TesseraSnapA tiler decides for you. TesseraSnap lets you decide.
Tiling managers rearrange every window each time one opens. TesseraSnap moves only the window you point at, by key, drag or flick, and leaves it there.
- Built in Rust
- About 2 MB, one process
- Free, no time limit
- Pro $9.99 once, per PC
Where TesseraSnap is better
The keyboard speed of tiling, without giving up your layout.
The size you asked for
22 shortcuts on Ctrl+Alt; press again for two thirds, then a third. In a tiler, size comes from the arrangement.
A flick instead of a drag
Hold Ctrl+Alt anywhere over a window and toss it to one of 16 targets. None of the four tilers documents a throw.
Exact sizes, overlaps and all
Save where every window is and put it back by shortcut, or by itself when you dock, wake or start an app.
- Drag to snap Ten areas at the screen edges, each set to any action, with a preview first.
- Scriptable, with a text config
tesserasnap.exe --actionruns any action from AutoHotkey or a shell; settings live inconfig.toml. - Pin Mode and Stash Dock a window beside the rest, or slide it off the edge. (Pro)
Side by side
| Tiling managers | TesseraSnap | |
|---|---|---|
| Who places a window | The tiler, by its rules | ✓You, one window at a time |
| Overlapping windows | Avoided; floating is the exception | ✓Normal |
| Ready on install | Config file, CLI or hotkeys first | ✓22 shortcuts on Ctrl+Alt |
| Keys for exact sizes | —Size comes from the arrangement | ✓Halves to ninths, press again to cycle |
| Mouse | Drag to rearrange (FancyWM) | ✓Drag to snap; throw (Pro) |
| Save and restore a desk | Workspaces | ✓Layouts, on dock, wake or app start (Pro) |
| Auto-tiling, workspaces | ✓ | —Tile All Windows, once |
| Bar and launcher | ✓Zebar, komorebi-bar, Seelen UI | — |
| Source | ✓Open (komorebi under its own license) | —Closed |
| Price | Free; komorebi $110 a year at work | ✓Free; Pro $9.99 once per PC |
Stay with a tiler if
- you want every new window arranged for you, with no gaps to fill
- you switch workspaces and move focus by direction, all by key
- you want open source, a bar and launcher, or macOS too (GlazeWM)
Which tiler, if you tile
- GlazeWM: i3-style, a YAML config that reloads as you save, free.
- komorebi: for scripting; free at home, $110 a year at work.
- FancyWM or Seelen UI: from the Microsoft Store; Seelen UI adds a bar and launcher.
- Run a tiler or TesseraSnap, not both: together they undo each other.
Try the other model
Free, no time limit, no account. Every install includes a 7-day Pro trial.
Sources, checked 22 October 2026
komorebi on GitHub, releases and license and pricing; GlazeWM releases; FancyWM releases and site; Seelen UI on GitHub and releases. Features as described in each project's own documentation. All product names are trademarks of their owners. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. TesseraSnap is not affiliated with any of these projects or with Microsoft.