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Give your menu bar a little breathing room.GetGPL-3.0
Menu bar apps
Open-source Mac apps that live in the menu bar, such as small monitors, toggles, timers and quick panels you can reach from any screen.
Menu bar apps put a small icon at the top of the screen and open a menu or panel when you click it. They suit tools you check or toggle often, such as status readouts, switches, timers and quick capture, without adding a window or a Dock icon.
This list spans every category in the catalog, so browse by what you need rather than by name. A crowded menu bar gets hard to read, especially next to the notch on recent MacBooks, so it helps to choose apps that let you hide their icon or combine several functions in one menu.
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194 open-source apps
2FHey
Detects verification codes arriving in Messages and copies them to the clipboard, with optional auto-paste.GetCC0-1.0
Abendrot
Warm each display around local sunset, with a hotkey to briefly reveal true colour and a scripting CLI.GetMIT
Adrafinil
Keep a Mac awake with the lid closed only while AI coding agents are working.GetMIT
AirBattery
See battery levels for your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Bluetooth accessories in the Dock, menu bar, or widgets.GetAGPL-3.0
AirStats
A low-overhead menu bar monitor for CPU, memory, GPU, network, disk, battery and temperatures.GetMIT
Americano
A menu bar switch that keeps your Mac awake for a chosen time, with battery and power-source safeguards.GetMIT
Application Menu
Open installed apps from a menu bar list, a small take on the classic Applications menu.GetMIT
AppPolice
Limit the CPU usage of a selected running process.GetGPL-2.0
AutoMute
A menu bar app that mutes your Mac when headphones disconnect, the Mac sleeps, or the screen locks.GetMIT
Background Music
Control application volumes and pause music when another app plays audio.GetGPL-2.0
baRSS
A menu bar RSS and Atom reader that checks feeds in the background and opens new articles in your browser.GetMIT
BarTranslate
A menu bar panel that opens Google Translate behind a hotkey, with a shortcut for translating the clipboard.GetGPL-3.0
Berthly
A desktop front end for Apple's container tool to build images, run containers and VMs, and follow their logs.GetApache-2.0
Better Resource Monitor
A small menu bar monitor for CPU, memory, storage, GPU and network use, with optional warning colours.GetMIT
BetterCapture
A menu bar screen recorder with ProRes, HEVC and H.264 output, system audio plus microphone, and content filters.GetMIT
Blink
A menu bar helper that lists running local dev servers and booted iOS simulators, with one-click restarts.GetMIT
BreakTimer
A break reminder that schedules regular pauses as notifications or fullscreen prompts, within your working hours.GetGPL-3.0
Buffer
A small menu bar clipboard manager with searchable history, pins, tags, multi-paste and on-device OCR for images.GetMIT
Bye
Quit all of your running apps at once from the menu bar, with the option to keep selected apps open.GetGPL-3.0
Calendr
A menu bar calendar with upcoming events, natural-language event entry and extra time zones in the menu bar.GetMIT
Candela
Tracks display wear and protects OLED panels from burn-in, with monitor checkups and external display controls.GetMIT
capcap
A menu bar screenshot tool triggered by double-tapping Command, with annotation, scrolling capture and OCR.GetMIT
Catch
A menu-bar broadcatcher that watches RSS feeds and downloads new episodes automatically.GetMIT
CCMenu
A menu bar monitor that shows the status of GitHub Actions workflows and CCTray-compatible CI builds.GetApache-2.0
cctop
A keyboard-first menu bar view of AI coding sessions that shows which need you and jumps straight back to them.GetMIT
Clash Party
A desktop GUI for the Mihomo (Clash Meta) proxy core, with subscription management, TUN mode and config overrides.GetGPL-3.0
