TranslucentTB download

Official download sources

TranslucentTB is published by its developers in two places. Both deliver the same build of 2026.2:

Package managers such as winget, Scoop and Chocolatey do not host their own builds. They download these same GitHub files, which we checked by comparing their manifests with our hashes (see Verify your download).

The files on the 2026.2 release

A GitHub release of TranslucentTB has four files. You only ever need one of them.

On older releases you may also see vclibs-*.appx and winui-*.appx. Those are Microsoft runtime packages that the App Installer file pulls in automatically. You do not need to download them yourself.

Which one should you pick?

Every option below runs the same program. The differences are how it updates, where it stores settings.json, and whether "Open at boot" works from the tray menu.

"Package folder" means %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\28017CharlesMilette.TranslucentTB_v826wp6bftszj\RoamingState\settings.jsonCopy

Chocolatey installs the same .msixbundle with Add-AppxPackage, so after installation it behaves exactly like the Store or winget version. Scoop unpacks the portable zip and keeps your settings.json across updates.

Verify your download

We downloaded every 2026.2 file from GitHub on October 29, 2026 and computed its SHA-256 hash. If your copy has a different hash, it is not the official file.

The ARM64 portable zip hashes to 81b2f386bd4776a2d9f5c44d8a9b5b3aebccd2eeffaa53435eac24aa38797c82, which matches the hash in the Scoop Extras manifest. The Chocolatey package embeds a .msixbundle with the same SHA-256 as the GitHub one above.

1. Open PowerShell in your Downloads folder

   In File Explorer, open the folder, click the address bar, type powershell and press Enter.

2. Compute the hash

   PowerShellCopy

   PS> Get-FileHash .\TranslucentTB-portable-x64.zip -Algorithm SHA256

   Compare the Hash column with the table. Case does not matter.

3. Check the signature (portable .exe)

   PowerShellCopy

   PS> Get-AuthenticodeSignature .\TranslucentTB.exe | Format-List Status, SignerCertificate

   Status should be Valid and the signer subject should contain CN=Charles Milette.

Who signed the files

We read the signatures inside the 2026.2 files directly:

• bundle.msixbundle is signed with a Microsoft Store certificate (issuer Microsoft Marketplace CA G 028, subject CN=04797BBC-C7BB-462F-9B66-331C81E27C0E). That subject is the publisher ID in the package identity, and it is why Windows shows the publisher as Charles Milette, the lead developer.
• TranslucentTB.exe and its DLLs in the portable zip are signed with a certificate for CN=Charles Milette, L=Greenfield Park, S=Québec, C=CA, issued by Microsoft ID Verified CS EOC CA 03. This is Microsoft's Trusted Signing service, which the project moved to in 2024.

Both signatures chain to Microsoft roots, so Windows can check them without anything extra installed. More on what the program does once it runs: Is TranslucentTB safe?

Avoid download mirror sites

If you already ran a file from a mirror, check it against the hashes above. If it does not match, uninstall it, run a malware scan, and install from the Store. See Uninstall & reset.

How many people download it

GitHub counts every download of every release file. Across all releases since 2017 that adds up to 56,556,427 downloads. Most of it comes from the installer package, because every App Installer update check that finds a new version downloads it again. Microsoft Store installs are not counted here at all.

So these numbers measure traffic, not people. The Store page shows a separate measure of popularity: 7,715 ratings with an average of 4.6 on October 29, 2026.

Development builds

The developers publish an automatic build of every change to the develop branch on Azure Pipelines. These builds may not work and can contain half-finished features. Use them only to test a fix the developers asked you to try, and go back to the Store version afterwards. What is waiting in develop right now is listed under Coming next.

Older versions

Every past release, back to 2017.1, stays on the GitHub releases page. Installing an older package over a newer one is blocked by Windows, so uninstall first. The App Installer file also forces you back to the latest version (it sets ForceUpdateFromAnyVersion). Releases before 2021.4 shipped a classic TranslucentTB-setup.exe and do not support current Windows 11 taskbars. The full history is on Releases.

FAQ

Something wrong or out of date? Email hello@translucenttb.dev and we will fix it.