TranslucentTB

Charles Milette · CharlesMilette.TranslucentTB

A lightweight utility that makes the Windows taskbar translucent/transparent.

A lightweight (uses a few MB of RAM and almost no CPU) utility that makes the Windows taskbar translucent/transparent on Windows 10 and Windows 11.

winget install --id CharlesMilette.TranslucentTB --exact --source winget

Latest 2026.1.0.0

Release Notes

Bug fixes

  • Use a thread for initial XAML diagnostics initialization, to hopefully solve time out issues
  • Make MultitaskingViewVisibilitySink agile to hopefully reduce issues with desktop switching and Win-Tab
  • Add functionality to allow killing Explorer when the package gets uninstalled, which should solve issues when the app is immediately reinstalled after being uninstalled
  • Fix compatibility issues with application that fake a taskbar Various improvements/changes
  • Support taskbar preview via window messages

Installer type: msix

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arm64 Download 8E70E413CD7D9B502872DF536E217B15C640C792CE55266EAAC45C6B0D57270D

Details

Homepage
https://github.com/TranslucentTB/TranslucentTB
License
GPL-3.0
Publisher
Charles Milette
Support
https://github.com/TranslucentTB/TranslucentTB/issues
Copyright
Copyright © 2026 TranslucentTB Open Source Developers

Tags

taskbartranslucenttransparent

Older versions (5)

2026.1
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2025.1.0.0
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