ClashBar
A lightweight menu bar proxy client powered by the mihomo core, for configs, nodes, rules and system proxy settings.GetGPL-3.0
ClashX.Meta
A rule-based proxy client for the menu bar, maintained by MetaCubeX as a fork of ClashX.GetAGPL-3.0
Claude God
A menu bar monitor for Claude plan quotas, Claude Code costs, burn rate and per-project usage.GetMIT
Claude Statistics
Track Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI sessions, quota use and costs from the menu bar and a notch overlay.GetMIT
Claude Usage
Shows Claude Code session, weekly, and credit usage in the menu bar, plus context use in the status line.GetMIT
Claude Usage Monitor
Track Claude.ai plan usage limits and reset times from a colour-coded menu bar icon.GetMIT
Claude Usage Tracker
A menu bar monitor for Claude session and weekly limits, with multiple profiles, history charts and a terminal status line.GetMIT
ClaudeBar
A menu bar monitor for the remaining quota of AI coding services, with reset countdowns and low-quota alerts.GetApache-2.0
Claudoscope
Browse, replay, and analyse local Claude Code sessions, with cost alerts and secret scanning from the menu bar.GetMIT
ClearDisk
A menu bar app that finds rebuildable developer caches and moves the ones you pick to the Trash.GetMIT
CodeBurn
See what AI coding tools cost you, broken down by project, model, branch and task, from a menu bar app or dashboard.GetMIT
CodeIsland
Watch AI coding agents from the MacBook notch and approve their tool calls or answer questions without switching windows.GetMIT
CodexBar
A menu bar app that shows usage limits, credits and reset times for AI coding services such as Codex and Claude Code.GetMIT
CodexIsland
Show remaining usage for AI coding subscriptions in a live overlay around the MacBook notch.GetMIT
Core-Monitor
Monitor CPU, GPU, memory, temperatures and power, and set custom fan curves on Apple silicon Macs.GetGPL-3.0
Crisp
Control external monitors from the menu bar: HiDPI scaling, DDC brightness and volume, presets and input switching.GetMIT
Dantrolene
Keeps a Mac from locking while it is on a chosen home Wi-Fi network, while still dimming the display when idle.GetMIT
DatWeatherDoe
Current weather for your location or chosen coordinates, shown in the menu bar.GetApache-2.0
Davit
A desktop app for Apple's container platform: run, inspect and build Linux containers, images, volumes and networks.GetMIT
Deckle
A menu bar app that lays a subtle, click-through paper-grain texture over the whole screen.GetMIT
Dictly
Hold a hotkey, speak, and get the text pasted or copied, transcribed on your Mac by Whisper.GetMIT
Dimble
Tidies the macOS 27 menu bar by tucking rarely used icons behind a chevron until you hover or click.GetGPL-3.0
Dimly
A menu bar app for per-display brightness, contrast, color profiles and input switching on external monitors.GetAGPL-3.0
DNS Easy Switcher
Switch between DNS providers or your own servers from the menu bar, and test which one responds fastest.GetMIT
DockAnchor
Keep the Dock pinned to one display instead of letting it jump between monitors.GetMIT
Dorso
Use a screen-blur reminder based on camera or AirPods posture tracking.GetMIT
Dozer
Hide groups of menu bar icons until you need them.GetMPL-2.0
Dusty
A menu bar cleaner that lists cache and leftover files by path and size before anything is moved to the Trash.GetMIT
eul
Monitor Mac resource usage and device information from the menu bar.GetMIT
Fader
A menu bar volume mixer with per-app volume, one-click output switching and Bluetooth headphone control.GetMIT
FanBar
A menu bar fan controller that shows Mac temperatures and fan speeds and applies fixed or curve-based fan presets.GetGPL-3.0
FineTune
Set per-app volume, boost quiet apps, route audio to different devices and apply EQ from the menu bar.GetGPL-3.0
Fluor
A menu bar utility that switches the function keys between media controls and F1–F12 depending on the active app.GetMIT
FnKey
