Wrecktangle
A Rectangle-style window manager for Windows. Send the focused window to a half, a corner or the center with one shortcut, and press it again to change its size.
Try it: press CtrlAlt← on your keyboard, or click the keys.
Wrecktangle sits in the tray and does one job: it puts the focused window exactly where you send it.
CtrlAlt +
The left, right, top and bottom halves, the four corners, the center, and maximize or restore. No dragging, no snap zones.
Repeating a shortcut steps through 1/2, 2/3 and 3/4 of the screen by default, or any mix of 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 2/3 and 3/4.
CtrlAltWin→
Move a window to the next or previous display with a shortcut.
Sizes use the window's visible frame, so snapped windows meet edge to edge, without the gap Windows' invisible resize border leaves.
When Windows or another app already owns a chord, Wrecktangle takes it over instead of giving up, and Settings names the app it overrides.
The first run follows the Windows display language, and Language in Settings switches Settings, the tray menu and notifications at once.
WrecktangleWrecktangle 0.4.0 is available. Click to download.
It checks GitHub once a day or on demand, and a notification links to the new installer. It never installs anything by itself.
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\WrecktangleIt installs for your user only and never asks for administrator rights.
Opening it again while it runs brings up Settings instead of a second copy.
Fluent design that follows your light or dark theme, in the Windows blue or Wrecktangle's own yellow. Change any shortcut, the size cycle or launch at startup, and every change applies as you make it.
Try Language in the General tab: it switches this whole page too.
Wrecktangle SettingsClick a shortcut to record a new one. Repeat a shortcut to cycle through sizes. Changes apply right away.
It installs for your user only, into %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Wrecktangle, and never asks for admin rights. It isn't code signed yet, so if Windows SmartScreen says it protected your PC, click More info, then Run anyway.
Wrecktangle then starts every time you sign in, and runs from the tray.
The focused window fills the left half of its screen. Press it again for two thirds, and again for three quarters.
Prefer no installer? Take the portable zip, put wrecktangle.exe somewhere permanent, run it from there and turn on Launch at startup from the tray menu.
You need Windows 10 or 11, 32-bit or 64-bit. Windows 11 is always 64-bit. Uninstall it from Apps in Windows Settings.
Yes. Download it and use it, with no account and no trial.
Wrecktangle isn't code signed yet, so SmartScreen doesn't recognize it. Click More info, then Run anyway.
A window that runs as administrator can't be moved by a Wrecktangle that doesn't, because of a Windows security boundary called UIPI. Wrecktangle detects this up front and shows a one-time notification instead of failing silently.
Wrecktangle takes the chord over, and Settings names the app it overrides. Win+L and Ctrl+Alt+Del are handled by Windows and can't be taken over. A few defaults overlap with other apps: Magnifier while it runs, VS Code (Ctrl+Alt+↑/↓ add cursors) and JetBrains IDEs (Ctrl+Alt+←/→ go back and forward). Change any of them in Settings.
On layouts like US-International, Ctrl+Alt+key is the same chord as AltGr+key, so a shortcut assigned that way can block typing that key's AltGr character. Settings flags any shortcut that does this.
Wrecktangle looks for a new release 30 seconds after it starts, if a day has passed since the last check, and then once a day. A notification links to the new installer, which downloads in your browser. It never installs anything by itself, and you can turn the check off in Settings.
It's inspired by Rectangle, the macOS window manager by Ryan Hanson. Wrecktangle is an independent Windows app, not affiliated with Rectangle.
Wrecktangle used to be called Wectangle. On its first start it closes a running Wectangle, copies your settings and moves the Launch at startup entry to the new app. You can delete the old wectangle.exe and the %APPDATA%\Wectangle folder afterwards.
From Apps in Windows Settings. With the portable zip, turn off Launch at startup in the tray menu, quit Wrecktangle and delete the exe.
Free for Windows 10 and 11. No admin rights, no account.
Wrecktangle