Menu Bar GitHub Repositories (2026) · Open Source Tools

Free and open-source macOS menu bar toolkit.

Powerful menu bar manager for macOS

A calm menu bar, done the native way. Hides the icons you don't need until you do.

Every display control macOS hides, in one menu bar app: sharp HiDPI/Retina scaling (no more blurry or tiny text), DDC brightness and volume, Extra Brightness past 100%, presets, virtual displays. Free and open source, a no-cost alternative to BetterDisplay and Lunar.

A menu bar system monitor for macOS. CPU, memory, GPU, network, disk, battery and thermals at 0.046% CPU.

Any window from your Mac, live on your iPhone or iPad. Touch, Apple Pencil, trackpad and keys. Free, open source, no servers.

Free macOS menu-bar app for astrophotography: finds tonight's clear window, ranks your targets, tells you when it's worth setting up.

Cotabby is local AI autocomplete for your entire Mac. Open source. On device. Everywhere you type.

Use your tokens to raise, evolve, and collect Pokémon! 🥚

Status Trio — a native macOS app that combines Wi-Fi, battery, and volume into one compact, configurable status icon for the menu bar, the Dock, or both, inspired by the iPhone Duo combined status bar.

macOS menu-bar utility that locks the active keyboard input source to your choice

The open source menu bar manager

Find where your keyboard shortcuts clash. A free, open-source macOS menu bar app that detects shortcut conflicts across apps, config tools, and system settings.

A tiny macOS app that turns Caps Lock into a physical keep-awake switch for closed-lid MacBook work.

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Candela protects your displays from OLED burn-in and wear: panel health history, a checkup for defects, and the controls macOS leaves out for external monitors (brightness, volume, contrast, custom resolutions, HiDPI scaling). Free and open source.

AI token usage & quota monitor for the macOS menu bar — native Swift, Liquid Glass, 3D contribution graph. Tracks Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode & 25+ agents locally.

Fully on-device on-screen translator for macOS: region capture and live overlay, powered by Vision OCR and Apple Translation

Native Codex account switcher by Zhao Liu (liuzhao1225) for macOS and Windows. Local accounts, weekly/5h usage, confirmed Desktop switching.

Petal is a native macOS menu bar app for fast, local-first audio transcription.