Top MENU-BAR-APP GitHub Repositories & Tools (2026)

Let idle local LLMs sleep and get your Mac's memory back. A native macOS menu bar app to turn Ollama on and off and auto-free idle model RAM. Free and open source.

👋 Your face is the password. Face unlock for your Mac's lock screen, plus App Lock for chosen apps. 100% on-device, built with Swift and Core ML.

Menu Bar App on MacOS and Windows that cuts Claude Code and Codex token costs by ~50%

On-device meeting transcriber for macOS — auto-records Teams/Zoom/Webex, transcribes & separates speakers locally. No cloud. Open-source alternative to Otter/Granola/Fireflies.

macOS menu-bar app for fine-grained VPN routing: bypass the VPN for chosen domains/services, force others through it, or (Custom mode) route each domain/subnet out a specific egress — direct, a specific VPN, an HTTP/SOCKS5 proxy, or a Tailscale peer. Includes a vpnb CLI.

Free, open-source menu bar toolkit for macOS. Eighteen tools in one panel: Pomodoro timer, time tracker, keep-awake, system monitor, clipboard history, file converter, window manager, torrents, archives, OCR, screenshots, draw on screen, color picker, VPN switcher, app launcher, uninstaller, keyboard lock, speed test. SwiftUI, no telemetry, MIT.

Close the lid, and your MacBook desktop folds away softly. Follows the hinge angle with a live perspective fold and progressive blur.

macOS menu bar app: Claude quota with pace

Open-source native macOS menu bar app that frosts your screen when you look away with AirPods.