PinWin
PinWin is a minimal Windows system tray application that allows you to pin any windows to the top of the screen with one click.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
EUPlatforms
- Windows
Features
- Sits in the System Tray
- On top
Tags
- desktop-utilities
- Windows 10
- pin-window
PinWin News & Activities
Recent activities
dinesh-58 added PinWin as alternative to Always on Top- julthep reviewed PinWin
✅ Works on ANY window, even protected ones (Uses direct Win32 API with elevation) ✅ Can pin Administrator Command Prompt, GDI/DirectDraw windows, Electron apps, and even system dialogs (Beats DeskPins, PowerToys, and most tray utilities) ✅ Open source & CLI-based (No GUI overhead, only single system tray menu, clean behavior) ✅ Doesn’t interfere with layout or style (Only toggles topmost flag without UI artifacts)
- julthep liked PinWin
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What is PinWin?
Pin any window to be always on top of the screen. PinWin is a minimal Windows system tray application that allows you to pin any windows to the top of the screen with one click.
Features:
- Pin windows from list in system tray
- Directly select window from screen
- Global shortcut for selecting windows
- Runs quietly in background and does not need installation
PinWin information
Developed by
Bluegrams Licensing
Open Source (BSD-3-Clause) and Free product.Written in
Alternatives
8 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
AlternativeTo Category
OS & UtilitiesGitHub repository
- 200 Stars
- 25 Forks
- 2 Open Issues
- Updated
Comments and Reviews
✅ Works on ANY window, even protected ones (Uses direct Win32 API with elevation) ✅ Can pin Administrator Command Prompt, GDI/DirectDraw windows, Electron apps, and even system dialogs (Beats DeskPins, PowerToys, and most tray utilities) ✅ Open source & CLI-based (No GUI overhead, only single system tray menu, clean behavior) ✅ Doesn’t interfere with layout or style (Only toggles topmost flag without UI artifacts)
I've seen MenuTools by Rafael Cossovan "Stay on Top" beat out both DeskPins and PinWin. When trying to pin a resized browser over a different browser, DeskPins wouldn't do it. PinWin let me choose the browser from its list of windows and then it could be pinned on top. MenuTools seems to always work.
Better than DeskPins, lightweight, Open Source, any restrictions and easy to use.