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exelban/stats

macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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Swift

GitHub topics

#battery #bluetooth #clock #cpu #disk #fans

Updated: 2026-10-16
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2019-05-29
License: MIT
Issues: 26 open

42,605

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Forks: 1,575
Commits: 2,504 commits
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MonitorControl/MonitorControl

🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs.

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Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#apple #brightness #control #ddc #display #external-monitor

Updated: 2026-09-15
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-09-27
License: MIT
Issues: 25 open

34,310

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Forks: 1,013
Commits: 294 commits
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jordanbaird/Ice

Powerful menu bar manager for macOS

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Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#macos #macos-app #menu-bar #menubar #menubar-app #status-bar

Updated: 2026-10-06
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2023-07-30
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 448 open

29,828

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Forks: 999
Commits: 1,140 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +57 +0.2%
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matryer/xbar

Put the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar (the BitBar reboot)

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Go Gin Svelte Tailwind CSS Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#bitbar #mac #macos-menu #macosx #menubar #scripting

Updated: 2024-09-10
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-11-13
License: MIT
Issues: 188 open

18,067

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Forks: 655
Commits: 1,098 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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newmarcel/KeepingYouAwake

Prevents your Mac from going to sleep.

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Objective-C Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#caffeine #macos #menubar #objective-c #utility

Updated: 2026-08-15
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2014-10-19
License: MIT
Issues: 30 open

6,935

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Forks: 268
Commits: 711 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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gitify-app/gitify

Git notifications on your menu bar. Available on macOS, Windows & Linux.

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TypeScript Electron React React Native Svelte pnpm

GitHub topics

#bitbucket #codeberg #electron #electron-menubar #forgejo #git

Updated: 2026-10-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-21
License: MIT
Issues: 14 open

5,361

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Forks: 294
Commits: 4,101 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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ddddxxx/LyricsX

🎶 Ultimate lyrics app for macOS.

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Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#apple-music #audirvana #download-lyrics #itunes #lyrics #macos-app

Updated: 2026-07-22
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-02-04
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 308 open

5,223

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Forks: 466
Commits: 1,522 commits
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ivoronin/TomatoBar

🍅 World's neatest Pomodoro timer for macOS menu bar

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Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#macos #menubar #pomodoro #productivity #swift #timer

Updated: 2026-05-29
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2018-05-03
License: MIT
Issues: 44 open

3,546

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Forks: 215
Commits: 171 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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okwasniewski/MiniSim

MacOS menu bar app for launching iOS  and Android 🤖 emulators

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Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#android #developer-tools #hacktoberfest #ios #menubar #menubar-app

Updated: 2026-02-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-01-26
License: MIT
Issues: 22 open

3,178

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Forks: 111
Commits: 122 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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kmikiy/SpotMenu

Spotify & Apple Music in your macOS menu bar

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Swift Astro React Tailwind CSS Vite npm Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#bar #itunes #menu #menubar #spotify #swift

Updated: 2026-05-15
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-09-02
License: MIT
Issues: 27 open

3,140

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Forks: 187
Commits: 525 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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DanielStormApps/Fanny

Monitor your Mac's fan speed and CPU/GPU temperature from your Notification Center.

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Swift

GitHub topics

#cpu-temperature #fan-speed #gpu-temperature #macos #menubar #notification-center

Updated: 2020-05-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-02-02
License: MIT
Issues: 37 open

1,385

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Forks: 104
Commits: 125 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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brianmichel/Juice

Make your battery information a bit more interesting.

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Swift Bundler CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#apple #battery #battery-information #juice #menubar

Updated: 2024-03-30
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-12-17
License: Unknown
Issues: 8 open

771

stars

Forks: 37
Commits: 42 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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n0shake/clocker

⏲ macOS app to plan and organize through timezones.

AI dev

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Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#macos #menubar #swift

Updated: 2026-07-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-11-05
License: Unknown
Issues: 4 open

624

stars

Forks: 55
Commits: 1,614 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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DenBeke/YouTube-Downloader-for-macOS

Simple menu bar app to download YouTube movies on your Mac

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Swift

GitHub topics

#download #macos #menubar #swift #youtube #youtube-dl

Updated: 2025-09-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-11-08
License: Unknown
Issues: 5 open

602

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Forks: 53
Commits: 80 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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inderdhir/DatWeatherDoe

Simple menu bar weather app for macOS

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Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#dark-theme #french-translation #macos #menubar #menubar-app #openweathermap

Updated: 2026-03-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-01-19
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 3 open

537

stars

Forks: 34
Commits: 390 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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bluegill/katana

🚀 a powerful, open-source screenshot utility for macOS

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JavaScript Electron npm

GitHub topics

#electron #imgur #macos #menubar #nodejs #screenshot

Updated: 2024-09-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-01-12
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 25 open

366

stars

Forks: 38
Commits: 139 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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joshjon/nocturnal

A Dimness and Night Shift menu bar app for macOS 🌙

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Swift

GitHub topics

#brightness #catalina #display #mac #macos #macos-catalina

Updated: 2022-10-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-11-25
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 17 open

318

stars

Forks: 19
Commits: 41 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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sane-apps/SaneBar

The privacy-first menu bar manager for macOS. Now 100% free and open source (MIT) — every feature unlocked. Native, lightweight, and scriptable.

