Bidbar
Save and run Terminal commands from the Mac menu bar
Bidbar launched on August 1, 2019 with 129 votes, #204 of 3,185 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 7 years on.
What it does
Features: • Save and edit unlimited commands in the menu bar • Run and copy commands using keyboard shortcuts • Get notifications when commands finish running • View the output of commands in a clean, minimal window
Save Terminal commands in the Mac menu bar. Run and copy them with keyboard shortcuts. With Bidbar, all your commands are at your finger tips, just a click of a button or a tap of a key away. Jot down simple one-liners you keep forgetting or save complex scripts that serve a purpose. open -a Terminal ~/path/to/folder open -a Xcode open https://getbidbar.com say Today's date is `date +%A%B%d` { echo Goals for today; cat goals.txt; } | say After running a command, see the results in a detailed notification and view the output in a clean, minimalfrom getbidbar.com
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