# Oliviaophia/SmartTaskbar

A lightweight utility which can automatically switch the display state of the Windows Taskbar.

Repository: https://github.com/Oliviaophia/SmartTaskbar
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/smarttaskbar
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: windows, taskbar, auto-hide, taskbar-switcher, taskbar-application, windows-taskbar
Last push: 2022-04-18T12:14:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3151, "days_push": 1598, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1445, forks 84 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:45.069059+00:00)

## What it is
SmartTaskbar is a lightweight Windows utility written in C# that automatically switches the Windows Taskbar between show and auto-hide states. In Auto Mode it hides the taskbar when the focused window intersects it, and double-clicking the tray icon toggles the taskbar display state.

## Use cases
- automatically hide the windows taskbar when a window overlaps it
- toggle taskbar auto-hide with a tray icon
- get more screen space for fullscreen apps
- make the taskbar show only when it doesn't block the focused window
- manage taskbar display state on windows

## When to choose
- you want automatic, context-aware taskbar hiding on Windows
- you want a lightweight tray utility instead of manual taskbar settings
- you frequently switch between maximized and windowed apps

## When to avoid
- you are not on Windows
- you use apps incompatible with auto-hide mode
- you need actively developed features - the latest release is from 2022

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, gui
- domain: windows, developer-tools, desktop-applications
- platform: windows
- tags: taskbar, auto-hide, window-management, system-utility, tray-application, desktop

## Member repositories
- Oliviaophia/SmartTaskbar (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.069059+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 2026-08-30T04:36:12.528070+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Oliviaophia/SmartTaskbar (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.069059+00:00, sha 7327c9524cc2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.