glassbar

Spec sheet

Purpose

glassbar is an open-source Windows desktop shell with a floating dock, HUD, and fuzzy launcher overlay.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Product

glassbar is an open-source floating dock and HUD for Windows that can coexist with the Windows taskbar.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Integrations

The project describes fetching weather from Open-Meteo and locally invoking Cloudflare WARP; it also reads Claude Code transcripts locally.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Privacy

The README says glassbar collects, stores, or transmits no user data and has no analytics, telemetry, crash reporting, phone-home, or account system.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

License

The project is open source under the MIT license.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Customization

Users can change the accent color, glass tint, and opacity, with changes applied live across windows.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Dock

The dock shows pinned and running app icons and supports launching, focusing, minimizing, pinning, unpinning, and reordering apps.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Downloads

The project offers an MSI installer and a portable executable through its GitHub Releases page.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

HUD

The HUD includes a clock, weather, CPU and RAM readings, network throughput, media controls, an audio device switcher, file stash, WARP toggle, and power menu.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Launcher

The Spotlight launcher searches Start Menu apps, UWP and Microsoft Store apps, and files in common folders with acronym and typo-tolerant matching.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Limitations

The README says the current version supports only a single primary monitor and does not host third-party system tray icons.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Local data

Settings and pinned apps are kept locally, while Spotlight's app and file indexes are held in process memory.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Network requests

The README lists Open-Meteo weather and geocoding endpoints as glassbar's only outbound requests and says the app has no first-party server or third-party SDK.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Release status

The GitHub release page identifies v0.1.31 as the latest release and says it removes the voice dictation feature.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Requirements

The README lists Windows 10 version 1809 or later, Windows 11, and the WebView2 runtime as requirements.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

WARP integration

The HUD can toggle Cloudflare WARP through local warp-cli invocations.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Weather integration

Weather uses Open-Meteo and its geocoding API to fetch current weather for the city selected in HUD settings.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Where Specifiction places it

• Taskbar Customization Software#25 of 347.0