Top 14 Swift menu-bar-app Projects

Menu-Bar-Dock

1 2 236 6.7 Swift

Put the MacOS dock of apps in the menu bar (with customizability)
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MiddleDrag

2 1 210 9.7 Swift

 Three-finger trackpad gestures for middle-click and middle-drag on macOS

Project mention: Show HN: MiddleDrag: Three-finger trackpad gestures for middle-click on macOS | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-12-11
afm-Server

3 1 184 6.8 Swift

macOS menu bar app that exposes Apple's on-device Foundation Models as an OpenAI-compatible local API. Zero cloud. Zero dependencies.

Project mention: Perspective Server | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-02
MakLock

4 2 66 8.9 Swift

Free, open-source macOS app that locks applications with Touch ID, Apple Watch, and trusted Wi-Fi. The only open-source app locker for macOS.

Project mention: Show HN: I built a free Mac app locker because AppLocker ($18) freezes Macs | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-16
LuxShot

5 1 47 - Swift

Minimalist macOS OCR tool. Open-source, privacy-first, and built with SwiftUI.

Project mention: Show HN: LuxShot – Open-source, native macOS OCR utility | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-10
screenTranslate

6 2 40 9.1 Swift

Screen translation app for macOS — select any area, get instant translation. On-device by default with Apple Vision OCR + Apple Translation.

Project mention: Show HN: ScreenTranslate – On-device screen translator for macOS (open source) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-06
openfelix

7 1 27 5.2 Swift

😼 OpenFelix — Voice-first AI agent for macOS. Runs local LLMs on Apple Silicon via MLX. Supports all OpenClaw skills. Claude, GPT, or fully offline.

Project mention: OpenFelix – Open-source AI assistant for macOS (local MLX and any cloud model) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-06
dropnote

8 1 20 7.9 Swift

Simple and fast: Notes in the macOS menu bar. Free & source-available.
claude-sounds

9 1 12 8.6 Swift

A tiny macOS menu bar app to control the volume of your Claude Code hook sounds.

Project mention: I Made Claude Sound Like SC Protoss (and Diablo II, and Mario) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-13
Unblockd

10 0 9 7.6 Swift

Native macOS menu bar app to monitor pull requests across Bitbucket, GitHub, and GitLab.
murchi

11 2 8 8.0 Swift

Murchi Your Desktop Tamagotchi desktop companion for macOS — Needs your love.

Project mention: I Built a Desktop Tamagotchi Cat with AI Brain in Swift - and It Lives on My macOS Doc | dev.to | 2026-03-07

⬇️ https://murchi.pet
Termini

12 1 7 - Swift

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
speechdock

13 1 5 9.4 Swift

Turn any audio into text and any text into speech — menu bar app with system/app audio capture, live subtitles, OCR, and translation.

Project mention: Show HN: SpeechDock – Transcribe any audio on your Mac, not just your microphone | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-19
kutuk

14 1 4 5.6 Swift

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

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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Index

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

#	Project	Stars
1	Menu-Bar-Dock	236
2	MiddleDrag	210
3	afm-Server	184
4	MakLock	66
5	LuxShot	47
6	screenTranslate	40
7	openfelix	27
8	dropnote	20
9	claude-sounds	12
10	Unblockd	9
11	murchi	8
12	Termini	7
13	speechdock	5
14	kutuk	4