Top 6 C++ Acrylic Projects

TranslucentTB

17 13,384 0.0 C++

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

Project mention: I had to do it. | /r/pcmasterrace | 2023-06-02

Take a look at TranslucentTB. It makes your taskbar see through. Your icons are still there like normal, but the white bar itself is gone. This makes any desktop look way better imo.
AcrylicMenus

4 564 0.0 C++

Acrylic effect for all existing Win32 context menus

Project mention: classic context menu with win11 acrylic effect, best of both worlds! | /r/Windows11 | 2023-03-19

It's a tool acrylic menu
InfluxDB

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Collect and Analyze Billions of Data Points in Real Time. Manage all types of time series data in a single, purpose-built database. Run at any scale in any environment in the cloud, on-premises, or at the edge.
TranslucentFlyouts

2 556 10.0 C++

Translucent effect for most of the win32 flyouts

Project mention: Front-end for Windows32 Context Menu Customization | /r/madeinpython | 2023-10-10

I've been working on a GUI program called Translucent Flyouts Config; it is a companion application for Translucent Flyouts for Windows 10/11, which allows various customizations for windows32 style context menus. I used PyQt6 for the same. I've made quite some progress in 3 months.
ExplorerBlurMica

4 498 6.7 C++

Add background Blur effect or Acrylic (Mica for win11) effect to explorer for win10 and win11

Project mention: Get an acrylic and mica effect in Windows 10 Explorer using ExplorerBlurMica | /r/desktops | 2023-04-30

ExplorerBlurMica Tool: https://github.com/Maplespe/ExplorerBlurMica
ExplorerFrame

1 49 10.0 C++

ExplorerFrame is a program that resolves some improper behaviors caused by File Explorer regarding extending DWM frames into its client area.

Project mention: Windows11-ish file explorer | /r/Windows11 | 2022-12-12

If the mica doesn't apply for the entire window consistently even after enabling the above said option, then you can use ExplorerFrame! It is an experimental project, but it has worked consistently for me (Sidenote: You have to use dark mode for this to work properly, for now at least).
QStyleHelper

1 26 10.0 C++

A Helper class for managing QStyle, QPalette, TitleBar Color on Windows and auto detect color scheme changes.

Project mention: QStyleHelper - (QML and Widgets) Change QStyle/QPalette easily Fluent/Mica /w W11 and detect dark/light system | /r/QtFramework | 2023-03-26

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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020). The latest post mention was on 2023-10-10.