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Free macOS menu bar apps
Menu bar apps for Mac that cost nothing to use. Some are open source, some are freemium with an optional paid unlock. The listing says which.
52 apps
- About PokeTokenBar
PokeTokenBar, opens the developer's site in a new tab Raise Pokémon With Your AI Token Usage
A free, open-source macOS menu bar app that turns your AI coding token usage into a Pokémon-raising game. Reads local Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI logs to show today's usage, 5-hour and weekly limits, all 100% locally.
Free - About Fonti: Font Finder AI
Fonti: Font Finder AI , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab AI-Powered Font Identifier for Mac Menu Bar
Font Identifier for Mac menu bar, quickly detect fonts from images or screenshots, explore alternatives, and streamline typography design.
Free - About WhatCable
WhatCable, opens the developer's site in a new tab Know What Your USB-C Cable Can Really Do
Reads the e-marker chip inside your USB-C cables and tells you in plain English what each one can actually do, and names the weak link when charging or data speed is limited.
Freemium - About NotchLive
NotchLive, opens the developer's site in a new tab Live Captions at the Top of Your Mac
Keeps live captions at the top of your Mac, capturing system audio or microphone speech from Zoom, Meet, Teams, videos, and podcasts, then transcribing locally with Whisper and CoreML.
Freemium - About Kanary
Kanary, opens the developer's site in a new tab On-Device Meeting Notes, Plus Keyboard Powers
A menu bar app with no Dock icon that records, transcribes and summarises meetings on-device, and carries modifier-key taps, per-app hotkeys, input modes and window snap gestures on the same icon. macOS 14+, Apple Silicon.
Freemium - About Lid Keeper
Lid Keeper, opens the developer's site in a new tab Keep a MacBook awake with the lid closed—one menu-bar switch, session telemetry, and a fail-safe return to normal sleep.
Keeps long downloads, builds and local jobs running after a MacBook lid closes, with battery, thermal and watchdog fail-safes that restore normal sleep.
Free - About Agent Island
Agent Island, opens the developer's site in a new tab Status Companion for Claude Code & Codex
A free, open-source macOS menu bar status companion for Claude Code and Codex. Live agent state, quota/cost countdowns, attention alerts, and auto-resume for trusted sessions. Native SwiftUI, local-first, no account or telemetry.
Free - About sketchetc
sketchetc, opens the developer's site in a new tab Themeable SketchyBar Menu Bar for macOS
A themeable, fully interactive macOS menu bar built on SketchyBar. Vice City and four more themes, 20+ toggleable widgets, Option+V clipboard history, aura points, and a tamper-evident journal.
Free - About Horizon
Horizon , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Adaptive Wallpapers for Mac Menu Bar
A native macOS menu bar wallpaper app that changes your desktop by time, weather, Focus Mode, and mood. Free to download with a one-time $7.99 Premium unlock.
Freemium - About VibeMenu
VibeMenu, opens the developer's site in a new tab Keep Your Mac Awake While Coding Agents Work
Prevents Mac sleep while Claude Code, Codex, or ChatGPT Work is active and releases the hold when work finishes, showing session state, usage limits, approval alerts, and thermal pressure.
Free - About Dropshare
Dropshare , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Upload to Your Own Storage, Share a Link
Uploads screenshots, files and folders to your own server or one of 36+ supported providers and hands you a link to share, so the file lands somewhere you chose.
Free - About Belay
Belay, opens the developer's site in a new tab
Keeps your Mac awake while AI coding agents work, then lets it sleep the moment they finish. Auto-detects Claude Code, Codex, Copilot CLI and Cline; free, no telemetry, 7 languages.
Free - About Posturio
Posturio , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Smart Desk Wellness for macOS Menu Bar
A native macOS menu bar app that helps desk workers build healthier work habits with active-time reminders for posture, eye breaks, eye exercises, movement, hydration, and guided stretching.
Freemium - About Mimir
Mimir, opens the developer's site in a new tab Every AI Coding Quota in Your Menu Bar
Tracks AI coding quotas for Claude, Codex, Gemini, and Antigravity in one popover, with live limits, reset countdowns, and colour-coded status dots, read entirely on your own machine. Open source under the MIT licence, macOS 14+.
