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ExtraBar alternatives
2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
IcePowerful menu bar manager for macOS (candidate for building menu-bar actions and management).Open on GitHub ↗xbarPut the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar (useful for script-based actions).Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Polished commercial UX and visual design
- Volume/team license management and premium support
- QA across many macOS versions and device compatibility testing
- Marketing, distribution, and bundled updates
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches ExtraBar, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.