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tacky-borders v1.5.0

Add colorful, customizable borders to your Windows application windows.

tacky-borders is a lightweight open-source utility that adds visible, customizable borders around application windows in Windows. It is designed to make window boundaries easier to see and to give users the ability to style their desktop with colored outlines around active and inactive windows.

tacky-borders runs in the background and applies borders dynamically, helping improve window visibility and providing a more personalized desktop experience.



Features:
• Adds customizable borders around application windows
• Supports different border colors and styles
• Distinguishes between active and inactive windows
• Lightweight and runs in the background
• Open-source project hosted on GitHub

To Configure tacky-borders:
• Run tacky-borders.exe once to generate the config file automatically (created in %userprofile%/.config/tacky-borders/)
• Open the config quickly by right-clicking the tray icon and choosing "Show Config"
• Edit config.yaml in a text editor, then save:
• watch_config_changes: True will automatically reload borders when the config file is modified
• global.border_width sets border thickness in pixels
• global.border_offset moves the border inwards (negative) or outwards (positive)
• global.border_radius can be Auto, Square, Round, RoundSmall, or a numeric value
• global.active_color and global.inactive_color support:
• Solid colors using a hex value (example: "#ffffff") or "accent"
• Gradient colors using a colors list + direction (example direction: 45deg or start/end coordinates)
• animations and effects are configurable under global (effects note: they can significantly increase CPU/GPU usage and require rendering_backend: V2)
• Per-app overrides: use window_rules to match by Class, Title, or Process (Equals, Contains, or Regex), then override any global setting for just that app
• If a border is initialized but not visible for a window, try setting follow_native_border to False in a window rule



Supported operating systems:
• Windows 10, Windows 11

Supported languages:
• English

Changes:
v1.5.0 04-26-26
Features
add theme-aware border colors for Windows by @Louis047 in #74
Bug Fixes
fix borders disappearing after waking system from sleep






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Downloads Views Developer Last Update Version Size Type Rank
815 3,299 lukeyou05 Jul 11, 2026 - 15:28 1.5.0 1.09MB ZIP 5/5, out of 8 Votes.
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