AltSnap
Shares rank 26 of 30 window managers by recommenders
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.
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.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not 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
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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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
Fixes window resizing on Windows
“The Altsnap fork of it fixes this. Its one of the first things i install.”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Resizing windows on macOS Tahoe – the saga continues” “I recommend altSnap to get this functionality on Windows.”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe” Maintained continuation of AltDrag
“"AltSnap" is a continuation of AltDrag that's better on Windows 11.”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Resizing windows on macOS Tahoe – the saga continues” “Here's a maintained fork of one I used to use in another life”
Comment from 12 May 2026 in “Screenshots of Old Desktop OSes” “For Windows there is AltDrag or the AltSnap fork.”
Comment from 31 Oct 2026 in “Infinite Mac: BeOS”
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| 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 |
| AltSnapThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“For Windows there is AltDrag or the AltSnap fork.”
“Here's a maintained fork of one I used to use in another life”
“"AltSnap" is a continuation of AltDrag that's better on Windows 11.”
“The Altsnap fork of it fixes this. Its one of the first things i install.”
“changed how it feels to work with GUIs for me”
“I recommend altSnap to get this functionality on Windows.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.