Ice

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.

Note

Ice is currently in active development. Some features have not yet been implemented. Download the latest release here and see the roadmap below for upcoming features.

Usage

Simply Command + drag your menu bar items to rearrange them.

Install

Manual Installation

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

Homebrew

If you use Homebrew, you can install Ice using the following command:

brew install jordanbaird-ice

Features/Roadmap

Menu bar item management

Hide menu bar items
"Always Hidden" menu bar section
Show hidden items when hovering over the menu bar
Show hidden items when an empty area in the menu bar is clicked
Show hidden items by scrolling or swiping in the menu bar
Automatically rehide
Hide application menus when they overlap with shown menu bar items
Drag and drop interface to arrange individual items
Search menu bar items
Display hidden items in a separate bar (e.g. for MacBooks with the notch)
Custom spacing between items
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)

Hotkeys

Toggle individual menu bar sections
Toggle application menus
Show/hide section divider icons
Temporarily show individual menu bar items
Enable/disable auto rehide

Other

Launch at login
Automatic updates
Menu bar widgets

Why the name?

Because your menu bar becomes like ice, allowing your menu bar items to slide away 🧊🧊🧊

Why not support earlier operating systems?

There are a number of system APIs that Ice uses that are only available starting with macOS 14.

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