Free - About Meemo AI
Meemo AI, opens the developer's site in a new tab On-Device Meeting Assistant for Your Mac Menu Bar
A macOS menu bar meeting assistant that captures microphone and Mac audio, creates live searchable transcripts, and can keep transcription and AI processing fully on-device.
Freemium - About Lyrimuse
Lyrimuse, opens the developer's site in a new tab
Word-synced desktop and menu-bar lyrics for Apple Music, Spotify, QQ Music, NetEase Cloud Music, Kugou and YouTube Music / Spotify Web in the browser — with translation, romanization and Last.fm scrobbling. Free and open source (GPL-3.0).
Free - About Wallset
Wallset , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Keyboard-First Wallpaper Switcher for Mac
Wallset is a native, keyboard-first wallpaper switcher for macOS inspired by Rofi-style workflows. It lives entirely in the menu bar: press a global hotkey, browse your wallpaper collections in a visual grid or list, and apply a new wallpaper instantly with smooth transitions.
Freemium - About MirAIe AC Bar
MirAIe AC Bar, opens the developer's site in a new tab Panasonic MirAIe AC Controller for the Mac Menu Bar
A fast, lightweight menu bar controller for Panasonic MirAIe ACs. Control your AC from your Mac instead of reopening the phone app, with optional Siri Shortcuts.
Free - About Holeberry
Holeberry, opens the developer's site in a new tab Your Pi-hole, From the Menu Bar
Controls up to two Pi-hole instances from the menu bar: status and query stats, timed or indefinite disabling, one-click unblocking of the domain in your current browser tab, and allowlisting recent blocks. Open source under MIT, macOS 14+.
Free - About BetterStage
BetterStage, opens the developer's site in a new tab BetterStage: macOS workspace manager with stages, Window Modes, snap zones, and AI Staging
Group Mac apps, windows, and layouts by project, then switch the whole workspace across displays from the menu bar or shortcuts.
$19.99 - About StatusPerch
StatusPerch, opens the developer's site in a new tab Hide and organize macOS menu bar icons. Lightweight, offline, and permission-free.
StatusPerch adds a movable boundary and chevron to the Mac menu bar. Hold Command to place compatible, low-frequency icons to its left, then hide or reveal the group in one click. It runs locally, needs no account, and its core workflow requires neither Screen Recording nor Accessibility access. Free for macOS 13 or later, on Apple silicon and Intel.
Free - About NowWave
NowWave, opens the developer's site in a new tab A floating now-playing widget for TIDAL, Spotify and Apple Music, with favorites, sharing and themes.
The track playing on TIDAL, Spotify or Apple Music in your menu bar, with a player one click away.
Free - About Mini Stopwatch
Mini Stopwatch , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Ultra-Minimalist macOS Menu Bar Stopwatch
The most minimalist Stopwatch. One click to start, one click to stop, double click to reset. That's it!
Free - About Clavio
Clavio , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Turn speech into text that's ready to send.
AI dictation for Mac. Hold a key or say ‘Hey Clavio’ — speak in any app and polished text drops in. Per-app styles, 28 languages, free to start.
£12 - About UseReserve
UseReserve, opens the developer's site in a new tab Claude & Codex Usage in Your Menu Bar
UseReserve is a free, simple, lightweight macOS menu bar app that shows your remaining Claude and Codex usage at a glance. Built for developers who are tired of constantly checking their AI usage limits.
Free - About NanoClip
NanoClip , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Mac Clipboard Manager with AI Flows
A native Mac clipboard manager, snippet library, and automation tool built around Flows. Save everything you copy, organize reusable snippets, and run AI-powered workflows from your menu bar.
Freemium - About Hotspot Guard
Hotspot Guard, opens the developer's site in a new tab Per-App Data Limits for Metered Connections
Tracks how much data each app uses on a metered connection like an iPhone hotspot, with per-app limits over 1-minute and 1-hour windows, a budget with overspend forecast, and a four-step escalation.
