Alternatives

Products that do what Bidbar – save bash commands in the menu bar and run them with shortcuts does

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   Bidbar▲129

   Save and run Terminal commands from the Mac menu bar

   2019

2. 2SB
   Simple Bash Prompt – a fast, pretty, extendable and pure bash prompt▲31

   2020 · github.com

3. 3
   Prompt Library▲331

   All your best prompts. One shortcut away.

   Feb 2026

4. 4
   BitBar▲160

   Put the output from any script in your Mac OS X Menu Bar

   2016

5. 5
   Alias▲107

   Save and manage shortcuts in your macOS menubar

   2020

6. 6BP
   BitBar – Put anything in your Mac OS X menu bar▲149

   2016 · getbitbar.com

7. 7MT
   Memorize Terminal Commands▲166

   2019 · memorize-terminal-commands.com

8. 8
   Eggshell▲90

   Simple BASH script manager for your Mac menubar

   2018

9. 9ST
   Simple tool for creating command-line bar charts▲86

   2021 · github.com

10. 10
    Short Menu 3.0 for Mac▲199

    The most powerful URL shortener for macOS

    2017

11. 11MA
    MonkeyMind – A shortcut-driven to-do list for your Mac's menu bar▲99

    2020 · apps.apple.com

12. 12BR
    Bashfs – Run commands as your filesystem▲97

    2019 · github.com

13. 13
    ExtraBar▲152

    Build precise Mac actions and trigger them from the bar

    Dec 2025

14. 14BM
    Bashcached – memcached built on bash and ncat▲84

    2016 · github.com

15. 15WI
    What if your menu bar was a keyboard-controlled command center?▲60

    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…

    Jan 2026 · extrabar.app

16. 16
    QuickCMD▲109

    Your favorite commands now in your MacOS menu bar

    2025

17. 17BR
    bash.rocks – A bash interpreter in the browser▲58

    2017 · bash.rocks

18. 18OX
    OS X menu bar app for managing your boot2docker VM▲38

    2015 · boot2docker-status.nickgartmann.com

19. 19JT
    Jumprope – Terminal-like commands for the Chrome search bar▲61

    2021 · jumprope.ai

20. 20FL
    Free lunch Bash script; command history manager to optimize it▲6

    2022 · github.com

21. 21MV
    Minimum Viable Bash Prompt▲12

    2019 · github.com

22. 22CT
    CLI tool for managing bash environments▲7

    2019 · github.com

23. 23CD
    Completion daemon for {bash,zsh} that detects `–help` usage▲33

    2020 · github.com

24. 24AS
    Automatically save scripts from your shell history▲17

    2021 · github.com

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