Hold the Fn key, speak, and release to paste a cloud transcription of what you said.GetGPL-3.0
fob
Keeps SSH and Git signing keys in the Secure Enclave and asks for Touch ID, naming the destination, before each use.GetAGPL-3.0
gfxCardStatus
A menu bar utility that shows which GPU a dual-GPU MacBook Pro is using and lets you switch between them.GetBSD-3-Clause
Gitify
A menu bar app that collects notifications from GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, Forgejo and other Git forges in one list.GetMIT
GoogleDriveSync
A menu bar app that syncs chosen local folders to one or more Google Drive accounts using rclone.GetMIT
Grayscale Mode
Toggle macOS grayscale from the menu bar or a shortcut, with exceptions for chosen apps.GetMIT
HealthTick
A menu bar timer that reminds you to get up from your desk and can enforce a short break.GetGPL-3.0
Hidden Bar
Hide the menu bar items you rarely need, with a single divider.GetMIT
Holeberry
Monitor Pi-hole from the menu bar, pause blocking on a timer, or unblock the site in your current browser tab.GetMIT
Hop
A menu bar toolkit that bundles timers, to-dos, clipboard history, keep-awake and other small tools you switch on as needed.GetMIT
Hot
See CPU temperature and thermal pressure from the menu bar.GetMIT
HotkeyClash
Find conflicting shortcuts across running apps and common automation tools.GetGPL-2.0
iMCP
Expose your Messages, Contacts, Calendar, Reminders and more to AI assistants through the Model Context Protocol.GetMIT
Itsycal
A small calendar that is always one click away.GetMIT
Itsyhome
Control HomeKit and Home Assistant devices, scenes and groups from the Mac menu bar.GetMIT
Itsypad
A small scratchpad and clipboard history in one window, summoned with a global hotkey.GetMIT
Itsytv
An Apple TV remote for the Mac menu bar with a d-pad, keyboard control, text input and now-playing details.GetMIT
KeepingYouAwake
Keep your Mac awake for a chosen interval from the menu bar.GetMIT
KeyStats
A menu bar app that counts daily keystrokes, mouse clicks, pointer travel and scrolling on your Mac.GetMIT
Kompakt
A menu bar drop zone that shrinks or converts images and videos as soon as you drag a file onto it.GetMIT
KubeContext
Switch Kubernetes contexts from the menu bar and manage kubeconfig entries, namespaces and colours in a small window.GetApache-2.0
LangSwitcher
Converts text typed in the wrong keyboard layout with a hotkey, such as Latin keystrokes meant as Cyrillic.GetMIT
Later
A menu bar app that hides or closes every open app in one click, then restores the session now or on a schedule.GetMIT
Lockpaw
Cover every screen with a hotkey while builds and AI coding agents keep running underneath.GetMIT
LunarBar
A compact menu bar calendar showing Chinese lunar dates, public holidays, and system calendar events.GetMIT
Lurar
A menu bar parametric equalizer that applies headphone EQ presets to all Mac audio without installing an audio driver.GetMIT
LuxShot
A menu bar tool that reads text, QR codes and barcodes from any area of the screen you select.GetGPL-3.0
LyricGlow
Synced, word-by-word lyrics for Spotify and Apple Music in the menu bar or a floating window, with translation.GetMIT
LyricsX
Shows synchronized lyrics for the current song on the desktop or in the menu bar, fetched from several sources.GetMPL-2.0
Lyrimuse
Word-by-word synced lyrics for Apple Music, Spotify and other players, shown on the desktop, menu bar or notch.GetGPL-3.0
Mac Android Subsystem
Runs Android apps on Apple silicon Macs in a LineageOS virtual machine, each app in its own Mac window with a Dock icon.GetGPL-3.0+
Mac Duo
Animates the desktop as the MacBook lid closes and opens, with six effects driven by the lid-angle sensor.GetMIT
Mac Media Key Forwarder
Sends the keyboard play, pause and skip keys straight to Apple Music, Spotify, Cider or other chosen players.GetUnlicense
MacMusicPlayer
A menu bar music player for local folders, with quick song search and multiple libraries.GetMIT
