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The best open source menu bar apps for Mac

By Arvind Kumar ·

The menu bar is the best place for small tools you want one glance or one click away. The catalog has more menu bar apps than any other kind. These are the most starred on GitHub.

The apps

  1. 1. Stats

    macOS system monitor in your menu bar. CPU, memory, disk, network, battery and sensor readings in the menu bar, with a detail panel for each.

    By exelban · 42K stars on GitHub · version 3.0.20 · MIT

  2. 2. Ice

    Powerful menu bar manager for macOS (upstream, temporarily inactive). Hides the menu bar items you do not need to see all the time and shows them again when you want them.

    By jordanbaird · 30K stars on GitHub · version 0.11.12 · GPL-3.0

  3. 3. Hidden Bar

    An ultra-light MacOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons. A simpler way to tuck menu bar icons behind an arrow.

    By dwarvesf · 15K stars on GitHub · version 1.11.1 · MIT

  4. 4. Thaw

    The open-source menu bar manager: hide, organize, and take control of menu bar icons.

    By thaw-app · 12K stars on GitHub · version 3.0.0-beta.2 · GPL-3.0

  5. 5. Boring Notch

    Turn your MacBook notch into a music and file control center.

    By TheBoredTeam · 11K stars on GitHub · version 2.7.3 · GPL-3.0

  6. 6. eul

    macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI.

    By gao-sun · 9.9K stars on GitHub · version 1.6.2 · MIT

  7. 7. FineTune

    Per-Application Audio Control for macOS.

    By ronitsingh10 · 9.6K stars on GitHub · version 1.9.0 · GPL-3.0

  8. 8. WhatCable

    Explains what each connected USB-C cable can actually do and why charging may be slow.

    By darrylmorley · 8.9K stars on GitHub · version 1.4.0

  9. 9. Dozer

    Hide MacOS menubar items.

    By Mortennn · 8.7K stars on GitHub · version 4.0.0 · MPL-2.0

  10. 10. OnlySwitch

    Status bar toggle switches for dark mode, hidden desktop icons, hide notch, and more, with keyboard shortcut support.

    By jacklandrin · 6K stars on GitHub · version 2.8.2 · MIT

Order is by GitHub stars among apps that install as a ready-made Mac app. Descriptions are the developers' own; versions and star counts are refreshed with the catalog.

On a MacBook with a notch, a full menu bar can push icons out of sight behind it. A menu bar organiser such as Ice or Hidden Bar is the usual fix.

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