rumps
Ridiculously Uncomplicated macOS Python Statusbar apps (by jaredks)
SwiftBar
Powerful macOS menu bar customization tool (by swiftbar)
| rumps | SwiftBar | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 18 | |
| 3,042 | 2,708 | |
| - | 3.2% | |
| 2.4 | 6.7 | |
| about 2 months ago | about 2 months ago | |
| Python | Swift | |
| BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License | MIT License |
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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.
rumps
Posts with mentions or reviews of rumps.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-24.
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reKarma - my first public app ever. MacOS menu bar app that checks reddit's karma of given user.
Not seen rumps before.
- What are the not-so-obvious tools that you don't want to miss?
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For the Macbook Pro, how would you create a script in which an alarm goes off when the power cord is disconnected?
I've got a Mac OS status bar app written in Python here that could easily be modified to do this. It uses rumps to create the status bar app and psutil to monitor the plugged/unplugged state and charge status. I use it to remind me to plug in the charger when charge gets below a certain level and unplug the charger when charge gets above a certain level. Here's how to get the plugged in status (which you could check periodically on a loop)
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Costum menu bar app with python & rumps
By chance a got to know rumps. A really fantastic python package for making menu bar apps on MacOS. With this it's really easy to build a small menu bar app that suits ones personal needs.
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Create a menubar app for macOS, just using Python
Rumps on Github py2app documentation Icon by Freepik
SwiftBar
Posts with mentions or reviews of SwiftBar.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-17.
- Show HN: SwiftBar 2.0 Powerful macOS menu bar customization tool
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Monitoring menu bar icons (terminal, plist, etc)?
I don't know if this supports your use case, but look into SwiftBar. https://github.com/swiftbar/SwiftBar
- Mac app to display JSON data in menu bar?
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Bug Fixes or Alternatives?
I’m in a similar boat. Only one external monitor on an M1 Studio. Every time I restart, GeekTool cannot find the monitor, so I have to manually move all 10 of my geeklets to the main monitor. I looked into moving them via script, but was unsuccessful because the monitor id was inexplicably not identical on geektool’s side between launches (I gather this is a known issue from the developer). Sadly, I have been unable to find an app that sufficiently replicates GeekTools functionality. That being said, I have moved some of my scripts to SwiftBar where they are accessible via the menu bar instead of displayed on the desktop. Works fine for simple text stuff, but not my more graphical calendar. I’m saving this post though, because I still want a true fix/replacement for GeekTool.
- What are the not-so-obvious tools that you don't want to miss?
- A curated directory of 700 Mac menu bar apps
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Apps that should be paid, but are not (Part 3)
https://github.com/swiftbar/SwiftBar - Powerful macOS menu bar customization tool
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Quick check of gateway metrics - MacOS only
As many of you, I obsess over the current metrics of my TMHI modem. Opening the app to check it is too cumbersome. On MacOS there is a cool free utility that allows simple scripts to run in the menu called SwiftBar (get it here: https://github.com/swiftbar/SwiftBar )
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Looking for an app that sits in the menu bar. When I click it, it pops up a window with my custom text and in my custom styling. Does this exist?
Maybe swiftbar?
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Is there a way to turn the menu bar into one long scrolling stock ticker?
I am sure you could create a stock ticker with SwiftBar https://swiftbar.app. SwiftBar has plugins which write to the menubar using shell scripts. And there are already some stock ticker plugins - I am sure you could modify one of them to meet your needs.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing rumps and SwiftBar you can also consider the following projects:
MacOS-Menu-Bar-Picker - Costum menu bar entry for MacOS - build with rumps and py2app.
bitbar - Put the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar (the BitBar reboot)
yalc - Work with yarn/npm packages locally like a boss.
DevUtils-app - All-in-one Toolbox for Developers. Native macOS app.
pre-commit - A framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks.
xbar - An tiny XCB information bar.
Musicbar
tldr - 📚 Collaborative cheatsheets for console commands
py-applescript - An easy-to-use Python wrapper for NSAppleScript, allowing Python scripts to communicate with AppleScripts and AppleScriptable applications.
finicky - A macOS app for customizing which browser to start
awesome-appwrite - Carefully curated list of awesome Appwrite resources 💪