Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to ZenithBar
The activity island Windows was missing
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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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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Slate▲97Floating windows for efficient multitasking on your desktop
2021 · slate.madebyayan.com · its alternatives →
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Focus on one app by dimming all the background windows
2015 · hazeover.com · its alternatives →
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ProgressBar▲194A Windows taskbar app to track your day & year progress
2021 · apuchitnis.github.io · its alternatives →
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NotchNook▲338Access media, calendar, files & more from the Mac's notch
2024 · lo.cafe · its alternatives →
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Make your product addictively easy to use
2022 · amplitude.com · its alternatives →
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DeskArcade▲83An arcade in your menu bar - playable over anything
Jun 2026 · getdeskarcade.com · its alternatives →
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SpinWin is an open source menu bar app to visually rotate any individual window. You can rotate / spin as many as you want one by one. I was scrolling reels when one came on where the content creator suggested "turning the phone upside down" for a portion. I was sitting at my mac, and decided to see if I could find something that did this. To my surprise, nothing exists, so I decided to build it. Turns out macOS doesn't provide any public API to do anything like this, so I wound up using the Accessibility API to move the target window offscreen, where it keeps rendering. Then we capture…
Jul 2026 · github.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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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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Cosmic-light▲84A stunning Dynamic Island Control Center for Windows
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A customizable gaming overlay built into Windows 10 👾
2019 · news.xbox.com · its alternatives →
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Iwan Dock ▲11Floating app panels to replace your Dock & Launchpad
Jul 2026 · riwaqlabs.com · its alternatives →
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Fader▲90Minimize windows when you switch apps automatically
Apr 2026 · eythor.com · its alternatives →
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Click one window, see all other related windows
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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docktor▲101Your Dock's wasted side space, now full of widgets
Jul 2026 · docktorapp.com · its alternatives →
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Surf▲86Access any website or web app from menu bar/floating window
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Islet▲105iPhone's Dynamic Island, brought to your Mac's notch
Jul 2026 · getislet.com · its alternatives →
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