Ice 2 hides the menu bar items you don't need so your menu bar stays clean. Hidden items wait in the Ice Bar: click the Ice icon, then click an item to open its menu.

How do I install Ice 2?

Download from the latest GitHub release and drag it to Applications, or install with Homebrew: brew install --cask teddychan/tap/ice-2.

What do I need to run Ice 2?

Ice 2 3.0 needs a Mac with Apple silicon running macOS 27 or later. On macOS 26, Ice 2 2.17.1 stays available on the GitHub releases page.

Is this the original Ice?

It is an independent, open-source rebuild of Ice (originally by Jordan Baird), carried forward to modern macOS under GPLv3.

Can I back up or sync my Ice 2 settings?

Yes. In Settings ▸ Backup & Restore, choose a backup folder and click Back Up Now. Ice 2 saves every setting: launch at login, the language, whether the Ice icon shows in the menu bar, which items are shown or hidden, and their order. Restore any backup with one click. Point the backup folder at Dropbox, iCloud Drive, or Google Drive to sync your settings across Macs or set up a new Mac.

Ice 2 — Menu Bar Manager for Mac, rebuilt for macOS 27

See it in action

Tame your menu bar — back on modern macOS

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Show or hide each item

Choose Show or Hide for each menu bar item in Settings. On macOS 27 the choice covers all of an app's icons.

The Ice Bar

Click the Ice icon to see your hidden items in a panel under it. Click one to open its menu.

One order

Drag items in the Ice Bar or in Settings. Both keep the same order.

What's new

Plain-language notes, newest first.

3.0.0

Ice 2 is rebuilt for macOS 27. Each menu bar item is either shown or hidden, and hidden items wait in the Ice Bar under the Ice icon. · Choose Show or Hide for each menu bar item in Settings, General. · Ice 2 3.0 needs macOS 27 or later. Macs on macOS 26 or earlier stay on Ice 2 2.17. · Click the Ice icon to open the Ice Bar. Click an item there to open its menu. · Drag items in the Ice Bar or in Settings to change their order. · Always hidden items, hotkeys, layout profiles, spacers, search and menu bar styling are gone.

2026-11-07 · View on GitHub →

2.17.1

A maintenance update. Update checks now use the app's current web address. Nothing else changes in Ice 2.

2026-11-04 · View on GitHub →

From each release's What's New pane in the app

Measured, not marketing

Light on your battery

Idle CPU with Ice 2 sitting in the menu bar and no windows open, averaged over a 10-minute sample. Recent 2.8.x releases cut it by about 85%.

Ice 2 idle CPU by version
Version	Idle CPU (avg)	Peak
2.8.4	5.58%	9.2%
2.8.5	2.47%	3.0%
2.8.6	0.81%	1.7%

≈85% less idle CPU than 2.8.4 — now under 1%.

Ways to get it

Easiest · free

GitHub release

Get the latest release

Terminal · one command

Homebrew

brew install --cask teddychan/tap/ice-2

Coming soon

Mac App Store

Coming soon

Support development

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Need help?

I maintain Ice 2 for free in my spare time. Questions, bug reports and feature requests are genuinely welcome — open an issue on GitHub and I'll take a look.

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In tribute

Ice 2 is an independent, open-source rebuild of Ice, the menu bar manager originally created by Jordan Baird. This fork, actively maintained by Teddy Chan, carries it forward to modern macOS.