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Thaw is a powerful menu bar management tool for macOS 26 and macOS 27. While its primary function is hiding and showing menu bar items, it aims to cover a wide variety of additional features to make it one of the most versatile menu bar tools available.

For macOS 27 (Golden Gate) status and preview builds, click here

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![thaw-banner](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9584065d-f840-4545-9a42-cfc5534b5ac3) [![Download](https://img.shields.io/badge/download-latest-brightgreen?style=square)](https://github.com/stonerl/Thaw/releases/latest) [![CI](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/stonerl/Thaw/ci.yml?style=square)](https://github.com/stonerl/Thaw/actions/workflows/ci.yml) [![OpenSSF Best Practices](https://www.bestpractices.dev/projects/13303/badge)](https://www.bestpractices.dev/projects/13303) ![Requirements](https://img.shields.io/badge/requirements-macOS%2026%2B-fa4e49?style=square) [![Sponsor](https://img.shields.io/badge/Sponsor%20%E2%9D%A4%EF%B8%8F-8A2BE2?style=square)](https://github.com/sponsors/stonerl) [![Discord](https://img.shields.io/badge/Discord-7289DA?style=square&logo=discord&logoColor=white)](https://discord.gg/5cnKkKbMFd) [![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/stonerl/Thaw?style=square)](LICENSE) > [!NOTE] > **Thaw** is a fork of [Ice](https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice) by Jordan Baird. > As the original project appears to be inactive, Thaw aims to keep the project alive fixing bugs, ensuring compatibility with the latest macOS releases, and eventually implementing the remaining roadmap features. ## Install ### Manual Installation Download the `Thaw_.zip` file from the [latest release](https://github.com/stonerl/Thaw/releases/latest) and move the unzipped app into your `Applications` folder. ### Homebrew Install the latest stable release: ```sh brew install thaw ``` To get the latest beta (or stable, whichever is newer): ```sh brew install thaw@beta ``` ## Translations Thaw is currently available in the following languages:
🇮🇩 Bahasa Indonesia
id translation		 🇨🇿 Čeština
cs translation		 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 Deutsch
de translation		 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 English
en translation		 🇪🇸 🇲🇽 Español
es-ES translation
🇫🇷 Français
fr translation		 🇮🇹 Italiano
it translation		 🇯🇵 日本語
ja translation		 🇰🇷 한국어
ko translation		 🇭🇺 Magyar
hu translation
🇳🇱 🇧🇪 Nederlands
nl translation		 🇧🇷 Português (Brasil)
pt-BR translation		 🇷🇺 Русский
ru translation		 🇨🇳 简体中文
zh-CN translation		 🇹🇼 正體中文
zh-TW translation
🇹🇭 ภาษาไทย
th translation		 🇵🇱 Polski
pl translation		 🇹🇷 Türkçe
tr translation		 🇺🇦 Українська(*)
uk translation		 🇻🇳 Tiếng Việt(*)
vi translation
_Note: languages marked with (\*) are currently only available in the development branch._ Help translate Thaw via [Crowdin](https://crowdin.com/project/thaw) If a language you'd like to help to translate is not listed here, let us know and we will add it on Crowdin. ## Features
Click to view the full features list - macOS 27 (Golden Gate) support ### 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
## Roadmap
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- **Menu bar item management** — individual spacer items; menu bar item groups; show menu bar items when trigger conditions are met - **Menu bar appearance** — rounded screen corners - **Hotkeys** — enable/disable auto rehide; temporarily show individual menu bar items - **Other** — menu bar widgets
## Gallery > Click any screenshot to view it full size.
Item layout
Item layout 		Show hidden menu bar items below the menu bar
Show hidden items below the menu bar
Drag-and-drop interface to arrange menu bar items
Drag-and-drop arrangement 		Customize the menu bar's appearance
Customize the appearance
Menu bar item search
Menu bar item search
## Contributors This project exists thanks to the awesome people who contribute code and documentation: Gallery of all contributors' profile photos ## Project Stats Star History Chart ## License Thaw is available under the [GPL-3.0 license](LICENSE).