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Frost
Menu bar manager that tucks rarely used icons away and reveals them with one click, styled with Liquid Glass.
MIT · Free download · Downloads from github.com
- License
- MIT
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- frostbar
- Verified
- 2026
About Frost
Frost hides the menu bar icons you rarely use and brings them back with one click on its snowflake icon. Hidden items can close again after a delay or once you are done with them, and a layout editor lets you drag icons between sections. On notched Macs it can show the hidden icons in a Frost Bar panel instead. It suits anyone with a crowded menu bar who wants an alternative to Bartender.
It requires macOS 26 or macOS 27, on Apple silicon or Intel. The release is signed with a Developer ID and notarized. Frost needs Accessibility permission to identify and move icons; Screen Recording is optional and only adds real icon images. Its only network access is a daily Sparkle update check against GitHub Releases. The README says that on macOS 27 some behavior has been verified on one unnotched display only.
Information
- Source code
- frostbar/frost
- License
- MIT
- Website
- github.com
- Download
- github.com
- Category
- Utilities
- Alternative to
- Bartender
- Topics
- Menu bar apps
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/frostbar/frost
- github.com/frostbar/frost/blob/main/LICENSE
- github.com/frostbar/frost/releases
- icon.png: Kyle Zhang. MIT; upstream app icon, trademarks retained.
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