Windows 11 rice: tiling WM, taskbar on top with no Start button, a launcher instead of the Start menu, key remaps, agent navigation inside WSL, and a Spotify theme.
Verified on Windows 11 25H2, build 26200.
| Component | Version | Role |
|---|---|---|
| GlazeWM | 3.10.1 | tiling window manager, one workspace per app |
| YASB | 2.0.6 | status bar at the top, the only bar on screen |
AutoHotkey + index.ahk |
2.0.26 | every key remap on this machine: suppresses the Start menu on a lone Win press while keeping Win as a modifier, puts the keyboard layout switch on Alt+Space, puts the window switcher on Ctrl+Tab, drives herdr |
Windhawk + taskbar-auto-hide-keyboard-only |
1.7.3 | keeps the system taskbar permanently hidden |
| Windows Terminal | — | WSL host, the only window herdr bindings are scoped to |
| herdr | 0.7.5 | terminal workspace manager for AI agents, runs inside WSL |
| Raycast | — | launcher replacing the Start menu |
| Spicetify | 2.44.0 | Spotify theme |
| — | — | Xbox Game Bar removed to free up Win+G |
| — | — | DisableLockWorkstation policy set to free up Win+L |
