ihateborders

ihateborders

A lightweight Windows utility that allows you to toggle window borders on/off for any application window, creating a borderless fullscreen experience.

Why ihateborders?

This project was created as a free and open-source alternative to Borderless Gaming by Codeusa, which became a paid application on Steam and had all free release binaries removed from GitHub.

Installation

Portable

Download the latest release from the Releases page.

Scoop

scoop install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/z1xus/ihateborders/main/scoop/ihateborders.json

Usage

1. Run the executable.
2. Select a window from the dropdown list.
3. Optionally check "Resize to screen" to make the window fullscreen when removing borders.
4. Click "Make Borderless" or "Restore Borders" to toggle the window's border state.

Interface

• [B] indicates a borderless window
• [W] indicates a windowed (with borders) window
• Windows are automatically filtered to exclude system windows
• The window list refreshes automatically every 5 seconds

Keyboard Shortcuts

• F5: Manually refresh the window list

Building

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Z1xus/ihateborders

1. Build a release binary

cargo build --release

1. The binary will be located in the target/release directory

Requirements

• Windows 10/11
• Administrator privileges may be required for some applications

License

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.