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24 alternatives to Hotlist, a Tauri powered daily todo list for your Mac menu bar

Manage your daily todos straight from your Mac menu bar.

Hotlist is a daily todo list application that lives in the Mac menu bar, built with the Tauri framework. It's designed for Mac users who want quick access to their tasks throughout the day without opening a separate… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hotlist, a Tauri powered daily todo list for your Mac menu bar launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Hotlist▲148
Manage your daily todos straight from your Mac menu bar
2023 · pqina.nl · its alternatives →
2
Redline▲293
Minimal Menubar Todo
2024 · vanka.me · its alternatives →
3
Superlist▲1,252
The task layer for your AI agents
2024 · superlist.com · its alternatives →
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Bartender▲616
Organize and hide menu bar items on your Mac
2014 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →
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Mac TODO Menubar▲144
All your todos easily accessible from your menu bar!
2018 · its alternatives →
6
Sunsama for macOS▲265
If Trello & Google Calendar had a baby - now for Mac
2018 · sunsama.com · its alternatives →
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Today▲222
Quickly view your schedule in the macOS menu bar
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
8
Gutta▲142
A tiny, offline task list for your Mac menu bar
Aug 2026 · github.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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MacMenuBar▲317
A curated directory of 200+ Mac menu bar apps
2019 · macmenubar.com · its alternatives →
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PRs MenuBar▲111
Stay on top of your pull requests from your Mac menu bar
Nov 2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Lacona▲645
Fast, simple, powerful keyboard-driven commands for Mac
2016 · lacona.io · its alternatives →
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Bartender 2▲298
Organize and hide menu bar items on your Mac
2015 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →
14
Magnetic▲102
Master your lists with hotkeys + gestures. Mac, iOS, iPadOS
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
15
CleanMyMac X Menu App▲321
Make sure you can trust your Mac
2022 · macpaw.com · its alternatives →
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PopDo▲94
A quick task list for your Mac menu bar
2020 · its alternatives →
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Pie Menu – a radial menu for macOS▲309
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 →
18
One Thing▲138
Put a single task or goal in your Mac's menu bar
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Instant for Mac▲132
A menu bar app to track the daily time spent on your Mac
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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One▲414
Read Product Hunt, HN, DN, Reddit, Medium from Mac menu bar
2014 · one.hackplan.com · its alternatives →
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ToDoBar▲58
Effortlessly manage tasks on your menu bar
2023 · todobarapp.com · 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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InstaCal▲256
The missing menu bar calendar for MacOS
2017 · instacalapp.com · its alternatives →
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SpotMenu▲259
Spotify and iTunes in your macOS menu bar
2017 · kmikiy.github.io · its alternatives →

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