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Menu-bar projects on GitHub

Compact applications that live in the system menu bar for quick access to utilities.

As of , the most-starred Menu-bar projects on GitHub are freellmapi (36.4K stars), BetterDisplay (34.1K stars) and Ice (29.8K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 69 Menu-bar repositories with 514.3K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 16 was sill, with +939 stars in a day.

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Most stars gained in a day · Oct 16

+939

sill

Saffsanity/sill · ★ 2.8K

Sill streams a window from your Mac, or your whole desktop, live to your iPhone or iPad, so you can touch, type and draw on it as if it were local.

+656

magpie

yetone/magpie · ★ 14.4K

Magpie is a menu bar app that lists every AI coding agent installed on your machine next to the model each one is currently set to; click a value and pick a different model from a dropdown.

+444

freellmapi

tashfeenahmed/freellmapi · ★ 36.4K

FreeLLMAPI aggregates the free tiers of 34 LLM providers (635 free model endpoints, 474 model families) behind a single OpenAI-compatible /v1 endpoint, with smart routing, automatic failover, and encrypted key storage.

+260

vorssaint-utils

vorssaint/vorssaint-utils · ★ 27.8K

A free, open-source macOS app that packs the utilities Mac users usually buy one by one — volume mixer, system monitor, app switcher, clipboard history, uninstaller and more — behind a single menu bar icon.

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69 projects · by stars

  1. #1 · tashfeenahmed/freellmapi

    freellmapi

    FreeLLMAPI aggregates the free tiers of 34 LLM providers (635 free model endpoints, 474 model families) behind a single OpenAI-compatible /v1 endpoint, with smart routing, automatic failover, and encrypted key storage.

    36.4K
  2. #2 · waydabber/BetterDisplay

    BetterDisplay

    BetterDisplay is a macOS menu bar app that unlocks extra display controls on your Mac, including flexible HiDPI scaling, XDR/HDR brightness boosts, DDC and HDMI-CEC hardware control, virtual screens, and picture-in-picture streaming.

    34.1K
  3. #3 · jordanbaird/Ice

    Ice

    Ice is a menu bar manager for macOS that lets you hide and show individual menu bar items, with a growing set of extra features aimed at making it one of the most versatile menu bar tools around.

    29.8K
  1. 4

    vorssaint-utils

    27.8Kvorssaint/vorssaint-utils · Swift

    A free, open-source macOS app that packs the utilities Mac users usually buy one by one — volume mixer, system monitor, app switcher, clipboard history, uninstaller and more — behind a single menu bar icon.

  2. 5

    omlx

    22.9Kjundot/omlx · Python

    oMLX is a local LLM inference server for Apple Silicon Macs. It serves text LLMs, vision models, OCR, embeddings and rerankers with continuous batching and a tiered KV cache, managed from the macOS menu bar.

  3. 6

    CodexBar

    22.6Ksteipete/CodexBar · Swift

    CodexBar is a tiny macOS 14+ menu bar app that keeps AI coding-provider usage limits visible and shows when each usage window resets, so you can plan long tasks instead of guessing whether you have quota left.

  4. 7

    Maccy

    22Kp0deje/Maccy · Swift

    Maccy is a lightweight, open-source clipboard manager for macOS. It keeps the history of everything you copy and lets you quickly search, navigate, and reuse previous clipboard contents.

  5. 8

    Mos

    21.7KCaldis/Mos · Swift

    Mos is a free, open-source macOS menu bar tool that smooths mouse wheel scrolling and lets you set scroll direction independently — making a plain wheel feel like a trackpad.

  6. 9

    V2rayU

    20.2Kyanue/V2rayU

    V2rayU is a macOS client built on the v2ray/xray core, used for circumventing internet censorship ('scientific internet access'). It's written natively in Swift.

  7. 10

    Kap

    19.4Kwulkano/Kap · TypeScript

    Kap is a free, open-source screen recorder for macOS that lives in your menu bar — a desktop app built with web technology.

