Stow bar below the menu bar
Overflow items drop into a separate bar you can summon.
macOS 14+
Fold away the menu bar chaos.
menustow hides, reveals, and rearranges menu bar items. Overflow drops into a stow bar below the menu bar, noisy items stay hidden, and everything is one gesture away.
Open-source. GPL-3.0. Forked from Ice by Jordan Baird.
Built for notches. Honest about overflow.
When the notch eats space, icons fight for the same pixels. menustow moves overflow into a stow bar below the menu bar or keeps it hidden until you call it back.
Always-hidden section
Keep noisy status items out of sight until you need them.
Menu item spacing (beta)
Tighten or widen spacing to match your setup.
Built for the notch, polished for the rest.
Powerful controls without turning your menu bar into a puzzle.
Instant hide & reveal
Hover, click, or scroll to show what you need, then tuck it away again.
Always-hidden section
Keep noisy status items out of sight while staying one gesture away.
Searchable items
Find buried items in seconds with a dedicated search panel.
Layout editor
Drag-and-drop to arrange icons exactly where you want them.
Menu bar styling
Control tint, border, shadow, and shape to match your macOS theme.
Smart rehide
Automatically hide sections when your cursor leaves the bar.
macOS-native behavior, without the friction.
Drag, stow, and reveal the way the menu bar already feels familiar.
Drag-and-drop layout editor
Reorder individual items with the built-in layout editor.
Hover, click, or scroll
Show hidden items by hovering, clicking empty space, or scrolling.
Menu bar styling
Adjust tint, border, shadow, and shape to match your desktop.
Q & A
Blunt answers to the obvious questions.
Q: Do you want to get Sherlocked Apple builds the same feature into macOS, making third-party apps obsolete. ?
A: Yes. Yes we do. May the ghost of Steve Jobs demand that the engineers working on macOS polish things so that they make sense out of the box so we don't need things like this.
Q: Isn't this just Ice?
A: Yes. It is a fork of Ice, and I was very upset that development stopped.
Q: Will this fix the notch?
A: No. It just stops the notch from eating your icons.
Q: Is this menu bar surgery?
A: More like a well-placed bandage and a broom.
Q: This feature doesn't work.
A: Please open an issue. Repro steps and screenshots help a lot.
Q: Can you make it do X?
A: Your PRs are most welcome.
Q: Are PRs welcome?
A: Yes. Your PRs are welcome.
Q: Can I hide everything?
A: You can. We won't judge. The menu bar will.
Q: Is this a miracle cure for menu bar bloat?
A: It's a stow bar, not a miracle. But it helps.
How it works
Three quick moves. A calmer desktop.
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Mark what gets stowed
Drop cluttered icons into the always-hidden area.
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Summon the stow bar
Reveal your overflow with a hover, click, or scroll.
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Let it fade away
Auto-rehide keeps your menu bar calm after each use.
Ready to stow the noise?
Download the latest release or contribute to the roadmap.