About translucenttb.dev

Why this site exists

TranslucentTB is one of the most popular Windows customization apps on GitHub, with 20,677 stars and tens of millions of release downloads. Its official documentation is a README, a short tips page and a configuration page. Most other pages about it are old Windows 10 articles or download mirrors. People searching for help after a Windows update, or for the meaning of an error message, mostly find forum threads.

This site collects what the app actually does in one place, with tools for the parts that are hard to get right by hand.

How we check facts

• Source code. Defaults, settings keys, allowed values, error messages and behavior are read from the TranslucentTB source at the release tag (currently 2026.2, commit d4636e4). When we describe behavior, we name the file or function it comes from.
• Release files. We download the official release files from GitHub, record their SHA-256 hashes, unpack the MSIX bundle to read its manifest (minimum Windows version, dependencies, startup task, app alias), and inspect the code signatures and imports of the executables.
• Hands-on tests. We install each release on a clean Windows machine, change every setting and capture the screen, the app's log and its measurements. Read the test report, with real screenshots and raw files.
• Public data. Download counts and star counts come from GitHub and are dated. Package manager versions come from the winget, Scoop and Chocolatey manifests.
• What we don't do. We don't publish benchmarks or test results we did not run, and we don't invent ratings or user numbers. Reports from users, such as problems on Insider builds, are labeled as reports.

Every page shows the TranslucentTB version it was checked against and the date it was last updated. Our privacy policy, terms of use and disclaimer explain how the site handles data, what you can reuse, and our independence from the TranslucentTB project. To reach us, see contact.

Corrections

If something is wrong or out of date, email hello@translucenttb.dev with the page address. We fix factual errors quickly and update the date on the page. Bugs in TranslucentTB itself belong in the TranslucentTB issue tracker, where the developers can see them.

Credit

TranslucentTB is free software by the TranslucentTB Open Source Developers, led by Charles Milette (sylveon), with ethanhs, MrAksel, denosawr and many contributors, licensed under GPLv3. If you find it useful, you can support the project on Liberapay. This site does not collect donations for the project.