Rules based manager of windows state for Windows 11: position, desktop, pin.

Attention

Project is dirty and will not work out of the box.

Features:

• Place windows by config rules
• Find window by title/path regex
• Use PowerToys FancyZones layouts
• Actions: x, y, width, height, fancyZones monitor/position, pin
• Autoplace new windows after open
• Store/restore opened windows
• Set wallpapers by virtual desktop
• Opened windows stats
• Command line: place, store, restore, stats

Based on MScholtes/VirtualDesktop CLI tool.

I use it with:

• windows-mqtt
• Autohotkey

Install

• Copy config.example.js to config.js
• See examples

Tauri tray app

The tauri-app subfolder contains a system tray application that wraps the CLI. It lets you place windows and run the autoplacer without using the terminal.

What it does

• Tray menu: Place Windows, Start/Stop Autoplacer, Settings, Quit
• Place Windows: Runs node src place in the configured project directory
• Autoplacer: Starts or stops node examples/autoplace-server.js to automatically place new windows
• Global hotkey: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P triggers "Place Windows"
• Settings: Project path, autoplacer interval, run on startup, notifications

Requirements

• Rust toolchain and C++ build tools (Visual Studio "C++ build tools" workload on Windows)
• Node.js and the main project configured (see Install)

Run

cd tauri-app
npm install
npm run tauri dev