Free - About Mappa Mini
Mappa Mini , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Quick Location Search from macOS Menu Bar
Quickly search for locations directly from your Mac's menu bar and open them in your preferred map service.
Free - About FlareBar
FlareBar , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Cloudflare Dashboard in Your Mac Menu Bar
Access your Cloudflare dashboard from the menu bar. Jump to any page instantly.
Freemium - About Screen Break
Screen Break, opens the developer's site in a new tab Guided Break Reminders for Your Mac
A gentle but firm macOS menu bar break reminder with guided full-screen rests, smart idle reset, busy auto-defer, a multilingual UI, and friendly limits on skipping.
Free - About Honey for Mac
Honey for Mac, opens the developer's site in a new tab Honey for Mac: reduce token waste across AI coding agents from the menu bar
Install Honey across supported AI coding agents and track estimated token, cost, and CO2 savings locally from the Mac menu bar.
Free - About Stash
Stash, opens the developer's site in a new tab Mac screenshot & screen recording for AI. Every capture exports as structured context your AI can read, not pixels it guesses at.
Stash is a Mac menu bar app for screenshots, screen recordings, and clipboard history. Capture app, window, and accessibility context for AI coding agents, annotate screenshots with automatic copying after edits, and share video demos by link. Free during public beta. Requires macOS 14 or later.
Free - About Clipboard Router
Clipboard Router, opens the developer's site in a new tab Search captured clips, run reviewed clipboard workflows, and encrypt selected clips in Vault on your Mac.
Search and organize clipboard history, transform copied text, paste multiple clips in order, run reviewed actions, and protect sensitive clips in an encrypted Vault.
Free - About Unspoken
Unspoken, opens the developer's site in a new tab Private Dictation for Mac Menu Bar
A private macOS menu bar and shortcut-driven dictation app. Press a shortcut, speak naturally, and cleaned-up text appears at your cursor. Audio stays local and offline, with 100+ languages, custom words, snippets, and a Lifetime Pro option.
Freemium - About Matrix Desktop
Matrix Desktop, opens the developer's site in a new tab matrix (web-based green code rain, made with love)
Live Matrix digital rain wallpaper and screensaver for Apple Silicon Macs. Customize presets from the menu bar, run it across multiple displays, and let power and thermal backoff keep it sensible on laptops. Free, with no account or subscription. Requires macOS 14 or later.
Free - About Moonshot
Moonshot, opens the developer's site in a new tab Capture screenshots and screen recordings on Mac with audio and webcam controls. Paid AI turns transcripts into drafts you can review.
Moonshot is a native macOS screenshot and screen recording app for Apple silicon. Capture your screen with microphone, system audio, and camera, then share recordings and turn them into summaries or bug reports for your team.
Freemium - About Petit Fire
Petit Fire , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Petit Fire puts a small candle light in the corner of your screen while you work.
Petit Fire puts a small candle light in the corner of your Mac screen while you work. Click the menu bar icon to light it and click again to put it out; it stays lit until you do. The menu holds five settings: brightness, size, place, volume and sound. Free on the Mac App Store. macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon and Intel.
Free - About Candela
Candela, opens the developer's site in a new tab Protect OLED displays from burn-in, check panels for defects and wear, and give every Mac display better controls.
A macOS menu bar app that protects your displays from OLED burn-in and wear: panel health history, a checkup for defects, and the everyday brightness, volume, and scaling controls macOS leaves out. For anyone with an external monitor on a Mac, and especially OLED owners.
Free - About WattMate
WattMate , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Watts per app, not a nameless score. Then a receipt: promised 24 min, got 28 min.
Power by app in real watts, the minutes you would get back by quitting one, and a measured receipt two minutes later. Apple silicon, macOS 14 or later.
$29 - About Smolpad
Smolpad , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Smolpad is a smol Markdown editor with respect for your files.
A tiny Markdown editor for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Every note is a plain .md file, synced through iCloud.
$14.99 - About DuoBar
DuoBar , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab DuoBar is a clean menu bar companion for macOS. Battery, Wi-Fi, network activity, CPU, memory and disk — all in one compact dropdown.
DuoBar is an iPhone Duo like clean menu bar companion for macOS. Battery, Wi-Fi, memory and more — all in one compact dropdown.
