# FancyZones 8 Hacker News commenters recommended FancyZones and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. **Verdict:** Free PowerToys module that lets people snap windows into custom zones; several say no alternative on Windows or macOS comes close. ## Why people recommend it - Better than built-in window management (3 comments): "the window management w/ FancyZones beats the pants off whatever the hell macOS is doing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48529964)) "Windows has the best solution with a utility called Fancyzones" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46899996)) "none feel like they’re nearly as good as FancyZones" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46997385)) - Works well as part of PowerToys (3 comments): "FancyZones (part of PowerToys) is pretty good. Maybe not exactly what you're used to (I don't know), but I'm happy with it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49862298)) "having this in combination with PowerToys FancyZones has been fantastic" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46650662)) "especially with PowerToys and FancyZones in particular" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46471390)) - Custom zones for multi-app layouts (2 comments): "with Fancyzones, I can set up Unreal Engine Editor, Rider, discord/teams" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46655004)) "use Fancy Zones you can customize the zones" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47255021)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Rectangle for macOS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rectangle.md): 67 recommend - [InstantSpaceSwitcher](https://hackerapproved.com/p/instantspaceswitcher.md): 11 recommend - [Moom](https://hackerapproved.com/p/moom.md): 8 recommend - [OmniWM](https://hackerapproved.com/p/omniwm.md): 8 recommend - [Native Instant Space Switching](https://hackerapproved.com/p/macos-native-instant-space-switching.md): 8 recommend ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "FancyZones", https://hackerapproved.com/p/fancyzones/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).