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24 alternatives to MenuTube

Entire full functional YouTube into your macOs’s 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. MenuTube launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Soundbar▲213

   A lightweight SoundCloud player for Mac

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   SpotMenu▲259

   Spotify and iTunes in your macOS menu bar

   2017 · kmikiy.github.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Clicker for YouTube▲115

   A native YouTube app for macOS, written in Swift

   2020 · dbklabs.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Menu Bar Web Browser▲93

   Browse your favourite websites in menubar

   2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   MenubarX▲474

   A powerful menu bar browser. Pin websites like Native Apps.

   2022 · menubarx.app · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Cumulus▲160

   A SoundCloud player that lives in your Mac menu bar

   2015 · gillesdemey.github.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Bartender▲616

   Organize and hide menu bar items on your Mac

   2014 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Captain▲191

   A Docker menu bar app for Mac

   2017 · getcaptain.co · its alternatives →

9. 9
   PodcastMenu▲233

   Listen to podcasts from your Mac menu bar

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    SoundMate▲107

    Enjoy SoundCloud from your Mac's menu bar

    2015 · icyarrow.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Zight▲203

    Record videos/GIFs from the menu bar, with all new features!

    2016 · getcloudapp.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    tubecut.▲215

    A mac app that downloads YouTube videos

    2022 · tubecut.app · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Baritone▲116

    Spotify controls that live in your menubar.

    2017 · tma02.github.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Emcee▲63

    See what's playing on iTunes or Spotify in you Mac menubar

    2015 · ilyabirman.net · its alternatives →

15. 15
    ExtraBar▲152

    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…

    Dec 2025 · extrabar.app · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Skip Tunes▲115

    Control iTunes, Spotify, or Rdio from your Mac's menubar

    2015 · skiptunes.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    PopHub▲95

    GitHub feed reader in your Mac's menu bar

    2015 · questbe.at · its alternatives →

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    WeTransfer for Mac▲156

    Simple menu bar tool for sharing files from your Mac

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Kaomoji for Mac▲170

    Get ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and other kaomojis right from your menu bar

    2017 · return.github.io · its alternatives →

20. 20
    BitBar▲160

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

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    One Thing▲138

    Put a single task or goal in your Mac's menu bar

    2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Pearl▲121

    See yourself in your Mac's menu bar

    2016 · thnkdev.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    GIFme▲74

    Search and send GIFs through your Mac menu bar

    2019 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Tubist - macOS menu bar YouTube player▲3

    No more closing YT on accident

    2022 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →