benbuck/rbtray
A fork of RBTray from http://sourceforge.net/p/rbtray/code/. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
28/100
- Activity 11
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3924
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 536
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1475 stars · 116 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
RBTray is a small Windows background utility that lets you minimize any window to the system tray by right-clicking its minimize button, shift-right-clicking its title bar, or pressing Control-Alt-Down. It is a maintained fork of the original SourceForge RBTray project, written in C++ and licensed under GPL-2.0.
Use cases
- minimize any window to the system tray on windows
- keep apps running in the tray instead of the taskbar
- hide a window to the tray with a keyboard hotkey
- right-click minimize button to send a program to the tray
- reduce taskbar clutter by tray-minimizing background apps
When to choose
- you want a tiny, free, open-source tray-minimizing utility for Windows
- you prefer multiple interaction methods (mouse gestures and hotkey)
- you need a lightweight tool with no installer, just an exe
When to avoid
- you need to minimize Windows Store (UWP) apps, which are not supported
- you need new features, since the project is in maintenance mode
- mouse hooks conflict with other software and you dislike hotkey-only operation
Facets
application · maturity maintenance
gui developer-tools desktop-applications developer-tools windows windows system-tray window-management minimize-to-tray hotkey mouse-hook c-plus-plus desktop
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/benbuck/rbtray · fetched 2026-08-28 · 94fcac16e816
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| benbuck/rbtray | main | 28 |
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