The latest articles on DEV Community by hazed xz (@hazed_xz_adca05244d9bd886). https://dev.to/hazed_xz_adca05244d9bd886 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4015817%2F7a9b3093-dd03-4c21-b252-1cf7a91a0d80.jpg https://dev.to/hazed_xz_adca05244d9bd886 en hazed xz Sun, 05 Jul 2026 05:55:30 +0000 https://dev.to/hazed_xz_adca05244d9bd886/i-built-a-tiling-window-manager-for-windows-in-rust-5df3 https://dev.to/hazed_xz_adca05244d9bd886/i-built-a-tiling-window-manager-for-windows-in-rust-5df3 <p>I got tired of manually snapping windows around so I built tidewm — <br> a tiling window manager for Windows 10/11 that arranges everything <br> automatically.</p> <p>You open an app, it tiles. You close one, everything redistributes. <br> No clicks, no dragging, no thought required.</p> <h2> What it does </h2> <ul> <li>Automatically tiles every resizable window</li> <li>4 layouts: tall, wide, bsp, monocle — switchable at runtime</li> <li>Smooth animations</li> <li>~0% CPU at idle, 2-4 MB RAM</li> <li>Windows that can't be resized (dialogs, fixed-size tools) are left untouched</li> </ul> <h2> The invisible border problem </h2> <p>Windows 10/11 add a 7px invisible border around every window for the <br> DWM shadow. Without compensation, windows that should be flush have a <br> visible gap. tidewm corrects for this automatically.</p> <h2> Hotkeys </h2> <p>Alt + H/L to focus, Alt + 1/2/3/4 to switch layouts, Alt + Q to quit. <br> Modifier is configurable.</p> <h2> Animations </h2> <p>Cubic ease-out curve. We tried spring physics at some point. <br> It looked terrible. lmfao.</p> <p>GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/hazedxz/tidewm" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/hazedxz/tidewm</a></p> rust opensource showdev microsoft