  8. 11

    xbar

    18.1Kmatryer/xbar · Go

    xbar is a macOS menu bar app that puts the output of any script or program right into your menu bar. It is the reboot of BitBar, completely rewritten from the ground up in Go.

  9. 12

    hidden

    15.2Kdwarvesf/hidden · Swift

    Hidden Bar (Hidden) is an ultra-light macOS utility that lets you hide menu bar icons to give your Mac's menu bar a cleaner look.

  10. 13

    keycastr

    15.2Kkeycastr/keycastr · Objective-C

    KeyCastr is an open-source keystroke visualizer for macOS that displays your keystrokes and mouse clicks on screen, useful for screencasts, presentations, or pair programming.

  11. 14

    magpie

    14.4Kyetone/magpie · Go

    Magpie is a menu bar app that lists every AI coding agent installed on your machine next to the model each one is currently set to; click a value and pick a different model from a dropdown.

  12. 15

    WeChatPlugin-MacOS

    14.3KTKkk-iOSer/WeChatPlugin-MacOS · Objective-C

    A plugin that injects extra features into the official WeChat app on macOS, such as anti-recall messages, auto-reply, running multiple WeChat accounts at once, and remotely controlling your Mac from WeChat.

  13. 16

    SketchyBar

    12.5KFelixKratz/SketchyBar · C

    SketchyBar is a highly customizable macOS status bar replacement built for people who like to shape their bar with shell scripts.

  14. 17

    FluidVoice

    12.2Kaltic-dev/FluidVoice · Swift

    FluidVoice is an open-source voice-to-text dictation app for macOS that transcribes speech on-device and can enhance the text with AI, acting as a local alternative to Wispr Flow.

  15. 18

    Thaw

    12.1Kthaw-app/Thaw · Swift

    Thaw is an open source menu bar manager for macOS that lets you hide, organize, and restyle your menu bar icons, with hover/click/scroll reveal gestures, hotkeys, and conditional triggers.

  16. 19

    Loop

    11.8Kmrkai77/Loop · Swift

    Loop is a macOS app that simplifies window management, letting you move, resize, and arrange windows with a radial menu, keyboard shortcuts, or mouse gestures.

  17. 20

    EarTrumpet

    11.4KFile-New-Project/EarTrumpet · C#

    EarTrumpet is a volume control app for Windows that replaces the default system volume mixer, giving you per-app volume sliders, device switching, and more from the system tray.

  18. 21

    mac-mouse-fix

    11.1Knoah-nuebling/mac-mouse-fix · Objective-C

    A macOS app that makes cheap third-party mice feel as good as an Apple Trackpad or a Logitech MX Master - smoother scrolling, remappable buttons and click-and-drag gestures. The author wants it to become the best mouse driver ever.

  19. 22

    boring.notch

    11KTheBoredTeam/boring.notch · Swift

    Boring Notch turns your MacBook's notch into a dynamic control hub: it becomes a music player with a live visualizer, calendar integration, a file shelf with AirDrop support, and a full replacement for macOS's volume/brightness/backlight HUDs.

  20. 23

    tg-ws-proxy

    10.6KFlowseal/tg-ws-proxy · Python

    TG WS Proxy is a local MTProto proxy for Telegram Desktop that speeds up or partially bypasses Telegram's blocking by routing traffic through WebSocket (TLS) connections, without relying on any third-party servers.

  21. 24

    FineTune

    9.8Kronitsingh10/FineTune · Swift

    FineTune is a free, open-source macOS menu bar app for sound control: per-app volume with up to 4x boost, audio routing to multiple output devices, and a 10-band EQ with headphone correction — pitched as an alternative to SoundSource.

  22. 25

    clicky

    7.7Kfarzaa/clicky · Swift

    Clicky is an AI teacher that lives next to your cursor: it sees your screen, talks to you, and can even point at things on screen, like having a real teacher sitting beside you.

  23. 26

    DockDoor

    6.4Kejbills/DockDoor · Swift

    DockDoor adds live window previews, Alt+Tab switching and keyboard controls to the macOS Dock you already have, so hovering an app shows all its open windows as thumbnails.

