Menu Bar Apps Products & Tools (2026)

Tiny little apps that do magical things and live in your OS X menu bar. Collect 'em all!

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BlackFlare
Launched this month
Mission control for Claude Code & Codex in your menu bar
4.0 (1 review)
HealthyNotch
Launched this month
Work shouldn't cost you your health
4.0 (1 review)
StepGrab
Launched this month
Turn any Mac task into a step-by-step guide
4.0 (1 review)
Productivity Knowledge base software Screenshots and screen recording apps
mectrics
Launched this month
Your Mac's vitals in the menu bar. Free and open source.
4.0 (1 review)
Observability tools
DockX
Everything on Dock & Menu bar
4.0 (1 review)
Productivity Presentation Software Product add-ons
NASA Picture of the Day
Image of our universe every day on your Mac 🌌
4.0 (1 review)
Backtrack
Record audio from the past
4.0 (1 review)
Quick Access
Organise files in the Mac menu bar
4.0 (1 review)
Contrast
A macOS app for quick access to WCAG color contrast ratios
4.0 (1 review)
Design resources
Battery Life and Health
A simple, compact battery indicator for macOS
4.0 (1 review)
CodexBar Lite
Launched this month
Privacy-first Codex tracker for your macOS menu bar
4.0 (1 review)
Time tracking apps Observability tools AI Code Editors
DeskMat for Mac
Launched this month
Cover your Desktop with Ease
4.0 (1 review)
Forehead
Hide the notch and round all corners on the new MacBook Pro
2.5 (2 reviews)
Xnip
Handy screenshot app for mac
3.0 (1 review)
Screenshots and screen recording apps
Cliptonite - Clipboard Manager
A beautifully crafted, and performant clipboard manager
3.0 (1 review)

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Pulse Island

I turned the MacBook notch into a Dynamic Island

Every MacBook since 2021 has a notch, and on macOS it does absolutely nothing. On iPhone, the same cutout became the most useful strip on the screen.

That gap bothered me, so I built Pulse Island, a native macOS app that turns the notch into a live, interactive island.

6 comments•56 views

8d ago

Pretty Prompt

My first Mac App (built with Glaze!)

I spent last week doing the heavy lifting of building my very first Mac app to see if I could turn an idea into a functional tool for my own workflow.

Even Charlie gave his thumbs up

Took advantage of the @Glaze by Raycast awards to test my building skills!

8 comments•59 views

11d ago

CodexBar Lite

I'm sitting on a redesigned CodexBar Lite... what would you look for first?

I've just finished a pretty substantial UI refresh for CodexBar Lite and I'm using it myself before shipping it.

The functionality is largely the same. The focus this time wasn't adding features, it was making the app feel more polished while staying true to its original philosophy:

Minimal
Privacy-first
Native macOS

Before I hit release, I'm curious: If you were testing a menu bar app, what's the first thing you'd notice or judge?

6 comments•26 views

10d ago

Breva 2.0 for Mac is here!

Hey Product Hunt,

I built Breva because I wanted a calmer way to reset during the workday without reaching for my phone or opening a full meditation app.

5 comments•53 views

20d ago

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