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24 alternatives to Captain
A Docker menu bar app for Mac
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Captain launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Bartender▲616Organize and hide menu bar items on your Mac
2014 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →
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Bartender 2▲301Organize and hide menu bar items on your Mac
2015 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →
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Bartender 4▲247Award-winning app for macOS that superpowers your menu bar
2021 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →
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MenubarX▲474A powerful menu bar browser. Pin websites like Native Apps.
2022 · menubarx.app · its alternatives →
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MacMenuBar▲317A curated directory of 200+ Mac menu bar apps
2019 · macmenubar.com · its alternatives →
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Loading▲205See when apps are using your network in your Mac menubar
2015 · bonzaiapps.com · its alternatives →
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ExtraBar▲152Hey 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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Next Meeting▲138Quickly see your next meeting right in your menu bar.
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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