# lukakerr/NSWindowStyles

A showcase of the many different styles of windows possible with NSWindow on macOS

Repository: https://github.com/lukakerr/NSWindowStyles
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nswindowstyles
Homepage: https://lukakerr.github.io/swift/nswindow-styles
Language: Swift
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: macos, swift, swift-4, nswindow, cocoa, osx, design
Last push: 2021-05-30T23:29:35+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": 3104, "days_push": 1921, "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 1209, forks 39 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:59.824632+00:00)

## What it is
A showcase repository demonstrating the many window styles achievable with NSWindow on macOS using Swift and AppKit, with no private APIs. Each example is a small code snippet covering titlebar hiding, transparent titlebars, and NSVisualEffectView vibrant backgrounds.

## Use cases
- customize macos window titlebar in swift
- create vibrant blurred window background with nsvisualeffectview
- hide titlebar of nswindow app
- make transparent titlebar full size content view macos
- learn nswindow stylemask options
- build borderless movable window on mac

## When to choose
- you are building a native macOS app in Swift/AppKit and want to style its window
- you want copy-paste snippets for titlebar and vibrancy effects without private APIs

## When to avoid
- you target iOS, Windows, or Linux rather than macOS
- you need a maintained UI library or framework rather than example snippets
- you use SwiftUI exclusively rather than AppKit

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, desktop-applications, web-design, tutorials
- platform: -
- tags: nswindow, cocoa, appkit, titlebar, visual-effect-view, code-examples, macos, swift

## Member repositories
- lukakerr/NSWindowStyles (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:59.824632+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 2026-08-30T06:18:35.698979+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lukakerr/NSWindowStyles (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:59.824632+00:00, sha 99535b21ec65)
  - homepage: https://lukakerr.github.io/swift/nswindow-styles (fetched 2026-08-29T12:26:17.078931+00:00, sha ad74902c4c2a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.