Trayconizer Alternatives

Trayconizer is described as 'Allows you to minimize virtually any application to the system tray rather than having it take up valuable space in your taskbar. The screen shot to the left shows Trayconizer minimizing Notepad to the system tray' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Trayconizer for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, PortableApps.com, Thunderbird and X11 apps. The best Trayconizer alternative is SmartSystemMenu, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Trayconizer are RBTray, 4t Tray Minimizer, KDocker and RBTray Fork.

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Trayconizer alternatives are mainly Window Managers but may also be Process Management Tools or System Tweakers.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Trayconizer.
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Trayconizer allows you to minimize virtually any application to the system tray rather than having it take up valuable space in your taskbar. The screen shot to the left shows Trayconizer minimizing Notepad to the system...

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Trayconizer alternatives page was last updated Jul 17, 2024
  1. SmartSystemMenu icon
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    SmartSystemMenu extends system menu of all windows in the system. It appends next custom items to menu:

    46 SmartSystemMenu alternatives
    SmartSystemMenu screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Top SmartSystemMenu Features

    1.  Sits in the System Tray
    2.  On top
    3.  Window Resizing
    4.  Transparency
    5.  Pin the specified window on top of all
    6.  Change Monitor
    7.  No registration required
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Portable
    11.  Prioritize tasks
    SmartSystemMenu iconTrayconizer Icon

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    • SmartSystemMenu is the most popular Windows alternative to Trayconizer.

    • SmartSystemMenu is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Trayconizer.

    • SmartSystemMenu is Free and Open SourceTrayconizer is Free and Proprietary
  2. RBTray icon
     32 likes

    Allows almost any program to be minimized to the system tray by right clicking its minimize button.

    49 RBTray alternatives
    RBTray screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    RBTray Features

    1.  Portable
    Discontinued

    Last update is from 2015 but the project has been forked: RBTray Fork icon RBTray Fork

    RBTray iconTrayconizer Icon

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  3. 4t Tray Minimizer icon
     21 likes

    4t Tray Minimizer is a lightweight but powerful window manager, which helps you to free up space on the desktop and the taskbar via the following actions:

    24 4t Tray Minimizer alternatives
    Minimize to tray

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    4t Tray Minimizer Features

    1.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    2.  On top
    4t Tray Minimizer iconTrayconizer Icon

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  4. KDocker icon
     3 likes

    KDocker will help you dock any application into the system tray. This means you can dock Openoffice, xmms, Firefox, Thunderbird, anything!

    Just point and click. Works for all NET WM compliant window managers - that includes KDE, GNOME, Xfce, Fluxbox and many more.

    19 KDocker alternatives
    On KDE

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    KDocker Features

    1.  Dock
    Discontinued

    The latest update is from April 2022.

    KDocker iconTrayconizer Icon

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    • KDocker is the most popular Linux alternative to Trayconizer.

    • KDocker is Free and Open SourceTrayconizer is Free and Proprietary
  5. RBTray Fork icon
     8 likes

    RBTray by Benbuck, fork of RBTray , is a small Windows program that runs in the background and allows almost any window to be minimized to the system tray by:

    10 RBTray Fork alternatives
    RBTray Fork screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Customize Windows
    RBTray Fork iconTrayconizer Icon

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  6. PowerMenu icon
     16 likes

    PowerMenu is a small application that some extra menu items to the windows control menu in addition to the standard "Close", "Maximize", etc options. The extra menus are: Priority, Always On Top, Transparency and Minimize To Tray.

    44 PowerMenu alternatives
    Explorer Context Menu Example

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer

    PowerMenu Features

    1.  Transparency
    2.  On top
    Discontinued

    The app is no longer updated, but it can be still downloaded from the official website.

    PowerMenu iconTrayconizer Icon

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  7. FireTray icon
     10 likes

    FireTray is system tray extension for Linux and Windows that targets Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey.

    14 FireTray alternatives
    FireTray screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Waterfox
    • Pale Moon
    • Thunderbird
    • SeaMonkey
    • Firefox

    FireTray Features

    1.  Legacy Firefox Addon
    Discontinued

    The developer announced in December 2015 that the extension was no longer developed: https://foudil.fr/blog/209/the-web-is-not-the-platform/ The extension still works on XUL-based Firefox forks like Waterfox icon Waterfox and Pale Moon icon Pale Moon

    FireTray iconTrayconizer Icon

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  8.  1 like

    Process Manager for Windows is a utility which allows you to to set process priority, minimize windows to the system tray, and more—all via taskbar window button right-click menus.

    23 Process Manager for Windows alternatives
    Process Manager for Windows screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Process Manager for Windows Features

    1.  Transparency
    Trayconizer Icon

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  9. TopMenu icon
     2 likes

    TopMenu is a functionality clone of PowerMenu, but designed to be compatible with Windows 7 and 64-bit systems.

    40 TopMenu alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    TopMenu Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Transparency
    3.  On top
    TopMenu iconTrayconizer Icon

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  10. TrayIt! icon
     6 likes

    TrayIt! - minimize to the system icon tray any program (Outlook Express, Notepad, Word, Internet Explorer, Sunbird, Thunderbird, Opera, OpenOffice etc.) and get more room in the Taskbar!

    39 TrayIt! alternatives
    TrayIt! screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    TrayIt! Features

    1.  On top
    2.  Transparency
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, 4.6.5.5, released on June 2008, can be still downloaded from Softpedia.

    TrayIt! iconTrayconizer Icon

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  11. Clicky Gone icon
     3 likes

    Clicky Gone allows you to hide your selected windows from view, this includes the taskbar button associated with the application. This utility particularly helps with protecting your privacy by hiding things like your browser with banking details up and someone walks in on you.

    20 Clicky Gone alternatives
    Clicky Gone screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    Clicky Gone Features

    1.  Portable
    Clicky Gone iconTrayconizer Icon

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  12. Minime icon
     5 likes

    Minime is a tool that allows you to minimize applications to the system tray using a simple hotkey. What makes this tool somewhat unique is that it keeps your system tray clean by minimizing all applications into a single tray icon.

    25 Minime alternatives
    Minime screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    Last Update: 2013-04-10. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/minime-tool/

    Minime iconTrayconizer Icon

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