https://github.com/thaw-app/Thaw
The menu bar manager for macOS
https://github.com/thaw-app/Thaw
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The menu bar manager for macOS
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/thaw-app/Thaw
- Owner: thaw-app
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2026-01-29T18:26:51.000Z (6 months ago)
- Default Branch: development
- Last Pushed: 2026-07-29T05:32:13.000Z (8 days ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-29T06:09:40.249Z (8 days ago)
- Topics: macos, macos-app, menu-bar, menubar, menubar-app, status-bar, statusbar, swift, swiftui, utility
- Language: Swift
- Homepage:
- Size: 37 MB
- Stars: 9,211
- Watchers: 28
- Forks: 219
- Open Issues: 69
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: .github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- Security: .github/SECURITY.md
- Governance: .github/GOVERNANCE.md
- Roadmap: docs/ROADMAP.md
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README
Take back your menu bar. Hide what you don't need, find anything in a keystroke,
and make the bar look the way you want.
Free and open source. Private by design: no tracking, no account, nothing ever leaves your Mac.
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Contributing
## Why Thaw
- **Free, and free to keep.** No purchase, no subscription, and no upgrade fee when macOS ships a new version.
- **Open source, GPL-3.0.** Read the code, build it yourself, fork it.
- **No tracking, no account.** No analytics, no telemetry, no sign-up.
- **Screen Recording is optional.** Hiding, revealing, and rearranging items all work without it. Grant it only if you want menu bar item previews and appearance tinting.
- **Light on your Mac.** A small, steady memory footprint, and no background bloat.
- **Signed and notarized by Apple**, with [verifiable releases](docs/VERIFYING_RELEASES.md), security practices tracked against the [OpenSSF Best Practices](https://www.bestpractices.dev/projects/13303) criteria, and an [OpenSSF Scorecard](https://scorecard.dev/viewer/?uri=github.com/thaw-app/Thaw) for supply-chain posture.
## Features
- **Declutter your menu bar**: hide icons you do not need and keep an always-hidden section for the rest
- **Reveal items fast**: show hidden icons by hover, click, scroll/swipe, or hotkey
- **Search and jump**: find any menu bar item instantly from the keyboard
- **Switch layouts by context**: save profiles for work, focus, and presenting
- **Style the bar**: tint, gradient, shadow, border, and custom shapes, per light/dark mode
- **Built for modern macOS**: supports macOS 26 and 27, including notch-friendly layouts via the Thaw Bar
Full feature list — 20+ more, including drag-and-drop arrangement, item spacing, and hotkeys
### Menu bar item management
- Hide menu bar items
- "Always-hidden" menu bar section
- Show hidden menu bar items when hovering over the menu bar
- Show hidden menu bar items when an empty area in the menu bar is clicked
- Show hidden menu bar items by scrolling or swiping in the menu bar
- Automatically rehide menu bar items
- Hide application menus when they overlap with shown menu bar items
- Drag and drop interface to arrange individual menu bar items
- Display hidden menu bar items in a separate bar (e.g. for MacBooks with the notch)
- Search menu bar items
- Menu bar item spacing
- Profiles for menu bar layout
### Menu bar appearance
- Menu bar tint (solid and gradient)
- Menu bar shadow
- Menu bar border
- Custom menu bar shapes (rounded and/or split)
- Remove background behind menu bar (macOS setting)
- Different settings for light/dark mode
### Hotkeys
- Toggle individual menu bar sections
- Show the search panel
- Enable/disable the Thaw Bar
- Show/hide section divider icons
- Toggle application menus
Screenshots
Item layout
Show hidden items below the menu bar
Drag-and-drop arrangement
Customize the appearance
Menu bar item search
## Integrations
Every core action is a `thaw://` deep link, so Thaw plugs into the launcher you already use.
- **[Raycast](https://www.raycast.com/diazdesandi/thaw)** — official extension. Toggle sections, open search, and change settings without leaving Raycast.
- **[Droppy](https://getdroppy.app/)** — pair Thaw with Droppy's shelf and extras for a full menu bar suite.
- **Anything else** — Alfred, Shortcuts, Keyboard Maestro, BetterTouchTool, or a shell script.
```sh
open "thaw://toggle-hidden"
open "thaw://search"
open "thaw://open-settings"
```
Full reference, including reading and writing settings: [docs/URI_SCHEMES.md](docs/URI_SCHEMES.md).
## Install
```sh
brew install thaw # stable
brew install thaw@beta # beta, or stable if it is newer
```
Or grab the `.dmg` from the [latest release](https://github.com/thaw-app/Thaw/releases/latest) and drag Thaw to Applications.
Needs macOS 26+. Thaw asks for Accessibility on first launch to move menu bar items; Screen Recording is optional. Stuck? See [Frequent issues](FREQUENT_ISSUES.md).
> [!NOTE]
> Thaw is an actively maintained fork of [Ice](https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice), focused on fixes, compatibility, and new features.
## Languages
Thaw speaks 20 languages, thanks to translators around the world.
🇮🇩 Bahasa Indonesia
🇨🇿 Čeština
🇩🇪 🇦🇹 Deutsch
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 English
🇪🇸 🇲🇽 Español
🇫🇷 Français
🇮🇹 Italiano
🇭🇺 Magyar
🇳🇱 🇧🇪 Nederlands
🇵🇱 Polski
🇧🇷 Português (Brasil)
🇹🇷 Türkçe
🇷🇺 Русский
🇺🇦 Українська*
🇹🇭 ภาษาไทย
🇻🇳 Tiếng Việt*
🇯🇵 日本語
🇰🇷 한국어
🇨🇳 简体中文
🇹🇼 正體中文
Missing yours, or spotted something off? [Translate Thaw on Crowdin](https://crowdin.com/project/thaw) — you can request new languages there too. Everyone who has translated Thaw is named in [Credits](CREDITS.md).
\* Currently only in the development branch.
## Contributors
This project exists thanks to the awesome people who contribute code and documentation. Translations happen on Crowdin rather than in git, so translators are credited separately in [Credits](CREDITS.md).
Want to contribute? Start with [Ways to contribute](https://github.com/thaw-app/Thaw/issues/316). Pull requests are welcome against the `development` branch (see [Contributing](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)).
## Project documentation
- [Contributing](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)
- [Credits](CREDITS.md)
- [Governance](.github/GOVERNANCE.md)
- [Security policy](.github/SECURITY.md)
- [Roadmap](docs/ROADMAP.md)
- [Architecture](docs/ARCHITECTURE.md)
- [Assurance case](docs/ASSURANCE_CASE.md)
- [Verifying releases](docs/VERIFYING_RELEASES.md)
- [Release and update distribution](docs/RELEASES.md)
- [URI schemes](docs/URI_SCHEMES.md)
## License
Thaw is available under the [GPL-3.0 license](LICENSE).