Menu Bar Apps for MAC
8 free Mac apps in Menu Bar, including Nocturne, Application Menu, and SaneBar. Each app page lists its version, size, macOS requirement and what’s new, and the download button leads to the developer’s official source.
8 apps
NocturneNocturne is a small menu bar app for Mac that stops the menu bar clock from telling you how late it is. macOS offers no switch to hide the clock, so Nocturne makes it unreadable instead: in its default Blind mode it turns the clock into a small analog dial, so the time is still there but your eye stops catching it. Other modes go further and blank the clock, the whole menu bar, or every icon except the clock. Clicks still pass through, and Nocturne keeps its own moon icon visible so you can always switch back.Customization
Application MenuApplication Menu, also called app-menu, adds the missing Applications menu to macOS. It puts an icon in the menu bar, and clicking it shows a menu of the apps in your Applications folder, so you can open any of them without going through Finder, Launchpad or Spotlight.Customization
SaneBarSaneBar tidies your Mac's menu bar. Hide the menu bar apps you do not need right now, keep the important ones visible, and open hidden apps quickly when you need them. Hold Command and drag icons in the menu bar to choose which stay visible, then click the SaneBar icon to show or hide the rest. Hidden apps can be browsed in an Icon Panel, where you can search by name and double-click to open one, or in a second menu bar.Customization
OnlySwitchOnlySwitch puts everyday macOS controls into one customizable menu bar app. Instead of digging through System Settings or typing Terminal commands, you click a switch: hide desktop icons, change appearance to dark mode, keep the Mac awake, show hidden files or the Finder path bar, connect AirPods or Bluetooth, empty the Trash or the clipboard, clear the Xcode cache, and more. You can add, remove and reorder switches, import your macOS Shortcuts, give any switch a keyboard shortcut, and place controls on the desktop as widgets.Customization
ThawThaw takes back your Mac's menu bar. It hides the icons you do not need, with an always-hidden section for the rest, and brings them back when you hover, click, scroll, swipe or press a hotkey. You can search and jump to any menu bar item from the keyboard, arrange items by drag and drop, keep related items together in groups, and show hidden items in a separate bar, which helps on MacBooks with a notch. Triggers can reveal an item when something happens, such as a low battery, a Wi-Fi network or a Focus mode, and profiles switch layouts per display or Space.Customization
SwiftBarSwiftBar lets you add your own programs to the macOS menu bar. Write a script in any language, such as shell, Python, Ruby or JavaScript, put it in SwiftBar's plugin folder, and its output appears in the menu bar, refreshing as often as you like. A plugin can show anything from the weather, a stock price or the status of a server to your unread messages, with a dropdown menu of actions underneath. You can also get ready-made plugins from SwiftBar's built-in plugin repository and from the large collection written for BitBar.Customization
IceIce is a free, open-source menu bar manager for Mac. It hides the menu bar icons you rarely use and brings them back with a click, a hover or a scroll, so a crowded menu bar stays tidy and nothing is lost behind the notch on a MacBook. Ice is made by Jordan Baird and released under the GPL-3.0 license.Customization
Hidden BarHidden Bar is a free, open-source utility that hides menu bar icons to give your Mac a cleaner look. It adds an arrow and a separator to the menu bar: icons to the left of the separator are hidden, and one click on the arrow shows or hides them again. It is very small and simple, and is made by the Dwarves Foundation under the MIT license.Customization