Mac Media Key Forwarder
Sends the keyboard play, pause and skip keys straight to Apple Music, Spotify, Cider or other chosen players.GetUnlicense
SpotMenu
Show the current Spotify or Apple Music track in the menu bar, with playback controls and hotkeys.
MIT · Downloads from github.com
- License
- MIT
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- kmikiy
- Verified
- 2026
About SpotMenu
SpotMenu puts the artist and title of the playing track in the menu bar and adds a hover overlay with album art, play/pause and skip controls. It works with Spotify and Apple Music, detecting the active player automatically or letting you pick one.
Global shortcuts and a compact display mode are built in. Liking tracks in Spotify is optional and requires creating your own Spotify developer app and pasting its client ID into the settings.
Information
- Source code
- kmikiy/SpotMenu
- License
- MIT
- Website
- kmikiy.github.io
- Download
- github.com
- Category
- Media
- Evidence checked
- Tags
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/kmikiy/SpotMenu
- github.com/kmikiy/SpotMenu/blob/master/LICENSE
- github.com/kmikiy/SpotMenu/releases
- formulae.brew.sh/cask/spotmenu
- icon.png: kmikiy and SpotMenu contributors. MIT; upstream project asset, trademarks retained.
License and artwork notices
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