MacTools
A plugin-based menu bar toolkit with custom panels for system status, quick controls and small everyday utilities.GetGPL-3.0
MaCursor
Replace and edit macOS system cursors with themes, per-app cursors, cursor trails and gesture actions.GetGPL-3.0
MagicQuit
Quit apps you have not used for hours, or when their last window closes, from a small menu bar utility.GetGPL-3.0
magpie
A menu bar app and local gateway that points each coding agent at any model, API key or subscription, with failover.GetMIT
MakLock
Lock chosen apps behind Touch ID, Apple Watch or a password, with auto-lock on idle or sleep.GetMIT
MeetingBar
Keep upcoming meetings in the menu bar and join from their calendar links.GetApache-2.0
MenubarHide
Hides chosen menu bar icons behind a separator and can show them in a panel below the bar, clear of the notch.GetMIT
MenuMeters
Show CPU, memory, disk, and network activity in the menu bar.GetGPL-2.0
MenuScores
Live sports scores pinned to the menu bar or notch, with alerts when followed games start and end.GetGPL-3.0
MewNotch
Turns the MacBook notch into a heads-up display for volume, brightness, power and now playing media.GetGPL-3.0
MiniSim
Launch iOS simulators and Android emulators from a menu-bar list or a global shortcut.GetMIT
Mixio
Set separate volumes for each app and browser tab, with a 10-band equalizer in the menu bar.GetGPL-3.0
MoePeek
A menu bar translator that turns selected text, screenshots or the clipboard into a floating translation panel.GetAGPL-3.0
Monitor Bar
A menu bar system monitor styled after vim-airline, showing CPU, memory, disk, network, battery and Wi-Fi.GetMIT
MountMate
Mount and unmount external drives and reconnect network shares from the menu bar.GetMIT
mysa
A tiny menu-bar break app that dims the screen for a guided breathing pause.GetMIT
NetFluss
A menu bar network monitor for live upload and download rates, traffic history, router bandwidth and speed tests.GetGPL-3.0
Nimclip
A local-first clipboard history in the menu bar, with tags, favourites and OCR search for copied images.GetApache-2.0
Nocturne
Make the menu bar clock unreadable on demand or whenever a Focus mode is on.GetMIT
noTunes
Prevent unwanted Apple Music launches and optionally open another app instead.GetMIT
ntfsmac
A menu-bar app that mounts NTFS and ext4 drives read/write on Apple silicon Macs through a small Linux virtual machine.GetMIT
Nudge
A menu bar window manager with remappable shortcuts for halves, thirds and quarters plus drag-to-edge snapping.GetMIT
oats
A menu bar meeting recorder that produces transcripts and notes in the cloud or fully on-device.GetMIT
OnlySwitch
Collect everyday macOS toggles and shortcuts into a configurable menu.GetMIT
OpenQuack
Menu-bar voice dictation: press a hotkey, speak, and the transcript is typed at the cursor using on-device Whisper.GetMIT
OpenSurge for Mac
Turns a Mac into a rule-based proxy gateway for other devices on the network, with per-device routing policies.GetGPL-3.0
OpenVoiceFlow
Push-to-talk dictation that transcribes on device with Whisper and pastes the text into whichever app you are using.GetAGPL-3.0+
Pareto Security
Check your Mac for common security misconfigurations such as disabled FileVault, firewall or automatic updates.GetGPL-3.0
PHP Monitor
A menu bar app for switching PHP versions and managing a Homebrew and Laravel Valet development setup.GetMIT
Pi Stats
A menu bar monitor for Pi-hole that shows blocking statistics and can pause filtering on one or more servers.GetBSD-2-Clause
PlayStatus
Control Apple Music and Spotify from the menu bar, with lyrics, play history, Last.fm scrobbling and a floating player.GetMIT
Plonk
A modular menu bar toolbox for screenshots, OCR, measuring, keep-awake, window zones and workspaces.GetMIT
Pock
Put a Dock, media controls, system status and other widgets on the Touch Bar of older MacBook Pro models.GetMIT
Poirot
Browse Claude Code sessions, diffs, costs and configuration in a Mac app instead of digging through transcript files.GetMIT
