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  1. Ice

    Powerful menu bar manager for macOS

    Project mention: Tailscale's New macOS Home | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-02

    Ice is an open source app solves this problem through an overflow menu:

    https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice

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  3. FineTune

    FineTune, a macOS menu bar app for per-app volume control, multi-device output, audio routing, and 10-band EQ. Free and open-source alternative to SoundSource.

    Project mention: Per-app volume control for macOS | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-21

  4. Thaw

    Menu bar manager for macOS 26

    Project mention: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Released | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-24

    As a both old Linux and now decade user of MacOS, after I got used to no middle-click paste and no focus-follows-mouse:

    1. Keyboard shortcuts are Emacs, Ctrl-A: start of line, E: end of line, K: kill selected or to end of line, Y to paste, etc. https://support.apple.com/en-au/102650#text

    2. Karabiner elements (FOSS) fixes keyboard mappings outside of the Settings: https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/

    3. I have the dock on the left hand side, not bottom and I have a 2 monitor (iMac 5K 27"+ Dell 4K 27") setup with the iMac flat in front of me and the curve/2nd to the right. Menu bar is then close to the main windows.

    4. Menu bar widgets etc are fixable with thaw https://github.com/stonerl/Thaw

    5. Window management via keyboard is fixable with rectangle https://rectangleapp.com/

    6. Use Macports to add all the Linux/Unix utilities, works with MacOS properly (eg Python/Java frameworks). Ports can have variants, plus you can have multiple versions installed side-by-side with `port select`. https://www.macports.org/

    Not sure about fonts, on a 5K iMac they're fine and the 4K Dell works too. You need to use a resolution that fits with Mac's ideas of resolution, so I've got the 5K and 4K both at 2560x1440, which is Mac's idea of 2x resolution.

  5. port-killer

    A powerful cross-platform port management tool for developers. Monitor ports, manage Kubernetes port forwards, integrate Cloudflare Tunnels, and kill processes with one click.

    Project mention: Native macOS menu bar app for finding and killing processes on open ports | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-12-16

  6. pindrop

    A native macOS menu bar dictation app using local speech-to-text with WhisperKit

    Project mention: Open source, Mac-native alternative to SuperWhisper and WisprFlow | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-04

  7. pibar

    PiBar for Pi-hole - Manage your Pi-hole(s) from your macOS menu bar!

  8. lockpaw

    Cover your Mac screen with a hotkey while AI agents keep running. Dog/cat mascot, native Settings, Touch ID unlock.

    Project mention: Show HN: Lockpaw One hotkey to cover your Mac screen without putting it to sleep | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-23

  9. port-menu

    A tiny macOS menu bar app that tracks your dev servers across projects.

    Project mention: Mac-Only? Just Fork It | dev.to | 2026-05-06

    This time the tool was Port Menu, a simple little macOS menu bar app for seeing local development servers. If you run a bunch of Vite, Rails, Django, Flask, Next.js, or whatever servers during the day, the basic idea is obvious: show me the ports, tell me which project owns them, and let me open or kill them without spelunking through terminal tabs.

  10. cai

    Press ⌥C on anything. Transform with AI, scripts, and shortcuts on any selection. 100% local and private. (by cai-layer)

    Project mention: Show HN: Cai – Local AI Action Layer for macOS (Free, MIT, MLX) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-22

  11. dusty

    A macOS menu bar app that frees up disk space, without deleting anything it shouldn't.

    Project mention: How I made it impossible for my Mac cleaner to delete the wrong thing | dev.to | 2026-06-03

  12. toki-monitor

    macOS menu bar AI token monitor — animated rabbit that runs as fast as you burn tokens

    Project mention: I built a Rust replacement for ccusage — 1,742x faster, near-zero overhead | dev.to | 2026-05-08

    TL;DR: I built Toki — a Rust daemon that replaces ccusage for Claude Code / Codex token tracking. ~1,742× faster on warm queries, near-zero overhead. Two optional layers sit on top: toki-monitor (macOS menu bar app) and toki-sync (self-hostable sync server). FSL-1.1-Apache-2.0, solo project.

  13. cc-usage-bar

    Minimal macOS menu bar app to check Claude Code usage at a glance — accurate, safe, zero setup

    Project mention: Show HN: CC Usage Bar – Check Claude Code usage from your macOS menu bar | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-06

  14. EthernetConnectionStatus

    A native macOS menu bar app that monitors your ethernet connection status.

    Project mention: Show HN: macOS menu bar app that monitors your Ethernet connection status | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-11-04

  15. Termini

    A micro terminal for your menu bar. Nothing more.

    Project mention: Termini – Open-Source Menu Bar Terminal for macOS | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-15

  16. kutuk

    Mechanical keyboard sounds for your Mac — a lightweight macOS menu bar app that plays satisfying Cherry MX Blue-style click sounds as you type.

    Project mention: Show HN: Kutuk – Mechanical keyboard sounds for your Mac | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-30

  17. KhmerCalendarBar

    Khmer Chhankitek lunisolar calendar for macOS menu bar — holidays, Buddhist era, moon phases, Khmer numerals, reminders

    Project mention: Building a macOS Menu Bar App for the Khmer Lunisolar Calendar with SwiftUI | dev.to | 2026-01-27

    GitHub: https://github.com/RithyTep/KhmerCalendarBar

  18. Tatami

    macOS workspace manager with yabai-style window tiling

    Project mention: Show HN: Tatami – a macOS workspace manager with BSP tiling | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-04

  19. yubi-toggle

    Minimal macOS menu bar app to toggle YubiKey OTP (yubiswitch alternative). Prevent accidental OTP spam.

    Project mention: Show HN: YubiToggle – Prevent Yubikey OTP Spam on macOS (Swift 6) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-01-10

  20. gh-notifier

    See GitHub Notifications in the MacOS Notification Center

    Project mention: Show HN: GH Notifier – a macOS menu bar app for GitHub notifications | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-15

  21. lena

    Minimize terminal context switching. Store complex CLI workflows in your macOS menu bar for instant access and one-click execution. (by yannickboog)

    Project mention: Lena – macOS menu bar app for storing and copying CLI commands | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-04
NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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What are some of the best open-source menu-bar projects in Swift? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 Ice 28,411
2 FineTune 7,622
3 Thaw 7,121
4 port-killer 4,864
5 pindrop 537
6 pibar 327
7 Menu-Bar-Dock 236
8 lockpaw 122
9 port-menu 121
10 cai 50
11 dusty 30
12 toki-monitor 15
13 cc-usage-bar 11
14 EthernetConnectionStatus 8
15 Termini 7
16 kutuk 4
17 KhmerCalendarBar 4
18 Tatami 10
19 yubi-toggle 2
20 gh-notifier 0
21 lena 0

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