Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to ExtraBar
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…
ExtraBar is a macOS menu bar tool that turns the menu bar into a keyboard-controlled command center for quick app switching and custom actions. Designed for developers and multitaskers who frequently switch between… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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MacMenuBar▲317A curated directory of 200+ Mac menu bar apps
2019 · macmenubar.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I recently switched from a Fedora/GNOME laptop to a MacBook Air. My old setup served me well as a portable workstation, but I’ve started traveling more while working remotely and needed something with similar performance but better battery life. The main thing I missed was a simple taskbar that shows the windows in the current workspace instead of a Dock that mixes everything together. I built boringBar so I would not have to use the Dock. It shows only the windows in the current Space, lets you switch Spaces by scrolling on the bar, and adds a desktop switcher so you can jump…
Apr 2026 · boringbar.app · its alternatives →
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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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MenubarX▲474A powerful menu bar browser. Pin websites like Native Apps.
2022 · menubarx.app · its alternatives →
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Hi everyone! I'm Marius Hauken, an indie developer, and I'm excited to share my app: Pie Menu. It offers a fresh way to access your favorite menu bar commands and keyboard shortcuts on macOS. By simply pressing a hotkey you choose during setup, a radial menu appears around your cursor, customized to the current active application. This allows you to quickly select commands without having to remember complex shortcuts across different applications. Pie Menu comes with a library of preprogrammed commands for popular apps, but you can easily add any app on your computer. We've also created an…
2024 · pie-menu.com · its alternatives →
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Getbitbar.com x M77CASINO membahas cerita di balik data dan tren angka: bagaimana catatan historis, perubahan pola, dan konteks membantu pembaca memahami informasi secara lebih terstruktur tanpa menjanjikan hasil tertentu.
2016 · getbitbar.com · its alternatives →
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Command-Tab Plus▲248Keyboard-centric application switcher for your Mac ⌘
2016 · commandtab.noteifyapp.com · its alternatives →
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Moves for macOS▲180Position macOS windows like a goddamn wizard ✨
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Bidbar▲129Save and run Terminal commands from the Mac menu bar
2019 · getbidbar.com · its alternatives →
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QuickCMD▲109Your favorite commands now in your MacOS menu bar
2025 · apps.apple.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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Makerlog Menubar▲291Log your tasks openly, faster than ever before! 🔥🚢
2018 · ambitiousfounder.com · its alternatives →
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Howdy, gang; After almost two weeks of sitting in Apple's approval queue, my new app Timebar is finally available. I think it has a pretty innovative UI feature, so I wanted to float it by Hacker News. It's a timer app that turns your Mac's menu bar into a sort of virtual hourglass. Your menu bar starts out tinted blue (or whatever colour you pick) and it slowly drains from right-to-left until your time is up. It works very well for situations where you want to keep track of time, but don't need to be super precise. The menu bar is easy to glance up at, and it doesn't take long to happen…
2013 · whimsicalifornia.com · its alternatives →
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Lounge▲80macOS Tahoe menu bar manager with notch-aware icon control
Apr 2026 · lounge.asktobuild.app · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! So the other day macOS dock system pissed me off, completely. I’m someone who runs 2 or 3 monitors daily: one for coding, one for chat apps, and one for design tools. But macOS only gives you a single Dock, which either stays on your main screen or auto-swaps wherever your mouse is. Complete hell. I just wanted an easy way to keep a “chat dock” on my side monitor, a “development dock” on my center monitor, and maybe another “utilities dock” somewhere else—without messing with some complex, heavy, bloated dock replacement. So I made one. And got feedback from my friends that it's…
2025 · extradock.app · its alternatives →
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