PortKiller
Lists listening ports with their processes so you can stop them, and manages Kubernetes port forwards from the menu bar.GetMIT
Postgres.app
Run one or more PostgreSQL servers on your Mac from a self-contained app with a simple start and stop interface.GetPostgreSQL
Pulse
A screen-edge rail of rings showing how much of each AI coding service's usage limit you have left.GetApache-2.0
Pulse
A menu-bar system monitor for CPU, memory, temperatures, fans, network, disk and power.GetMIT
QuickNetStats
A menu bar indicator that reacts instantly to connection changes and shows link quality and your IP addresses.GetMIT
Quotio
Track quota across AI coding subscriptions, manage provider accounts and run a local CLIProxyAPI proxy from the menu bar.GetMIT
Radiola
A lightweight internet radio player that lives in the menu bar, with a station manager and song history.GetMIT
RelayBar
A menu bar manager for saved SSH port forwards, with a remote file browser built on the system ssh and sftp.GetMIT
Reminders MenuBar
View, create, and complete Apple Reminders from the menu bar.GetGPL-3.0
RepoBar
Keep GitHub issues, pull requests, CI status and releases for many repositories in a single menu bar menu.GetMIT
Repose
A break reminder that dims the screen on a timer and waits while your camera or microphone is in use.GetMIT
RunCat Neo
An animated runner in the menu bar, with a dashboard that can show custom metrics read from local JSON files.GetApache-2.0
RuSwitcher
Fixes words typed in the wrong keyboard layout with a modifier tap or automatically, for any pair of installed layouts.GetMIT
SaneBar
Hide menu bar icons you rarely need and reveal them from a searchable panel or second bar.GetMIT
SaneSales
Track revenue and orders from Lemon Squeezy, Gumroad and Stripe in one private app with a menu bar total.GetMIT
Satellite Eyes
A menu bar app that sets your desktop wallpaper to the satellite or map view of your current location.GetApache-2.0
Screendrop
Screenshots, screen recordings and quick video messages with annotation, on-device OCR and optional self-hosted sharing.GetCC0-1.0
SensibleSideButtons
Use extra mouse buttons for back and forward navigation across macOS.GetGPL-2.0
ShadowsocksX-NG
A menu bar client for Shadowsocks proxy servers, with server profiles and PAC-based routing.GetGPL-3.0
Shifty
Adjust Night Shift quickly and create app-specific exceptions.GetGPL-3.0
SiliconScope
A system monitor for Apple silicon Macs that charts CPU, GPU, Neural Engine, media engine and memory bandwidth.GetMIT
SketchyBar
A scriptable status bar replacement whose items, graphs and popups are defined by shell configuration.GetGPL-3.0
Sleepless
A menu-bar switch that keeps a closed-lid MacBook awake, with a timer and battery cutoff.GetMIT
SlowQuitApps
Require holding Command-Q for a moment before an app quits, preventing accidental exits.GetGPL-2.0+
Snapzy
Capture screenshots and screen recordings from the menu bar, then annotate and edit them.GetBSD-3-Clause
SomaFM miniplayer
An unofficial menu-bar player for the listener-supported SomaFM internet radio stations.GetMIT
SpotMenu
Show the current Spotify or Apple Music track in the menu bar, with playback controls and hotkeys.GetMIT
SSH Tunnel Manager
A menu bar app for saving SSH port forwards and switching them on and off with a click.GetMIT
StandLock
A menu bar break timer that covers your screens until you stand up, with gentle, firm and strict schedules.GetMIT
Stats
Keep an eye on CPU, memory, network activity and more from your menu bar.GetMIT
StockDock
Track stocks, ETFs, indices, crypto and portfolio gains from the menu bar, with a full window for charts and news.GetMIT
Streaker
A menu bar tracker for your GitHub contribution streak, with a reminder before the day ends.GetMIT
Stretchly
A break reminder that schedules short micro breaks and longer pauses throughout the working day.GetBSD-2-Clause
stts
