# indragiek/INAppStoreWindow

NSWindow subclass with a highly customizable title bar and traffic lights

Repository: https://github.com/indragiek/INAppStoreWindow
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/inappstorewindow
Language: Objective-C
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2016-04-23T21:17:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5670, "days_push": 3784, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1061, forks 154 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:25.916248+00:00)

## What it is
INAppStoreWindow is an Objective-C NSWindow subclass for macOS that provides a highly customizable title bar and traffic light buttons, originally mimicking the Mac App Store window design. It allows developers to adjust title bar height, add subviews like toolbars and buttons, and customize button states without private APIs.

## Use cases
- customize the title bar of a macOS window
- add buttons or toolbars to a Mac window title bar
- change the height of an NSWindow title bar
- customize traffic light window buttons in a Mac app
- recreate the Mac App Store window style
- draw custom backgrounds for a window title bar

## When to choose
- building a native macOS app in Objective-C that needs a custom title bar
- you need Mac App Store-safe title bar customization without private APIs
- targeting older macOS versions (10.6-10.9)

## When to avoid
- building modern macOS apps where newer AppKit APIs (NSToolbar, NSWindow.titlebarAccessoryViewControllers) suffice
- your project does not use ARC and you cannot add compiler flags
- you need actively maintained software

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, gui
- domain: desktop-applications, web-design
- platform: cpp
- tags: nswindow, title-bar, traffic-lights, objective-c, mac-app-store, cocoa, mac-apple-ecosystem, macos

## Member repositories
- indragiek/INAppStoreWindow (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:25.916248+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:56:50.826055+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/indragiek/INAppStoreWindow (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:25.916248+00:00, sha be584eeb38ac)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.