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.

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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.

Install

Manual Installation

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

Homebrew

Install Ice using the following command:

brew install jordanbaird-ice

Features/Roadmap

Menu bar item management

• [x] Hide menu bar items
• [x] “Always-hidden” menu bar section
• [x] Show hidden menu bar items when hovering over the menu bar
• [x] Show hidden menu bar items when an empty area in the menu bar is clicked
• [x] Show hidden menu bar items by scrolling or swiping in the menu bar
• [x] Automatically rehide menu bar items
• [x] Hide application menus when they overlap with shown menu bar items
• [x] Drag and drop interface to arrange individual menu bar items
• [x] Display hidden menu bar items in a separate bar (e.g. for MacBooks with the notch)
• [x] Search menu bar items
• [x] 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 appearance

• [x] Menu bar tint (solid and gradient)
• [x] Menu bar shadow
• [x] Menu bar border
• [x] Custom menu bar shapes (rounded and/or split)
• [ ] Remove background behind menu bar
• [ ] Rounded screen corners
• [ ] Different settings for light/dark mode

Hotkeys

• [x] Toggle individual menu bar sections
• [x] Show the search panel
• [x] Enable/disable the Ice Bar
• [x] Show/hide section divider icons
• [x] Toggle application menus
• [ ] Enable/disable auto rehide
• [ ] Temporarily show individual menu bar items

Other

• [x] Launch at login
• [x] Automatic updates
• [ ] Menu bar widgets

Why does Ice only support macOS 14 and later?

Ice 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.

Gallery

Show hidden menu bar items below the menu bar

Drag-and-drop interface to arrange menu bar items

Customize the menu bar’s appearance

Menu bar item search

Custom menu bar item spacing

License

Ice is available under the GPL-3.0 license.