jordanbaird/ice

Ice is a free, open-source app for macOS that lets you take control of your menu bar, the strip of icons and menus along the top of your Mac screen. If your menu bar is cluttered with too many icons, Ice lets you hide some of them and bring them back whenever you need them, keeping your screen cleaner and less distracting. Here is what Ice currently does: you can hide menu bar icons into a separate hidden section, then reveal them by hovering over the menu bar, clicking an empty area, or scrolling/swiping on it. There is also an "always-hidden" section for items you almost never need. You can rearrange icons using a drag-and-drop interface, search for a specific menu bar item, and even display hidden items in a separate floating bar (especially useful on MacBooks with the notch at the top of the screen). Beyond hiding and showing icons, Ice also lets you customize the look of the menu bar itself, add a tint color or gradient, a shadow, a border, or a custom rounded shape. You would use Ice if you are a Mac user who has accumulated many menu bar icons from various apps and wants a tidier desktop, or if you want to customize how your menu bar looks. It is built in Swift and requires macOS 14 or later. Installation is available via a direct download or through Homebrew (a popular Mac package manager). The project is still in active development, with features like layout profiles and menu bar widgets on the roadmap.