 11 | 1 yr3 owners | Approved |
| Enlightenment window manager | 51 | 19 | 73% | 8 | — | Approved |
| FVWM | 28 | 4 | 88% | 8 | 25 yrs7 owners | Approved |
| AltDragThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“For Windows there is AltDrag or the AltSnap fork.”
“Has worked fine for years.”
“they've all been around for over a decade”
“Altdrag doesn't work with scaling and is missing some other nice to haves”
“ended up finding AltDrag thankfully”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.