AI dev

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Swift Bundler Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#bartender-alternative #free #mac-app #macos #macos-app #menu-bar

Updated: 2026-09-20
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2026-01-02
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

315

stars

Forks: 16
Commits: 1,053 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

jamieweavis/streaker

Cross-platform GitHub contribution streak and statistic tracking menu bar application with reminder notification

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TypeScript Electron Express Tailwind CSS pnpm

GitHub topics

#contribution #contribution-graph #electron #electron-app #github #macos

Updated: 2026-05-22
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-05-17
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

197

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 689 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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nbolar/PlayStatus

macOS app that allows the control of Spotify and AppleMusic/iTunes music playback from the menu bar.

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#apple-music #itunes #itunes-playback #macos #menubar #music

Updated: 2026-10-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-04-25
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

193

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 334 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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amitmerchant1990/correo

:love_letter: A menubar/taskbar Gmail App for Windows and macOS

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JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#electron #email #gmail #menubar #taskbar #windows

Updated: 2019-01-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-08-25
License: MIT
Issues: 8 open

158

stars

Forks: 25
Commits: 32 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

relikd/baRSS

Menu Bar RSS reader for macOS

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Objective-C

GitHub topics

#atom #feed #macos #menu-bar #menubar #rss

Updated: 2026-04-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-07-25
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

156

stars

Forks: 6
Commits: 273 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

edanchenkov/MenuTube

Catch YouTube into your macOS menu bar! 🦄

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JavaScript Electron npm

GitHub topics

#audio #audiobook #electron #listen #mac #macos

Updated: 2023-03-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-01-06
License: Unknown
Issues: 8 open

126

stars

Forks: 17
Commits: 204 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

vsaravind007/nodeScratchpad

Evaluate Nodejs Code Snippets From Menubar! :computer:

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Swift CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#developer-tools #javascript #menubar #nodejs #osx-application #repl

Updated: 2020-08-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-03-23
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

111

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 30 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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cemolcay/ChordDetector

A tiny menu bar app detecting the chords of the songs you are listening on iTunes or Spotify.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#chord #itunes #menubar #spotify #ultimate-guitar

Updated: 2019-12-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-03-23
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 45 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

lucasbento/menubar-brightness

MacOS app to change the screen brightness on the menubar.

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JavaScript Electron npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#brightness #brightness-control #electron #electron-app #macos #menubar

Updated: 2017-11-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-10-24
License: MIT
Issues: 7 open

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 33 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

alexrosenfeld10/Quickeys

A mac menu bar app that provides note taking functionality though a quick dropdown menu.

Stack

Swift CocoaPods Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#apple #mac #menubar #notes #osx #statusbar

Updated: 2020-11-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-12-10
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 96 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

theDanButuc/Claude-Usage-Monitor

A native macOS menu bar app that shows your Claude.ai usage at a glance — colour-coded icon, live counter, reset timer. No API key needed.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#ai-tools #anthropic #claude #claude-ai #developer-tools #macos

Updated: 2026-07-21
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2026-03-22
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 69 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

Kwpolska/DisplayMenu

A simple (bare-bones) macOS menubar extra to apply display presets.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#display #macos #menubar #swift

Updated: 2019-04-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-06-23
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 12 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

kelicheng/Simpo

A macOS menubar app to post status quickly.

Stack

Ruby CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#fanfou #macos #menubar #social-network #twitter #weibo

Updated: 2019-11-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-01-27
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 35 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

woofwoofinc/rktmachine

Menu bar macOS app for running rkt in a macOS hypervisor CoreOS VM.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#containers #coreos #macosx #menubar #rkt #swift

Updated: 2018-08-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-06-28
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 15 open

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 123 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

andrewk17/vercel-deployment-menu-bar

Open-source macOS menu bar app to monitor Vercel deployment status in real time (build/ready/error).

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Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#ci-cd #deployment-monitor #deployments #devops #macos #menu-bar

Updated: 2026-02-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-10-15
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 14 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

reg2005/langSwitcher

⌨️ Open-source keyboard layout text converter for macOS — fix text typed in wrong layout. Double-Shift hotkey, 5 layouts, greedy line detection, menu bar app.

AI dev

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Swift Nuxt npm

GitHub topics

#developer-tools #hotkey #input-method #keyboard #keyboard-layout #layout-switcher

Updated: 2026-03-01
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2026-02-28
License: MIT
Issues: 7 open

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 46 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

erik/github-notify

Simple MacOS app to alert you when you have unread GitHub notifications

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#cocoa #github #menubar #swift

Updated: 2017-10-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-09-19
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 4
Commits: 27 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

nikhilsh/PSIBar

A quickly hacked up PSI OS X status bar app

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#haze #macos #menubar #psi #singapore #weather

Updated: 2017-10-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-09-25
License: Unknown
Issues: 3 open

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 50 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

CorvidLabs/MacNTop

📊 macOS menu bar system monitor with retro CRT aesthetics

AI dev

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Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#appkit #crt #macos #menu-bar-app #menubar #monitoring

Updated: 2026-09-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-01-20
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 30 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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