  24. 27

    ClashMac

    6.3K666OS/ClashMac

    ClashMac is a native macOS proxy client built entirely in SwiftUI around the Clash/Mihomo engine, with a real-time dashboard, system-wide TUN proxying, and a built-in anti-detect fingerprint browser.

  25. 28

    Mouser

    5.3KTomBadash/Mouser · Python

    Mouser is a lightweight, open-source, fully local app for remapping Logitech HID++ mice (like the MX Master and MX Anywhere series), built as a free alternative to Logitech Options+.

  26. 29

    port-killer

    5.1Kproductdevbook/port-killer · Swift

    PortKiller is a cross-platform desktop app for developers that monitors open TCP ports, manages Kubernetes port-forward sessions, integrates Cloudflare Tunnels, and lets you kill processes with one click.

  27. 30

    openusage

    4.4Krobinebers/openusage · Swift

    OpenUsage is a free, open-source native macOS menu bar app written in Swift that tracks how much of your AI coding subscriptions (Claude, Codex, Copilot, Cursor and more) you've used — session and weekly limits, credits, and spend — all in one popover.

  28. 31

    rumps

    3.3Kjaredks/rumps · Python

    rumps is a Python library that lets you build macOS menu bar (status bar) apps with very little code, without writing raw PyObjC underscore syntax.

  29. 32

    craft-launcher

    3Kstorytold/craft-launcher · Rust

    ArtCraft Launcher is a native app that installs, updates and opens every app in the Craft App Suite (PhotoCraft, LightCraft, FilmCraft, DesignCraft, VectorCraft, PdfCraft, EffectCraft, WordCraft, DeckCraft, GridCraft, CADCraft and SoundCraft) from one window instead of hunting through a dozen release pages.

  30. 33

    codenotch

    2.8Kvinzdg/codenotch · Swift

    Codenotch is a macOS app that pins a small notch to a screen edge showing how much of each coding assistant's usage limit you have burned, and whether a session is working, done, or waiting on you.

  31. 34

    sill

    2.8KSaffsanity/sill · Swift

    Sill streams a window from your Mac, or your whole desktop, live to your iPhone or iPad, so you can touch, type and draw on it as if it were local.

  32. 35

    rift

    2.6Kacsandmann/rift · Rust

    Rift is a tiling window manager for macOS that focuses on performance and usability, offering multiple layout styles like i3-style tiling, bspwm-style BSP, floating, dwm-style master-stack, niri-style scrolling columns, and a stack/accordion layout.

  33. 36

    tendedero

    2.2Kalejandrobujan/tendedero · Swift

    Tendedero is a tiny native macOS app that hangs every screenshot you take on a line just below the menu bar, instead of letting it pile up on your Desktop.

  34. 37

    PersistentWindows

    2.1Kkangyu-california/PersistentWindows · C#

    PersistentWindows is a Windows desktop utility that remembers where your windows were positioned and automatically restores that layout after events like waking from sleep, monitor connect/disconnect, resolution changes, or RDP reconnections.

  35. 38

    mlx-serve

    2Kddalcu/mlx-serve · Zig

    mlx-serve is a native local inference server for Apple Silicon Macs that runs MLX and GGUF language models and exposes OpenAI-, Anthropic-, and Ollama-compatible APIs, plus generates images, video, music, speech, and 3D models, all without Python or a cloud connection.

  36. 39

    remote-mic-app

    1.9KHD838A/remote-mic-app · Swift

    SayAll (无线麦) is a macOS app that turns compatible Bluetooth voice remotes - specifically the Xiaomi Bluetooth Remote 2 and 2 Pro - into a wireless microphone for your Mac, letting you dictate text, trigger key-mapped actions, and feed voice into whatever app you're using.

  37. 40

    iMCP

    1.8Kmattt/iMCP · Swift

    iMCP is a macOS app that turns your Mac's personal data (Calendar, Contacts, Messages, Reminders, Location, Maps, Phone, Shortcuts, Weather) into an MCP server so AI assistants like Claude can query it with your permission.