A menu bar app that watches the status pages of cloud services and notifies you when one goes down or recovers.GetMIT
Swifka
A read-only Kafka monitor that browses topics, decodes messages and charts consumer lag without any write access.GetGPL-3.0
SwiftBar
Build menu bar tools from scripts and a library of community plugins.GetMIT
SwitchShuttle
A tray app that keeps terminal commands in nested menus and runs them by hotkey in the terminal of your choice.GetMIT
Switzy
Switch between Git identities and their SSH keys from the menu bar, for example between work and personal accounts.GetMIT
Syncthing for macOS
A Mac app wrapper that starts and manages the Syncthing file synchronization service.GetMIT
SystemEQ
A system-wide parametric equaliser with AutoEQ headphone presets, calibration tools and a visualiser.GetGPL-3.0
Tactile
Feel a Force Touch trackpad tick whenever the pointer moves over a button, link or other clickable element.GetMIT
TaskTick
Schedule shell, Python and other scripts from a menu bar app, with logs and notifications instead of crontab.GetGPL-3.0
TetherShot
Capture your iPhone or Android screen from the Mac menu bar, over USB or Wi-Fi, straight to a folder and the clipboard.GetMIT
Thaw
Organize, search, and reveal menu bar items with contextual layouts.GetGPL-3.0
Thock
Add mechanical keyboard sounds to typing on a Mac, from a lightweight menu-bar app.GetMIT
TimeMate
A menu bar Pomodoro timer that cycles through focus sessions and breaks, with an optional full-screen break overlay.GetMIT
TokenTracker
Tracks token use and estimated cost across AI coding tools on your Mac, with a menu bar app and desktop widgets.GetMIT
TomatoBar
Run configurable work and break intervals from the menu bar.GetMIT
TopOff
A menu bar app that checks for outdated Homebrew packages and updates them with one click.GetMIT
Trailer
Track pull requests and issues across GitHub and GitHub Enterprise from the menu bar.GetMIT
Translate Like Me
Translate or rewrite selected text in place with a hotkey, in your own writing style, through the AI CLI you already use.GetApache-2.0
Turbo Boost Switcher
A menu bar app that turns Turbo Boost on or off on Intel Macs to lower heat, fan noise and power use.GetGPL-2.0+
TypeCue
Type a prepared script into any app one block at a time, with real keystrokes, for demos, tutorials and screencasts.GetMIT
usage
Keep Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity and Grok CLI quota limits and reset times visible in the menu bar.GetAGPL-3.0
Usage4Claude
Watch your Claude and Codex subscription limits and reset times from the menu bar.GetMIT
Vibe Notch
Shows Claude Code sessions in a notch overlay, with live status, chat history and approve-or-deny permission prompts.GetApache-2.0
VibeProxy
A menu bar proxy that lets AI coding tools use the Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and other subscriptions you already pay for.GetMIT
Vorssaint
A modular menu bar toolkit with audio mixing, system stats, window tools, clipboard history and more.GetGPL-3.0
VPN Bypass
A menu bar app that routes chosen domains and services around a VPN, or forces only selected traffic through it.GetGPL-3.0
Warden
A chat client for cloud and local AI models with projects, custom assistants, file chat and MCP tools.GetApache-2.0
Window Glue
A menu bar utility that glues two windows together so they move and resize as a pair.GetMIT
WireGuard
The official WireGuard VPN client for macOS, managing tunnels from the menu bar with on-demand activation rules.GetMIT
xbar
Put script output and custom controls in your macOS menu bar.GetMIT
xHistory
A menu bar shell history manager with search, syntax highlighting and quick pasting of past commands.GetAGPL-3.0
Yap
Dictate into any text field with a shortcut, transcribed on device by Apple’s speech framework without accounts or API keys.GetMIT
Yojam
A browser picker that routes each clicked link to the right browser, profile or app using your own rules.GetBSD-3-Clause