Ice

About Ice

Ice is the overwhelming r/macapps recommendation whenever Bartender comes up: it hides menu bar icons, shows them on hover or click, and offers a secondary bar — the core of what most people paid $22 for, free and open source.

It rose fast after Bartender's silent change of ownership in 2024 spooked long-time users, and it has matured into a genuinely polished daily driver.

Actively developed on GitHub with a healthy contributor base. If you only need hide/show and layout control, start here.