Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to F-Bar
A Laravel Forge server manager in 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. F-Bar launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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F-Bar iOS▲66Manage your Laravel Forge servers on the go from your iPhone
2021 · laravel-forge-menubar.com · its alternatives →
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Laravel Forge▲133Laravel is a framework for building modern web apps and AI agents. Expressive syntax, built-in tools, and everything you need to ship fast.
2025 · laravel.com · its alternatives →
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is a tiny native macOS menu-bar app for local SSH port forwards. It has no external dependencies and runs natively.
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Scriptables▲99Simplify your Laravel deploys & server management
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Agent Bar▲162Run Claude Code from your menu bar
Feb 2026 · aayushbuilds.gumroad.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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Barflare▲75Cloudflare Tunnels, managed from your menu bar
Jun 2026 · barflare.app · 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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Manage your goals from your desktop and support other makers
2019 · makergoals.netlify.app · its alternatives →
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Laravel Kit▲93Desktop Laravel admin panel app with no configuration needs
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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UXPin Forge▲244Generate UI from your design system, not around it
Apr 2026 · uxpin.com · its alternatives →
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Portlivo▲88Every local dev server on your Mac, in the menu bar
4d ago · portlivo.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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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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Save time on developing internal tools for your Laravel app
2022 · forest.app · its alternatives →
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Find, open and kill ports in a couple of clicks. Works with Node, Python, Ruby, PHP, HTTP and pretty much any process listening on a TCP port.
2019 · portmanager.app · its alternatives →
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Shareable, bookmarkable cheatsheet for Laravel Artisan.
2021 · artisan.page · its alternatives →
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kubectl port-forward manager and reverse tunnel (ngrok-like) for exposing local services publicly, with TLS termination, HTTP traffic inspection, UDP forwarding, multi-hop proxy routing through k8s clusters, stateful config via filesystem or git - GUI and TUI available - hcavarsan/kftray
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Open-source Menu Bar App to monitor vercel deployment status
Oct 2025 · its alternatives →
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