Show HN: Frost – An open-source menu bar manager for macOS 26 and 27

Category: devtools

Tags: macos, menu-bar, swift, utility, notch

Score: 6.5/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 7, Documentation: 8, Utility: 6)

Frost is a macOS menu bar manager that hides rarely used icons and re-exposes them via a glass panel called the Frost Bar, with special handling for the notch and support for macOS 26/27. It leverages Liquid Glass design and Accessibility APIs to manipulate menu bar icons, including a layout editor and persistence across app relaunches. The project is well-documented, notarized, and open-source, offering a polished native experience.

Target audience: macOS power users, developers, designers

Repository: https://github.com/frostbar/frost/ · Swift · MIT · 32 stars

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