Topstrip · for Windows 10 & 11

One thin strip. Everything you glance at.

An Omarchy-style top bar for Windows: workspaces, a centered clock, your tray apps and system status, 26 pixels tall across the top of the screen.

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Free · x64 and ARM64 · installs for your user, no admin rights

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01 · what's in the strip

Small, quiet, always there.

Hover a card and its widget lights up in the bar above.

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Workspaces

Your Windows virtual desktops. Click a number to jump straight to it, and Topstrip creates the desktop if it doesn't exist yet. Bright numbers have windows, dim ones are empty. Hover to see the apps on each.

Visual Studio Code BarHost.cs

Active app

The app you're using and its window title, right next to the workspaces.

Sunday 22:05

Centered clock

Pinned to the exact middle. Click for notifications and calendar, right-click to change the format.

‹ tray

Tray drawer

Hover the ‹ to reveal the apps that normally sit next to the Windows clock. Left-, right- and middle-click them as usual.

bt · wi-fi · vol · bat

Status

Bluetooth, Wi-Fi signal, volume and battery. Scroll on the speaker to change the volume, right-click to mute.

EN / KA

Keyboard layout

Your input language next to the clock, shown only when you use more than one. Click for the next layout.

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Copilot usage

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▣ menu

Menu

Settings, a quick theme switch, Hide Bar, your apps, lock, restart and shut down. Right-click for a terminal.

02 · eleven themes

Pick one. Watch it repaint.

The bar, this page and the painting behind it all switch to the theme you choose.

03 · behaves like it belongs

Part of Windows, not on top of it.

  • Real space reservation. Maximized windows stop below the bar, just like they stop above the taskbar. Fullscreen videos and games cover it.
  • Hide it any time. Win+Alt+T gives the space back. Press it again to bring the bar back. Try it here.
  • Every monitor. The main display, one display, or a full bar on each of them.
  • Updates itself. A badge appears next to the clock when a new version is ready. Click it and Topstrip updates and restarts.
  • Keeps your taskbar. It doesn't replace the taskbar. Many people set the taskbar to auto-hide.

04 · install

Unzip. Run. That's it.

  1. 1

    Download

    Get Topstrip-<version>-win-x64.zip from the latest release. On an ARM PC, take -win-arm64.zip.

  2. 2

    Run Topstrip.exe

    It installs itself for your user: a Start menu entry, an Installed apps entry, and Open at Login.

  3. 3

    Make it yours

    Pick a theme, a clock format and which widgets to show. For the exact Omarchy look, install a Nerd Font.

Windows SmartScreen may warn the first time, because the exe isn't code-signed yet. Choose More info → Run anyway. Requires Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.

05 · faq

Questions

Does it replace the Windows taskbar?

No. The taskbar keeps working, and Topstrip sits at the top. Many people set the taskbar to auto-hide.

The Wi-Fi name doesn't show.

On Windows 11 24H2 and later, apps need location access to read the network name. Signal strength works either way.

Can I run it without installing?

Yes. Put an empty file named Topstrip.portable next to Topstrip.exe and it runs from where it is.

How do I uninstall it?

Settings → Apps → Installed apps → Topstrip → Uninstall. It asks whether to keep your settings.

Where are my settings?

In %APPDATA%\Topstrip\settings.json, with a log next to it in topstrip.log. Attach the log to bug reports.