# ALTaleX531/TranslucentFlyouts

Translucent effect for most of the win32 flyouts

Repository: https://github.com/ALTaleX531/TranslucentFlyouts
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/translucentflyouts
Language: C++
License: LGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: acrylic, windows10, windows11, fluent, flyout, mica, transparent, windows, tooltip, menu
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-08-02T20:05:16+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": 1565, "days_push": 761, "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 1055, forks 30 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:24.195645+00:00)

## What it is
A Windows application that applies translucent/transparent acrylic or mica effects to most Win32 popup menus, flyouts, tooltips, and context menus on Windows 10/11. It offers extensive customization options for appearance tweaks.

## Use cases
- make context menus translucent on windows 11
- apply acrylic effect to win32 flyouts
- customize tooltip transparency on windows 10
- get fluent design style menus
- make popup menus transparent like windows 11
- theme windows context menus with mica effect

## When to choose
- you want translucent win32 menus, flyouts, or tooltips on Windows 10/11
- you want fine-grained customization of menu appearance effects
- you are combining it with other Windows appearance tweaks

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software with ongoing updates and support
- you need global injection stability for .NET applications or games with anti-cheat
- you rely on full coverage of vanilla rendering on the latest Windows builds

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: gui, graphics
- domain: desktop-applications, windows
- platform: windows, cpp
- tags: acrylic, mica, fluent-design, flyouts, transparency, win32, theming, windows-10, windows-11, customization

## Member repositories
- ALTaleX531/TranslucentFlyouts (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:24.195645+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 2026-08-30T06:58:26.388343+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ALTaleX531/TranslucentFlyouts (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:24.195645+00:00, sha 5c17ccd04de9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.