# AltSnap

6 Hacker News commenters recommended AltSnap and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free, maintained fork of AltDrag that makes window resizing work better on Windows, including Windows 11, and people install it as one of their first apps.

## Why people recommend it

- Fixes window resizing on Windows (2 comments): "The Altsnap fork of it fixes this. Its one of the first things i install." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47000332)) "I recommend altSnap to get this functionality on Windows." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46586976))
- Maintained continuation of AltDrag (3 comments): ""AltSnap" is a continuation of AltDrag that's better on Windows 11." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47001558)) "Here's a maintained fork of one I used to use in another life" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48107485)) "For Windows there is AltDrag or the AltSnap fork." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50311917))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Rectangle for macOS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rectangle.md): 67 recommend
- [InstantSpaceSwitcher](https://hackerapproved.com/p/instantspaceswitcher.md): 11 recommend
- [FancyZones](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fancyzones.md): 8 recommend
- [Moom](https://hackerapproved.com/p/moom.md): 8 recommend
- [OmniWM](https://hackerapproved.com/p/omniwm.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "AltSnap", https://hackerapproved.com/p/altsnap/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).