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    jordanbaird/Ice

    Powerful menu bar manager for macOS

    ios
    macos
    macos-app
    menu-bar
    menubar
    menubar-app
    Swift
    GPL-3.0
    30.0K stars
    1.0K forks
    80 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 8, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 418 days ago, with 10 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Manages and customizes macOS menu bar items by hiding, showing, arranging, and styling them with a user-friendly interface.
    • Offers advanced control over menu bar visibility and layout with features like drag-and-drop arrangement and dynamic show/hide triggers.
    • Use for decluttering the macOS menu bar by hiding rarely used icons while keeping them accessible on hover or click.
    • Use for customizing the menu bar appearance with tints, shadows, borders, and custom shapes to match user preferences or themes.
    • Use for improving productivity by assigning hotkeys to toggle menu bar sections and quickly search or rearrange menu items.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    GPL 3.0

    Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.

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    • README: present
    • Code of conduct: present

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    • GPL-style copyleft: including it in distributed software generally requires releasing your source under the same license.

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    From the README

    Ice is a powerful menu bar management tool. 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.

    Download the "Ice.zip" file from the latest release and move the unzipped app into your Applications folder.

    Excerpt from the jordanbaird/Ice README on GitHub (GPL-3.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    1.0K+201

    Open issues

    454+43

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