diff --git a/docs/CONFIG.md b/docs/CONFIG.md
index b788b515..b6a4bf3a 100644
--- a/docs/CONFIG.md
+++ b/docs/CONFIG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 - [Plugins](#Plugins)
   - [attached-clients](#attached-clients---up)
   - [battery](#battery---up)
+  - [compact-alt](#compact-alt---up)
   - [continuum](#continuum---up)
   - [cpu-usage](#cpu-usage---up)
   - [cwd](#cwd---up)
@@ -198,6 +199,44 @@ alternatively, if you have no battery and would like a nerdfont icon to indicate
 set -g @dracula-no-battery-label " "
 ```
 
+### compact-alt - [up](#table-of-contents)
+This widget allows the user to switch to an alternate list of widgets when the terminal becomes narrow.
+Switching only works if the widget is added to `set -g @dracula-plugins "your-plugins-here"`.
+
+to set what widgets should be shown in narrow mode, set the following variable. *make sure to include the compact-alt widget as you won't be able to switch out of narrow mode otherwise.*
+
+```bash
+set -g @dracula-narrow-plugins "compact-alt battery network weather"
+```
+
+to determine when to switch to narrow mode, set the following variable.
+any value below this threshold is considered narrow.
+
+```bash
+set -g @dracula-compact-min-width 140
+```
+
+the compact-alt widget needs to reload your tmux config to switch from wide to narrow and back.
+therefore, you need to make sure to set the right path to your config file.
+
+```bash
+set -g @dracula-config-path "$HOME/.config/tmux/tmux.conf"
+```
+
+if you want to see your window with and whether narrow mode is active, set the following, which is false per default.
+
+```bash
+set -g @dracula-compact-alt-verbose true
+```
+
+this widget maintains a global variable informing about whether narrow mode is active.
+that variable should never be touched by the user and could potentially be used by other widgets/ plugins.
+
+```bash
+# NEVER DO:
+set -g @dracula-narrow-mode some-value
+```
+
 ### continuum - [up](#table-of-contents)
 
 Set the output mode. Options are:
diff --git a/scripts/compact_alt.sh b/scripts/compact_alt.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..6825bff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/compact_alt.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# setting the locale, some users have issues with different locales, this forces the correct one
+export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+
+current_dir="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+source $current_dir/utils.sh
+
+main()
+{
+  # get options
+  min_width=$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-compact-min-width" "140")
+
+  # get current window with
+  local window_width
+  window_width=$(tmux display-message -p "#{window_width}")
+
+  # determine whether narrow
+  if [[ "$window_width" -lt "$min_width" ]]; then
+    narrow=true
+  else
+    narrow=false
+  fi
+
+  # get whether narrow previously
+  narrow_mode="$(tmux show-option -gqv '@dracula-narrow-mode')"
+
+  # if width changed, set global var and reload
+  if [[ "$narrow" != "$narrow_mode" ]]; then
+    tmux set -g @dracula-narrow-mode $narrow
+    tmux source-file "$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-config-path" "$HOME/.config/tmux/tmux.conf")"
+  fi
+
+  # show widget info if verbose
+  verbose=$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-compact-alt-verbose" false)
+  if $verbose; then
+    echo "$window_width - $narrow"
+  fi
+  # storing the refresh rate in the variable RATE, default is 5
+  RATE=$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-refresh-rate" 5)
+  sleep $RATE
+}
+
+#run main driver program
+main
diff --git a/scripts/dracula.sh b/scripts/dracula.sh
index c97d678f..ebaa7108 100755
--- a/scripts/dracula.sh
+++ b/scripts/dracula.sh
@@ -37,9 +37,15 @@ main() {
   time_format=$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-time-format" "")
   show_ssh_session_port=$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-show-ssh-session-port" false)
   show_libreview=$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-show-libreview" false)
-  IFS=' ' read -r -a plugins <<< $(get_tmux_option "@dracula-plugins" "battery network weather")
   show_empty_plugins=$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-show-empty-plugins" true)
 
+  narrow_mode=$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-narrow-mode" false)
+  if $narrow_mode; then
+    IFS=' ' read -r -a plugins <<< $(get_tmux_option "@dracula-narrow-plugins" "compact-alt battery network weather")
+  else
+    IFS=' ' read -r -a plugins <<< $(get_tmux_option "@dracula-plugins" "battery network weather")
+  fi
+
   # Dracula Color Pallette
   white="#f8f8f2"
   gray="#44475a"
@@ -188,6 +194,11 @@ main() {
         script="${script} not found!"
       fi
 
+    elif [ $plugin = "compact-alt" ]; then
+      IFS=' ' read -r -a colors  <<< $(get_tmux_option "@dracula-compact-alt-colors" "dark_gray white")
+      tmux set-option -g status-right-length 250
+      script="#($current_dir/compact_alt.sh)"
+
     elif [ $plugin = "cwd" ]; then
       IFS=' ' read -r -a colors  <<< $(get_tmux_option "@dracula-cwd-colors" "dark_gray white")
       tmux set-option -g status-right-length 250