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Top 23 Swift menubar-app Projects
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Project mention: Ask HN: New clean macOS install. Must-have apps? Best browser? | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-23
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AppSignal
Monitoring that respects your time & budget. APM, error tracking, and dashboards for modern web apps. Ten-minute setup, transparent flat pricing, and support from engineers who actually use the product.
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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.
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whatcable
macOS menu bar app that tells you, in plain English, what each USB-C cable plugged into your Mac can actually do
MIT licensed and comes with a headless CLI binary so technically no GUI libraries needed. I wonder how hard would it be too straight port it to Linux. LLMs for the help?
https://github.com/darrylmorley/whatcable
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Usage4Claude
Monitor all your Claude/Codex usage limits in real-time from your macOS menu bar - supports 5-hour, 7-day, extra usage, 7-day Opus and 7-day Sonnet quotas.
Project mention: Show HN: macOS menu bar gauges for your Claude Code quota | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-10lol how many of these things are there. I've been using https://github.com/f-is-h/usage4claude which includes Codex usage (I use Claude and Codex).
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Project mention: Show HN: PokeTokenBar – Raise a Pokémon with your AI token usage | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-07-16
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openclip
Fast, open-source macOS floating text actions. Transform text, run scripts, and integrate AI seamlessly.
Project mention: Show HN: I built a better right-click menu for macOS | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-09-03 -
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Claude-Usage-Monitor
A native macOS menu bar app that shows your Claude.ai usage at a glance — colour-coded icon, live counter, reset timer. No API key needed.
Project mention: Claude Usage Monitor – macOS menu bar app to track Claude.ai usage | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-23 -
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magic-switch
Magic Switch is a simple macOS menu bar utility that lets you quickly (and securely) switch Magic Keyboard, Magic Trackpad, Magic Mouse, and other Bluetooth peripherals between Macs with one click.
I'm working on it: https://github.com/MegaManSec/magic-switch/issues/67
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vibebar
VibeBar is a lightweight macOS menu bar app that monitors live TUI session activity for Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode.
Project mention: Show HN: VibeBar – macOS Menu Bar Monitor for Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-26Source and releases: https://github.com/yelog/VibeBar
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tsubame
Window Smart Mover for macOS - Window memory + keyboard nudge for multi-display Macs. Just reconnect, windows return.
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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.
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Project mention: Building WindowCycle: a focused current-app window switcher for macOS | dev.to | 2026-06-08
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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).
Swift menubar-app discussion
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OnlySwitch 2.4 updates: developing your own shortcuts
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How do I turn off Finder notifications? Under notification settings, Finder does not exist as an option. I already know “fix your disk connection” is what you want to say. Refrain, please. I just want an answer to my question.
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Index
What are some of the best open-source menubar-app projects in Swift? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ice | 29,516 |
| 2 | FineTune | 9,164 |
| 3 | OnlySwitch | 5,907 |
| 4 | MiniSim | 3,154 |
| 5 | LosslessSwitcher | 1,939 |
| 6 | later | 1,778 |
| 7 | whatcable | 1,046 |
| 8 | DatWeatherDoe | 537 |
| 9 | Brewlet | 451 |
| 10 | Usage4Claude | 381 |
| 11 | PokeTokenBar | 378 |
| 12 | PullBar | 130 |
| 13 | openclip | 71 |
| 14 | HideMyDock | 69 |
| 15 | Claude-Usage-Monitor | 51 |
| 16 | Medo | 40 |
| 17 | magic-switch | 44 |
| 18 | vibebar | 30 |
| 19 | NineFortyOne | 11 |
| 20 | Kefir | 11 |
| 21 | tsubame | 10 |
| 22 | Thaw | 9 |
| 23 | window-cycle | 5 |
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