Thaw 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.
Note
Thaw is a fork of 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.
Download the Thaw_1.x.x.zip file from the latest release and move the unzipped app into your Applications folder.
Install Thaw using the following command:
brew install --cask thawClick to view the full Features & Roadmap list
- 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 (BETA)
- Profiles for menu bar layout
- Individual spacer items
- Menu bar item groups
- Show menu bar items when trigger conditions are met
- 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
- Rounded screen corners
- Different settings for light/dark mode
- Toggle individual menu bar sections
- Show the search panel
- Enable/disable the Thaw Bar
- Show/hide section divider icons
- Toggle application menus
- Enable/disable auto rehide
- Temporarily show individual menu bar items
- Launch at login
- Automatic updates
- Menu bar widgets
Thaw is currently available in the following languages:
| Language | Status | Flag | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Base | 🇺🇸 | |
| 简体ä¸æ–‡ | Complete | 🇨🇳 | |
| æ£é«”ä¸æ–‡ | Complete | 🇹🇼 | |
| Français | Complete | 🇫🇷 | |
| Deutsch | Partial | 🇩🇪 | |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Complete | 🇮🇩 | |
| í•œêµì–´ | Partial | 🇰🇷 | |
| Español | Partial | 🇪🇸/🇲🇽 | |
| ภาษาไทย | Complete | 🇹🇠|
Note: Translations are currently only available in the development build.
If you want to help translate Thaw into your language or improve existing ones, you'll need the latest version of Xcode.
- Open
Thaw.xcodeprojin Xcode 15 or later. - Navigate to
Thaw -> Resources -> Localizable.xcstrings. - Add a new language using the + button at the bottom or update existing strings.
- Submit a Pull Request with your changes!
Note: You can see the exact completion percentage for each language directly in the Xcode String Catalog editor.
Thaw uses a number of system APIs that are available starting in macOS 14. As such, there are no plans to support earlier versions of macOS.
Show hidden menu bar items below the menu bar
Thaw is available under the GPL-3.0 license.