$2.99 - About Pelmet
Pelmet, opens the developer's site in a new tab A calm menu bar, done the native way. Hides the icons you don't need until you do.
A small menu bar manager for macOS 27. Hides the icons you don't need until you do. Hover, click or a shortcut brings them back. Three sections, a layout editor, ⌘-drag in the bar. macOS does the hiding, icons stay put. Free, open source, no server.
Free - About QuotaTempo
QuotaTempo, opens the developer's site in a new tab Local-first macOS menu bar app to track and pace Codex and Claude weekly AI usage.
QuotaTempo is a free, MIT-licensed macOS menu-bar app that compares weekly Codex and Claude capacity with the even-use target for the current moment.
Free - About MacMetra
MacMetra , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab MacMetra is a system monitor that lives in the menu bar of your Mac.
A system monitor that lives entirely in the macOS menu bar — no Dock icon, no main window. One compact item shows CPU load, thermal state and memory; you choose which appear and in what order. Clicking it opens a panel with cards for CPU, memory, storage, thermal state and power. It stays inside the App Sandbox, so it shows the four-step thermal state macOS publishes rather than named sensors in degrees, and no fan speeds. No helper tool, no network access, no accounts, no analytics, no history kept. Swift and SwiftUI, universal, macOS 14 or later.
$2.99 - About Cowork Island
Cowork Island, opens the developer's site in a new tab Monitor Claude Cowork, Codex and other supported AI sessions on your Mac. See progress, spot requests and return to the right task.
Cowork Island is a panel at the top of your Mac for anyone who runs several AI tasks at once. It shows your AI sessions from Claude Cowork and recent Claude desktop chats, plus Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor and other supported tools. Without switching apps, you can see which ones are working and which need you.
Freemium - About Klipto
Klipto, opens the developer's site in a new tab A fast, native clipboard manager for macOS. Hold-to-paste, Stack, transforms, OCR. Local, one-time, no subscription.
A fast, private Mac clipboard manager with ordered multi-paste, local OCR and translation, notes, and custom on-device AI text transformations
$19.99 - About SnapApp for Mac
SnapApp for Mac, opens the developer's site in a new tab
Native Mac screenshot app with menu-bar capture and a custom shortcut. Add arrows, text, shapes, solid redaction and on-device OCR. The canvas expands beyond the captured area. Copy or save PNG locally. Also uses Dock and editor windows. Current 0.3.8 is free, proprietary, macOS 14+, Apple silicon and Intel. No account required.
Free - About Brief
Brief, opens the developer's site in a new tab Someone pasted 1,200 words from ChatGPT. Press ⌃X on any window. Get just the point.
Brief is a free macOS menu-bar app for reading long AI-generated text. Press Control-X on any window and Brief returns only the lines that change what you do next. It works in browsers, chat apps and terminals, uses the transcript on YouTube, and shapes the output to the source: an answer for chats, ordered points for videos, and what changed plus what to check for pull requests. It runs on your existing Claude or ChatGPT plan, or on-device with Apple Intelligence. No account needed.
Free - About Macsmith
Macsmith, opens the developer's site in a new tab Your developer tools. One Mac app.
Install packages, manage local services, and find what is using a port. Twenty familiar tools in one native Mac app.
Free - About UsageBeacon
UsageBeacon, opens the developer's site in a new tab Native macOS menu bar budget runway for Cursor, Claude, and extensible AI usage providers
Track Cursor, Claude, and Codex usage, budgets, and resets in your Mac menu bar, widgets, or floating HUD.
Free - About MightyMouse
MightyMouse, opens the developer's site in a new tab
Your phone turns into your computer. See your screen, move the cursor, talk to it from anywhere. Transcription is free and stays on your Mac. At your desk, hold one key and speak. The words land in whatever app you are in. Use the AI you already pay for, or a local model. Runs from the macOS menu bar and a hold-to-talk hotkey.
Freemium - About Murmure
Murmure , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab
Murmure — voice dictation for macOS that never leaves your Mac. Hold a shortcut, talk, text lands in the active app. whisper.cpp, free, MIT.
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