# ChrisAnd1998/TaskbarX

Center Windows taskbar icons with a variety of animations and options.

Repository: https://github.com/ChrisAnd1998/TaskbarX
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/taskbarx
Homepage: https://chrisandriessen.nl/
Language: Visual Basic .NET
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: center-taskbar-icons, vbnet, windows-10, animations, automation, center-taskbar-windows, taskbar, taskbar-application, windows, windows-taskbar
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-01-21T19:45:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2635, "days_push": 955, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7999, forks 488 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:11.498073+00:00)

## What it is
TaskbarX is a Windows utility that centers taskbar icons with a choice of 42 animations, custom offsets, and taskbar styling options like transparency, blur, and acrylic. It is built for Windows 10 and only partially works on Windows 11 versions up to 10.0.22621.1265.

## Use cases
- center windows taskbar icons
- make the windows taskbar look like a dock
- animate taskbar icon movement
- make the taskbar transparent or blurred
- customize taskbar icon position and offset
- hide the start button and tweak taskbar style

## When to avoid
- you run Windows 11 with a version newer than 10.0.22621.1265 (Feb 2023), where it no longer works
- you need actively developed software with guaranteed future Windows updates
- you only need taskbar styling on Windows 11 without patching Explorer

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: gui, animation, developer-tools
- domain: desktop-applications, windows, developer-tools
- platform: windows
- tags: taskbar, taskbar-customization, dock, windows-10, vbnet, desktop-customization, desktop

## Member repositories
- ChrisAnd1998/TaskbarX (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:11.498073+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 2026-08-29T17:32:32.510145+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ChrisAnd1998/TaskbarX (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:11.498073+00:00, sha 6c5d75c90712)
  - homepage: https://chrisandriessen.nl/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:29:26.951336+00:00, sha a57609684374)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.