Alternatives to TranslucentTB
Makes the Windows taskbar transparent, blurred or tinted, and changes it depending on what is on screen. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
TranslucentTB
Makes the Windows taskbar transparent, blurred or tinted, and changes it depending on what is on screen.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as TranslucentTB.
StartAllBack
Customize the Windows 11 Start menu, taskbar and Explorer interface.
StartAllBack is paid closed source software that customizes the Windows 11 taskbar, Start menu and Explorer, covering far more than TranslucentTB's cosmetic taskbar styles.
Seelen UI
Customize the Windows desktop with replacement interface components.
Seelen UI replaces Windows desktop components with configurable panels under AGPL-3.0, a much broader change than TranslucentTB's transparent or blurred taskbar.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Mica For Everyone
A Windows 11 tool that applies Mica and acrylic backdrop effects to the title bars of Win32 apps.
SmartTaskbar
Hide the Windows taskbar automatically when it overlaps a window.
ExplorerPatcher
Brings the Windows 10 taskbar, Start menu and Alt+Tab back to Windows 11, along with a lot of other interface options.
RetroBar
A replacement Windows taskbar with classic Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP or Vista styles.
SecureUxTheme
Load custom Windows visual styles with an in-memory theme patcher.
PowerToys
Microsoft’s own bundle of more than thirty Windows utilities, from window layouts to a key remapper.
