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hidden		KeepingYouAwake
	Project
47	Mentions	30
10,124	Stars	5,461
3.1%	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	7.1
9 months ago	Latest Commit	about 1 month ago
Swift	Language	Objective-C
MIT License	License	MIT License

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
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 2024-02-12.

Native macOS fix for applications hiding under the MacBook Pro notch
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Feb 2024

> * 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
Tell HN: macOS Bartender disables features, forcing users to buy license again
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Sep 2023
Show HN: Menu Bar Calendar on macOS
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Sep 2023
Windows like hide/unhide menu bar items in Mac?
1 project | /r/osx | 5 May 2023

There's Hidden Bar but I think it's a lot like Bartender. It has an arrow too if that's what you want.
In your opinion, what is the best one-time (non-recurring) purchase Mac App?
3 projects | /r/macapps | 3 May 2023

Hidden is a great free and open-source alternative
What are your favorite open source apps?
16 projects | /r/macapps | 29 Apr 2023

Hidden Bar - hides menu bar icons
Got my first Mac.
2 projects | /r/mac | 15 Apr 2023
Request: menu bar manager? Ideally free
1 project | /r/macapps | 8 Apr 2023

hidden bar is the best one from my experience and it’s open source!
App LIST!!!
32 projects | /r/MacOS | 5 Mar 2023

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.
What happens when your menu bar has too many icons and it goes underneath the notch? Thoughts on notch and the need to use an app like Bartender for the new-gen MBPs?
1 project | /r/macbookpro | 25 Feb 2023

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

KeepingYouAwake

Posts with mentions or reviews of KeepingYouAwake. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-07.

MacOS tools to make your life easier
14 projects | /r/MacOS | 7 Dec 2023

KeepingYouAwake. Prevents your Mac from going to sleep.
Does slack desktop go offline when the user is inactive for 30 mins?
1 project | /r/Slack | 13 Sep 2023

Hi, I have been using slack on my company provided mac and I have installed https://keepingyouawake.app/ to keep my macbook awake indefinitely. When I keep the slack application open for so many hours, I can still see the green dot on slack and it has never marked me as 'away'. So, I'm wondering if others can see me as 'online' if the green bubble is showing up on my slack application for so many hours?
Keep a Mac awake for any duration with a user friendly easy to setup script that just works..
4 projects | /r/mac | 29 Jun 2023
Is there any good alternative to Amphetamine app working well with Ventura?
3 projects | /r/MacOS | 21 Jun 2023
how do I prevent the screen from turning off when in Lock Screen?
1 project | /r/mac | 20 Jun 2023

I use this app, KeepingYouAwake works perfect for when I am trying to seed my torrents with a locked screen
Is there a way to keep a Mac mini awake at all times while still allowing the display turn off?
1 project | /r/mac | 5 Jun 2023
Amphetamine does not start anymore since upgrading to Ventura
1 project | /r/MacOS | 31 May 2023

FWIW, you might want to give the excellent and open-source alternative https://keepingyouawake.app/ a try.
Macbook Pro M1 - New User - App Advice
2 projects | /r/macapps | 24 Apr 2023

I like https://github.com/newmarcel/KeepingYouAwake for prevent sleeping mac
macOS Content Caching "Server" (Mac mini M1) - Schedule Software Updates
2 projects | /r/macsysadmin | 20 Apr 2023

As for the M1 "server" always going to sleep, I installed: https://github.com/newmarcel/KeepingYouAwake
Inactivity timers - The bane of an employee's existence
1 project | /r/talesfromtechsupport | 13 Apr 2023

Do people really not know about caffeine indicator, KeepingYouAwake or caffeine for windows ?

What are some alternatives?

When comparing hidden and KeepingYouAwake you can also consider the following projects:

Dozer - Hide menu bar icons on macOS

eul - 🖥️ macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI.

HoRNDIS - Android USB tethering driver for Mac OS X

SaveAmphetamine - Apple has threatened to remove Amphetamine from the App Store.

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

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.

Rectangle - Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas

Karabiner-Elements - Karabiner-Elements is a powerful utility for keyboard customization on macOS Sierra (10.12) or later.

Amphetamine-Enhancer - Add new abilities to the macOS keep-awake utility, Amphetamine.

AppPolice - MacOS app for quickly limiting CPU usage by running applications