hidden
An ultra-light MacOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons (by dwarvesf)
Dozer
Hide menu bar icons on macOS (by Mortennn)
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| hidden | Dozer | |
|---|---|---|
| 45 | 36 | |
| 9,379 | 7,496 | |
| 2.3% | - | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 4 months ago | about 1 year ago | |
| Swift | Swift | |
| MIT License | Mozilla Public License 2.0 |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
hidden
Posts with mentions or reviews of hidden.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-26.
- Tell HN: macOS Bartender disables features, forcing users to buy license again
- Show HN: Menu Bar Calendar on macOS
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In your opinion, what is the best one-time (non-recurring) purchase Mac App?
Hidden is a great free and open-source alternative
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What are your favorite open source apps?
Hidden Bar - hides menu bar icons
- Got my first Mac.
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App LIST!!!
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.
- Supersize my M1 MBP
- Best apps for a newbie to not miss ? I am going to use my first ever MBP I need recommendations please to make most of the machine
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Fully open source native Youtube App for macOS v3 has been released!
Or get Hidden Bar as a free alternative.
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First time Mac - open for any tips for a longterm windows user | MBP14 M1Pro/32GB/512GB/10C/16C
1.) alternative to Bartender: a free one named HiddenBar - https://github.com/dwarvesf/hidden
Dozer
Posts with mentions or reviews of Dozer.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-26.
- Tell HN: macOS Bartender disables features, forcing users to buy license again
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App LIST!!!
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.
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Long time iOS user, first time trying a Mac! Any tips and tricks/must know about?
If your menu bar is a little cluttered, Dozer is a nifty little tool to clean it up.
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I am a Mac App Developer. Which app would you like me to build.
example: https://github.com/Mortennn/Dozer
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13” 2015 to 14” 2021. Excited for the upgrade! What’s everyone’s first things they do to their new Mac?
Dozer (Github)
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Just switched from windows to the macbook air
Dont buy Bartender.. download Dozer for free
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Free Alternatives to Bartender?
I have tested these free/freemium alternatives to Bartender - Dozer, Vanilla and Hidden Bar. They work pretty well as far as the intention is to hide/show applications within the menu bar.
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Handy utility applications for macOS
Dozer: Free and open-source alternative to Bartender, but currently does not restore the position of the menu bar items on system restart. Still helpful to hide unneeded icons.
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Finally Made the Switch to Mac after 15 years of using Windows. Tips and Suggestions are Welcome
You got a ton of outstanding tips for settling in to MacOS, and I'll pass one along - I don't think anyone mentioned this one. Your status bar can get cluttered, and cramped quickly, especially on a 13" screen. Dozer is a slick free tool to help with that:
What are some alternatives?
When comparing hidden and Dozer you can also consider the following projects:
Rectangle - Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas
HoRNDIS - Android USB tethering driver for Mac OS X
bitbar - Put the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar (the BitBar reboot)
Karabiner-Elements - Karabiner-Elements is a powerful utility for keyboard customization on macOS Sierra (10.12) or later.
MacOS-Setup - Collection of information for where to find applications upon OS reinstall.
Mos - 一个用于在 macOS 上平滑你的鼠标滚动效果或单独设置滚动方向的小工具, 让你的滚轮爽如触控板 | A lightweight tool used to smooth scrolling and set scroll direction independently for your mouse on macOS
AppPolice - MacOS app for quickly limiting CPU usage by running applications
KeepingYouAwake - Prevents your Mac from going to sleep.
alt-tab-macos - Windows alt-tab on macOS
BackgroundMusic - Background Music, a macOS audio utility: automatically pause your music, set individual apps' volumes and record system audio.