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   Palette For Mac▲205

   A menu bar based colour contrast analyser

   2016

2. 2BP
   BitBar – Put anything in your Mac OS X menu bar▲149

   2016 · getbitbar.com

3. 3
   System Color Picker▲233

   The macOS color picker supercharged

   2021

4. 4
   Drop▲303

   Beautiful color picker with Touch Bar support

   2016

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   Color Converter▲100

   Convert HEX/RGBA/HSL to code snippets from macOS menubar

   2019

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   Forehead▲157

   Hide the notch and round all corners on the new MacBook Pro

   2021

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   Tintd▲149

   Customize folder icons on Mac

   2025

8. 8MA
   MonkeyMind – A shortcut-driven to-do list for your Mac's menu bar▲99

   2020 · apps.apple.com

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   Contrast Safe▲88

   Small macOS menu bar app to check your colors against WCAG

   2019

10. 10
    eqMac▲92

    A free menubar equalizer for macOS

    2017

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    Arthur▲271

    Effortlessly optimize some of your Mac's hidden settings

    2016

12. 12
    Color Peeker▲115

    Color code in the menu bar

    2021

13. 13CP
    Color Picker Pro, Open Source Color Picker for Mac Os X▲55

    2011 · github.com

14. 14AF
    Artful for Mac▲229

    2014 · artfulmac.com

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    Lounge▲80

    macOS Tahoe menu bar manager with notch-aware icon control

    Apr 2026

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    ExtraBar▲152

    Build precise Mac actions and trigger them from the bar

    Dec 2025

17. 17WI
    What if your menu bar was a keyboard-controlled command center?▲60

    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…

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    Recento ▲89

    Instantly access your recent files, folders, apps, clipboard

    2025

19. 19SC
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    2022 · github.com

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    Presentify▲147

    Screen Annotation and Cursor Highlight for Mac

    2020

21. 21IM
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    2020 · servicestation.menu

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    Pochade▲61

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    2014

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    QuickRes▲87

    The best way to change resolutions on your Mac

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24. 24CE
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    2017 · github.com

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