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  <b>Take back your menu bar. Hide what you don't need, find anything in a keystroke,<br />  and make the bar look the way you want.</b><br />
  <b>Free and open source. Private by design: no tracking, no account, nothing ever leaves your Mac.</b>
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  <a href="#install">Install</a> ·
  <a href="#features">Features</a> ·
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  <a href="https://github.com/thaw-app/Thaw/issues/687">macOS 27 status</a> ·
  <a href=".github/CONTRIBUTING.md">Contributing</a>
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## 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

<details>
<summary><b>Full feature list</b> — 20+ more, including drag-and-drop arrangement, item spacing, and hotkeys</summary>

### 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

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>Screenshots</b></summary>

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      <sub><b>Item layout</b></sub>
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      <sub><b>Show hidden items below the menu bar</b></sub>
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      <sub><b>Drag-and-drop arrangement</b></sub>
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      <a href="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d95302df-26b0-4608-896e-4966c822fb5e"><img alt="Customize the menu bar's appearance" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d95302df-26b0-4608-896e-4966c822fb5e" width="400" /></a><br />
      <sub><b>Customize the appearance</b></sub>
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      <sub><b>Menu bar item search</b></sub>
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</details>

## 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.

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  <tr>
    <td>🇮🇩 Bahasa Indonesia</td>
    <td>🇨🇿 Čeština</td>
    <td>🇩🇪 🇦🇹 Deutsch</td>
    <td>🇬🇧 🇺🇸 English</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>🇪🇸 🇲🇽 Español</td>
    <td>🇫🇷 Français</td>
    <td>🇮🇹 Italiano</td>
    <td>🇭🇺 Magyar</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>🇳🇱 🇧🇪 Nederlands</td>
    <td>🇵🇱 Polski</td>
    <td>🇧🇷 Português (Brasil)</td>
    <td>🇹🇷 Türkçe</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>🇷🇺 Русский</td>
    <td>🇺🇦 Українська<sup>*</sup></td>
    <td>🇹🇭 ภาษาไทย</td>
    <td>🇻🇳 Tiếng Việt<sup>*</sup></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>🇯🇵 日本語</td>
    <td>🇰🇷 한국어</td>
    <td>🇨🇳 简体中文</td>
    <td>🇹🇼 正體中文</td>
  </tr>
</table>

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).

<sub>\* Currently only in the <code>development</code> branch.</sub>

## 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)).

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## 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).