# MicaForEveryone/MicaForEveryone

Mica For Everyone is a tool to enable backdrop effects on the title bars of Win32 apps on Windows 11.

Repository: https://github.com/MicaForEveryone/MicaForEveryone
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/micaforeveryone
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: windows, windows-11, win32, mica, acrylic, backdrop, xaml-islands
Last push: 2026-07-17T19:00:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 74, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1725, "days_push": 47, "days_rel": 99, "gap_med": 37.5, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5208, forks 163 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:12.985051+00:00)

## What it is
Mica For Everyone is a Windows 11 desktop tool that applies system backdrop effects like Mica and Acrylic to the title bars and backgrounds of Win32 applications via DwmSetWindowAttribute. It offers a GUI and config file for customizing per-app rules.

## Use cases
- apply mica effect to win32 app title bars on windows 11
- enable acrylic backdrop on windows that don't support it natively
- customize window backdrop per application with rules
- make legacy win32 apps match windows 11 visual style
- configure system backdrop effects through a gui or config file

## When to choose
- you want mica or acrylic effects on win32 apps on windows 11
- you need per-app rules for window backdrop customization
- you prefer a gui plus config file for tweaking window appearance

## When to avoid
- you are not on windows 11 or a supported windows version
- you only want to theme uwp or fully xaml-based apps
- you expect the tool to render effects itself rather than asking dwm

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, developer-tools
- domain: windows, desktop-applications, developer-tools
- platform: windows
- tags: mica, acrylic, backdrop-effects, win32, dwm, windows-11, titlebar, customization, desktop

## Member repositories
- MicaForEveryone/MicaForEveryone (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:12.985051+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 2026-08-29T18:00:12.883386+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/MicaForEveryone/MicaForEveryone (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:12.985051+00:00, sha d2612e204d29)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.