  38. 41

    noop

    1.7Kryanbr/noop · Swift

    NOOP is a companion app for WHOOP 4.0 and 5.0 straps: it pairs directly over Bluetooth, stores everything on your own device in SQLite, and computes recovery, strain, HRV and sleep locally — no cloud, no account, no subscription.

  39. 42

    lolPing

    1.5Kdarrenprx/lolPing · TypeScript

    lolPing puts the League of Legends ping wheel and emote wheel onto your whole desktop: hold Alt (Option on a Mac), drag, and let go on a slice to play the original ping animation and sound over any app, on any monitor.

  40. 43

    parrot

    1.3Khumanitas-labs/parrot · Swift

    Parrot is on-device dictation for macOS: hold the fn key, speak, release, and your words appear at the cursor as text.

  41. 44

    Doll

    1.2Kxiaogdgenuine/Doll · Swift

    Doll is a Mac app that keeps the unread badges of message apps like Mail, Slack and Teams visible in the macOS Menu bar, so new messages catch your eye on any screen.

  42. 45

    tinyjsapp

    1.1Ktarwin/tinyjsapp · C

    tinyjs lets you build native desktop apps in plain JavaScript for both the backend and frontend, shipping as a tiny ~6MB app with no Electron, Node, or bundled Chromium — the backend runs on txiki.js and the frontend renders through the system's native WebKit.

  43. 46

    desktop-fly

    1.1KDenisSergeevitch/desktop-fly · Swift

    DesktopFly is a 3D fruit fly that lives on your macOS desktop, animated by a live spiking simulation built from the real FlyWire fly-brain connectome (and a motor circuit from the MaleCNS dataset).

  44. 47

    macos-sysdata

    944Jarvis322/macos-sysdata · Swift

    It's a free macOS menu bar app that opens up the vague 'System Data' bucket in Storage settings and shows exactly what's filling it (simulator runtimes, Xcode caches, package manager stores, VM disks, logs, per-app data) so you can delete items one by one instead of guessing.

  45. 48

    dimble

    869fif7y/dimble · Swift

    Pelmet is a free, open-source macOS menu bar manager: it hides the icons you don't need until you do, and hover, click or a shortcut slides them back.

  46. 49

    forel

    832lab421/forel · Swift

    Forel is an open-source, privacy-focused file automation app for macOS that watches folders and automatically moves, renames, tags, or labels files based on rules you define — it's built as a community alternative to the paid Hazel app.

  47. 50

    mactap-app

    691jaskirat1616/mactap-app · Swift

    MacTap lets you knock on your MacBook's chassis (or the desk under it) to trigger shortcuts like copy, paste, Accept, screenshots, or media controls.

  48. 51

    lipflow

    625amywork777/lipflow · Python

    Lipflow is 'Wispr Flow for your lips' — hold a key, silently mouth what you want to say with no sound and no microphone, and the text appears at your cursor in whatever app you're using. It reads your lips via webcam and runs entirely locally on your Mac.

  49. 52

    noty

    495aimen08/noty · Swift

    Noty is a native macOS sticky-notes app that hides at the edge of your screen as a small pill, fanning out into note tabs when you move the pointer there, instead of sitting in a dock or window.

  50. 53

    jot-gemini-transcribe-macOS

    493google-gemini/jot-gemini-transcribe-macOS · Swift

    Jot is a macOS app that turns your voice into clean, punctuated text right where your cursor is - hold a hotkey, speak, and it types the result using Google's Gemini transcription model.

  51. 54

    WallpaperMachine

    487WallpaperMachine/WallpaperMachine · Swift

    WallpaperMachine is a free, open-source Mac app that plays Wallpaper Engine's scene, video and web wallpapers on your desktop, downloaded straight from the Steam Workshop.

  52. 55

    SCM

    486allenv0/SCM · TypeScript

    SCM (Screen Memories) is a macOS desktop app that runs deep AI search locally over every photo and every video frame in a chosen folder, letting you search by meaning, on-screen text, or spoken dialogue, all without the cloud.

