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24 alternatives to Barbee

Hide Menu Bar Items, clean up your menu bar

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Barbee launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Bartender▲616

   Organize and hide menu bar items on your Mac

   2014 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →

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   Bartender 2▲298

   Organize and hide menu bar items on your Mac

   2015 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →

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   Dozer▲166

   Hide menu bar icons with ease ✨

   2019 · dozermac.com · its alternatives →

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   Bartender 4▲247

   Award-winning app for macOS that superpowers your menu bar

   2021 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →

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   Doorman▲71

   A menu bar app that tells other bar apps it's time to close

   2019 · its alternatives →

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   Bartender 5▲151

   Raising the bar, again

   2023 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →

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   MenubarX▲474

   A powerful menu bar browser. Pin websites like Native Apps.

   2022 · menubarx.app · its alternatives →

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   Hidden Bar▲101

   Hide menubar items

   2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Ice▲106

   Powerful menu bar manager for macOS

   2025 · icemenubar.app · its alternatives →

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    Barred▲11

    A lightweight, open-source menu bar manager for macOS

    Aug 2026 · marginalutility.dev · its alternatives →

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    Bartender 2▲21

    Organize and hide menu bar items on your Mac, with much more

    2016 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →

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    Vanilla▲118

    Hide menu bar icons on your Mac for free

    2017 · matthewpalmer.net · its alternatives →

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    ChocolateBar▲74

    Add a row under your menu bar for hidden icons

    Jun 2026 · chocolatebar.app · its alternatives →

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    Makerlog Menubar▲291

    Log your tasks openly, faster than ever before! 🔥🚢

    2018 · ambitiousfounder.com · its alternatives →

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    MacMenuBar▲317

    A curated directory of 200+ Mac menu bar apps

    2019 · macmenubar.com · its alternatives →

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    Bartender 4▲11

    Take control of your menu

    2020 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →

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    Clyde▲82

    No more asking strangers if they could watch your stuff

    2023 · theclyde.app · its alternatives →

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    Captain▲191

    A Docker menu bar app for Mac

    2017 · getcaptain.co · its alternatives →

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    Superbar▲191

    Supercharge your Mac menubar

    2019 · superbar.app · its alternatives →

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    Mac TODO Menubar▲144

    All your todos easily accessible from your menu bar!

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Menu Launcher▲84

    Launch any file, folder or app from your Mac menu bar

    2019 · onmyway133.com · its alternatives →

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    CleanMyMac X Menu App▲321

    Make sure you can trust your Mac

    2022 · macpaw.com · its alternatives →

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    DockX▲232

    Everything on dock & menu bar

    2023 · dockx.app · its alternatives →

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    ExtraBar▲152

    Hey Hacker News The ones that know me here know that I am a productivity geek. After DockFlow to manage my Dock and ExtraDock, which gives me more space to manage my apps and files, I decided to tackle the macOS big boss: the menu bar. I spend ~40% of my day context-switching between apps — Zoom meetings, Slack channels, Code projects, and Figma designs. My macOS menu bar has too many useless icons I almost never use. So I thought to myself, how can I use this area to improve my workflows? Most solutions (Bartender, Ice) require screen recording permissions, and did not really solve my…

    Dec 2025 · extrabar.app · its alternatives →

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