SwiftBar for Mac

Name: SwiftBar
Author: swiftbar

Scriptable menu bar utility that runs plugins on a schedule and renders interactive dropdown menus.

By swiftbar. Free and open source, MIT licence.

Get it with OpenDMG View source on GitHub

SwiftBar at a glance

Version: 2.1.1
Released: 11 August 2026
Download size: 2.9 MB
Works on: Apple silicon and Intel
Licence: MIT
Category: Menu Bar and Notch
Developer: swiftbar
GitHub stars: 4.7K

About SwiftBar

Powerful macOS menu bar customization tool

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How to install SwiftBar on a Mac

Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
Search for SwiftBar and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 2.1.1 from swiftbar's own GitHub release.
Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to SwiftBar show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: SwiftBar.v2.1.1.b597.zip (2.9 MB).

What is new in SwiftBar 2.1.1

## SwiftBar 2.1.1

SwiftBar 2.1.1 requires macOS 12 or later. This patch release fixes two regressions introduced in SwiftBar 2.1.0.

### Fixes

* Fixed plugins being skipped when the configured plugin directory is the conventional `~/.swiftbar` path. [#508](https://github.com/swiftbar/SwiftBar/issues/508) [#510](https://github.com/swiftbar/SwiftBar/pull/510)
* Restored Base64, template, and color images in dropdown menu items on macOS 26 and later, including correct sizing, appearance, highlighting, and incremental refresh behavior. [#507](https://github.com/swiftbar/SwiftBar/issues/507) [#509](https://github.com/swiftbar/SwiftBar/pull/509)

### Contributors

Thank you to @EhsanAzish80 for the menu-image fix.

**Full changelog:** https://github.com/swiftbar/SwiftBar/compare/v2.1.0...v2.1.1

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