ChangeMenuBarColor VS hidden

ChangeMenuBarColor on Github. A free Terminal command to add a color behind the menu bar

Nope. I had just installled a Mullvad vpn update and followed instructions on this GitHub page to change the menu bar color, but that’s the extent of any possible installations.

I know there was an app ChangeMenuBarColor for Big Sur, but it doesn't work in Monterey and has no immediate plans to update it.

There is also another solution but surely this has not yet been tested on the new macs: https://github.com/igorkulman/ChangeMenuBarColor

> * I discovered a free, native macOS solution that doesn't require installing Bartender or any other additional apps.*

> You can adjust the values from 0 to 6 to accommodate even more icons. Personally, I found 6 to be a good fit.

It's ultimately a really petty point - but this is not a fix. This increases the number of apps on the top bar before the problem occurs. Bartender (and hidden[1] - which I discovered in this thread) fix the problem. Calling a technique that delays the problem "a solution" after sneering at a project that actually is a solution just rubs me the wrong way.

[1] https://github.com/dwarvesf/hidden

There's Hidden Bar but I think it's a lot like Bartender. It has an arrow too if that's what you want.

Hidden is a great free and open-source alternative

Hidden Bar - hides menu bar icons

hidden bar is the best one from my experience and it’s open source!

Dozer (free - open source), HiddenBar (free), free alternatives to bartender, however, only does 1 thing and that's hiding the icons, not adding an extra menu, nothing just icons here, icons gone.

For apps that you never interact with that way, and won't let you turn their icons off, get HiddenBar.