  53. 56

    stop-stutter

    471burakgon/stop-stutter · Swift

    Stop Stutter is a native macOS menu bar app that automatically turns off AWDL (Apple's peer-to-peer Wi-Fi) while you run a game-streaming client, since AWDL can cause latency spikes and stutter during streaming.

  54. 57

    Codync

    457leepokai/Codync · Rust

    Codync turns coding agents already installed on your computer (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot and ~40 more via the ACP registry) into persistent named bots you message like teammates from your iPhone, Mac, Linux desktop or any terminal. It's a free, open-source alternative to Grok Bot and Muse.

  55. 58

    bluey-by-riley

    412rbrown101010/bluey-by-riley · Swift

    Googly Eyes is a blueberry character that lives on your iPhone screen and points at things on your Mac with his own cursor. It pairs a Mac menu bar app with an iPhone app so he can see your screen, talk through OpenAI's Realtime API, and even control your computer when asked.

  56. 59

    rooms

    389saragordic/rooms · Swift

    Rooms is a macOS app for switching between projects: each 'room' is a saved set of windows with a layout, and one shortcut brings them all back arranged neatly while hiding everything else.

  57. 60

    macspace-releases

    3861architect/macspace-releases · Swift

    MacSpace is a free, open-source macOS menu bar app that shows what fills your disk's System Data, frees what's safe to delete, and can turn off Apple Intelligence (deleting the on-device models) plus Apple's background analytics and data-collection features.

  58. 61

    atv-core

    378corvofeng/atv-core · Rust

    atv-core is a high-performance Rust implementation of the Apple TV Companion Link and MediaRemote (MRP) protocols that lets you discover, pair, and control Apple TV targets using the native Apple TV Remote widget in iOS/iPadOS Control Center, without jailbreak or dedicated hardware.

  59. 62

    gyotaku

    339xevrion/gyotaku · Rust

    gyotaku is a native desktop app that OCRs every screenshot you take and lets you search them by the text inside them instead of by filename. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, entirely offline, and highlights the matched words when you open a result.

  60. 63

    Sapphire

    325cshariq/Sapphire · Swift

    Sapphire is a macOS app that turns the MacBook notch into an activity hub, showing things like now-playing media, weather, and calendar events, plus extra tools like nearby file sharing and window snapping.

  61. 64

    louisa-wifi

    266madeyexz/louisa-wifi · Swift

    Louisa Wi-Fi is a macOS menu bar app that automatically detects which Louisa Coffee shop you're in and connects to that store's Wi-Fi with the right password, so you never have to ask for it or manually re-enter a network.

  62. 65

    chippytea

    234richiemcilroy/chippytea · Rust

    chippytea is a native macOS app that finds and clears app caches, developer tool caches, old build folders, logs and downloads to free up disk space, built with SwiftUI and Rust.

  63. 66

    OpenYoink

    230MuQY1818/OpenYoink · Swift

    OpenYoink is a free, open-source macOS utility that lets you drag files, images, text, and links onto a temporary shelf at the screen edge or into the Mac's Dynamic Island, then drag them out again once you've switched to the target window. It's built with SwiftUI + AppKit and lives in the menu bar without a Dock icon.

  64. 67

    ambient-context

    205dragthelake/ambient-context · Rust

    Ambient Context is a macOS menu bar app that silently records what you work on throughout the day and turns it into plain markdown files your AI assistant can use as context.

  65. 68

    WakeGPT

    165Awaker-OTE/WakeGPT · Rust

    WakeGPT is a local-first desktop app for quickly capturing text, Markdown, links, and images, and letting them grow into durable Markdown notes you can later reuse as context in ChatGPT.

  66. 69

    kinesis

    122callbacked/kinesis · Swift

    Kinesis is a native macOS app that lets you control your Mac using gestures from the Meta Neural Band (an EMG wristband): swipe between desktops, open Mission Control, control music, and pinch+turn for volume or brightness.

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