WindowsBar

A minimal, macOS / GNOME-inspired top bar for Windows 11, built with Rainmeter — designed to feel native, fluent, and unmistakably Windows.

🚀 Features

• Native Windows 11 design language
• Multi-monitor support
• Integration with the System Media Transport Controls
• Active audio Visualizer
• Virtual Desktop management support
• Hardware monitor support
• Repositioned Start Menu & Notification Center
• Accent-aware styling
• Dock-like taskbar behavior

🧩 Requirements

• Windows 11
• Rainmeter 4.5.23+
• Windhawk 1.7.3+

📦 Installation

Install Rainmeter

winget install Rainmeter.Rainmeter

Install WindowsBar

• Download and install the latest release from Releases

Install Windhawk

winget install RamenSoftware.Windhawk

After installing Windhawk, install the required mods listed below.

🔧 Required Windhawk Mods & Settings

• Shell Flyout Positions v1.2

  Setting

  notificationCenter:
    horizontalAlignment: right
    horizontalShift: 0
  actionCenter:
    horizontalAlignment: same
    horizontalShift: 0
  startMenu:
    horizontalAlignment: windowsDefault
    horizontalShift: 0
    verticalAlignment: top
    verticalShift: 0
  

• Taskbar Auto-Hide When Maximized v1.2.4

  Setting

  mode: maximized
  foregroundWindowOnly: 0
  excludedPrograms:
    - ''
  primaryMonitorOnly: 0
  oldTaskbarOnWin11: 0
  

• Windows 11 Notification Center Styler v1.4

  Setting

  theme: ''
  controlStyles:
    - target: ControlCenter.ControlCenterPage
      styles:
        - VerticalAlignment=Stretch
        - RenderTransform:=<RotateTransform Angle="180" />
        - RenderTransformOrigin=0.5,0.5
    - target: ControlCenter.ControlCenterPage > Grid#RootGrid
      styles:
        - VerticalAlignment=Stretch
        - RenderTransform:=<RotateTransform Angle="180" />
        - RenderTransformOrigin=0.5,0.5
    - target: ControlCenter.ControlCenterPage > Grid#RootGrid > Grid#RootContent
      styles:
        - VerticalAlignment=Top
    - target: ActionCenter.NotificationCenterPage > Grid#RootGrid > Grid#RootContent
      styles:
        - RowDefinitions:=<RowDefinitionCollection><RowDefinition Height="Auto"/><RowDefinition Height="500"/></RowDefinitionCollection>
        - VerticalAlignment=Top
        - CornerRadius=10
        - Padding=0,0,0,-33
    - target: ActionCenter.NotificationCenterPage > Grid#RootGrid > Grid#RootContent > Grid#CalendarCenterGrid
      styles:
        - Height=8455
        - Padding=0,0,0,8000
  styleConstants:
    - ''
  themeResourceVariables:
    - ''
  

• Windows 11 Start Menu Styler v1.3.3

  Setting

  theme: Windows11_Metro10Minimal
  disableNewStartMenuLayout: 1
  controlStyles:
    - target: StartDocked.StartSizingFrame
      styles:
        - RenderTransform:=<RotateTransform Angle="180" />
        - RenderTransformOrigin=0.5,0.5
    - target: Grid#RootContent
      styles:
        - RenderTransform:=<RotateTransform Angle="180" />
        - RenderTransformOrigin=0.5,0.5
    - target: Border#RootGridDropShadow
      styles:
        - RenderTransform:=<RotateTransform Angle="180" />
        - RenderTransformOrigin=0.5,0.5
  webContentStyles:
    - target: ''
      styles:
        - ''
  webContentCustomJs: ''
  styleConstants:
    - ''
  resourceVariables:
    - variableKey: ''
      value: ''
  

• Windows 11 Taskbar Styler v1.5.2

  Setting

  theme: DockLike
  controlStyles:
    - target: SystemTray.OmniButton
      styles:
        - Visibility=Collapsed
    - target: Taskbar.ExperienceToggleButton#LaunchListButton[AutomationProperties.AutomationId=StartButton]
      styles:
        - Visibility=Collapsed
  styleConstants:
    - ''
  resourceVariables:
    - variableKey: ''
      value: ''
  

🖥 Recommended Windows Settings

For best results:

• Taskbar → Automatically hide
• Taskbar alignment → Left
• Transparency effects → Enabled
• Animations → Enabled

🙏 Credits

• @m417z — Windhawk mods & settings guidance
• @keifufu — WebNowPlaying plugin and their extensive support
• @Kurou-kun — Native GPU monitor plugin
• @Ciantic — DLL for accessing Windows 11 Virtual Desktop features

⭐ Support the Project

If you like WindowsBar, please consider to staring the repo.