Top 6 Swift Status Bar Projects
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Ice is an open source app solves this problem through an overflow menu:
https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice
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SaaSHub
SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives
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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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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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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
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What are some of the best open-source Status Bar projects in Swift? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ice | 28,411 |
| 2 | Thaw | 7,121 |
| 3 | Bartinter | 1,706 |
| 4 | Usage4Claude | 309 |
| 5 | Menu-Bar-Dock | 236 |
| 6 | cc-usage-bar | 11 |
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