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amethystwindows

[ARCHIVED] Automatic tiling window manager for Windows 10/11

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2Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
403GitHub stars
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What it is

[ARCHIVED] Automatic tiling window manager for Windows 10/11

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by week2 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2022-05-26 23:44:04 UTC to 2022-10-11 23:15:15 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

012022-05-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-05-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsMay 232022-05-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-06-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-06-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-06-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-06-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-06-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-06-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-06-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-06-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-07-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-07-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-07-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-07-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-07-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-07-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-07-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-07-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-08-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsAug 12022-08-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-08-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-08-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-08-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-08-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-08-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-08-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-05 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-05 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-12 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-12 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-19 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-19 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-26 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-26 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-10-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-10 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-10-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsOct 10

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
May 232022-05-23 00:00:00 UTC2022-05-30 00:00:00 UTC101
May 302022-05-30 00:00:00 UTC2022-06-06 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 62022-06-06 00:00:00 UTC2022-06-13 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 132022-06-13 00:00:00 UTC2022-06-20 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 202022-06-20 00:00:00 UTC2022-06-27 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 272022-06-27 00:00:00 UTC2022-07-04 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 42022-07-04 00:00:00 UTC2022-07-11 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 112022-07-11 00:00:00 UTC2022-07-18 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 182022-07-18 00:00:00 UTC2022-07-25 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 252022-07-25 00:00:00 UTC2022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 12022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-08-08 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 82022-08-08 00:00:00 UTC2022-08-15 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 152022-08-15 00:00:00 UTC2022-08-22 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 222022-08-22 00:00:00 UTC2022-08-29 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 292022-08-29 00:00:00 UTC2022-09-05 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 52022-09-05 00:00:00 UTC2022-09-12 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 122022-09-12 00:00:00 UTC2022-09-19 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 192022-09-19 00:00:00 UTC2022-09-26 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 262022-09-26 00:00:00 UTC2022-10-03 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 32022-10-03 00:00:00 UTC2022-10-10 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 102022-10-10 00:00:00 UTC2022-10-17 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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After the GlazeWM [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31043063] post, last month, I once again went down the Windows window manager rabbit hole, trying: - GlazeWM - https://github.com/lars-berger/GlazeWM - nog - https://github.com/TimUntersberger/nog - win3wm - https://github.com/McYoloSwagHam/win3wm - workspacer - https://github.com/workspacer/workspacer - amethystwindows - https://github.com/glsorre/amethystwindows - MaxTo (paid) - https://maxto.net/en - AquaSnap (paid) - https://www.nurgo-software.com/products/aquasnap As a ratpoison [https://ratpoison.nongnu.org/] user, a decade ago, returning to the rigid window management of i3-based window managers, no longer appealed to me. MaxTo provided much of the experience I was looking for, but random crashes when using multiple desktops and my inability to get custom recipes triggering co
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rrectly had me look elsewhere. FancyZones offered much of the functionality I liked about MaxTo, BUT it did not support keeping maximized windows within a defined zone, so, I added this feature. It's a bit rough around the edges, but works perfectly for my current workflows. Grab it here: https://github.com/peddamat/PowerToys/releases/tag/v0.58.0-m...
In FancyZones fork which maximizes windows properly

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