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Best Productivity ResourcesBy Shushant LakhyaniVerified creator

Mac App

Hidden Bar

A tiny Mac utility that hides the menu bar icons you don't need to see.

Visit Hidden Bar4.5

  • Rating

    4.5 / 5

  • Pricing

    Free

  • Difficulty

    Beginner

  • Works on

    macOS, Offline

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What is Hidden Bar?

Hidden Bar is a free, open-source Mac utility that tucks away menu bar icons behind a single arrow. Drag the icons you rarely use to the hidden side, click to reveal them when you need them and let them hide again on a timer, so your menu bar stays calm and the things that matter are easy to spot.

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Pros: what Hidden Bar does well

  • Cleans up a crowded menu bar in seconds
  • Very light on memory
  • Free and open source

Cons: where it falls short

  • Mac only
  • Fewer options than paid menu bar managers

Who Hidden Bar is for

Mac users whose menu bar is overflowing with icons.

Who can skip it

Anyone with only a handful of menu bar apps.

Hidden Bar alternatives

Not sold on Hidden Bar? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

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Ice

Focus: bartender alternative and macos. Shares menu bar and open source with Hidden Bar. Rated 4.6 (Hidden Bar: 4.5).

Mac AppFreemacOS
4.6Visit

Stats

Focus: system monitor and menu bar app. Shares mac utility and open source with Hidden Bar. Rated 4.7 (Hidden Bar: 4.5).

Mac AppFreemacOS, Offline
4.7Visit

Amethyst

Focus: window manager and tiling. Shares mac utility and open source with Hidden Bar. Rated 4.6 (Hidden Bar: 4.5).

Mac AppFreemacOS, Offline
4.6Visit

AeroSpace

Focus: tiling window manager, window management and keyboard shortcuts. Shares open source and github with Hidden Bar. Rated 4.7 (Hidden Bar: 4.5).

Mac AppFreemacOS
4.7Visit

uBlock Origin

Focus: ad blocker, content blocker and privacy. Shares open source and github with Hidden Bar. A browser extension, not a Mac app. Adds Firefox and Chrome. Rated 4.8 (Hidden Bar: 4.5).

Browser ExtensionFreeFirefox, Chrome
4.8Visit

Glance

Focus: dashboard, start page and rss. Shares open source and github with Hidden Bar. A web app, not a Mac app. Adds Web. Rated 4.7 (Hidden Bar: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.7Visit

Free alternatives to Hidden Bar

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

Zellij

Focus: terminal multiplexer, developer tool and workspace. Shares open source and github with Hidden Bar. A desktop app, not a Mac app. Adds Linux. Rated 4.6 (Hidden Bar: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.6Visit

Zen Browser

Focus: web browser, vertical tabs and workspaces. Shares open source and github with Hidden Bar. A desktop app, not a Mac app. Adds Windows and Linux. Rated 4.6 (Hidden Bar: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.6Visit

Ferdium

Focus: messaging, all-in-one and workspaces. Shares open source and github with Hidden Bar. A desktop app, not a Mac app. Adds Windows and Linux. Same 4.5 rating.

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.5Visit

Pake

Focus: web to desktop, app wrapper and tauri. Shares open source and github with Hidden Bar. A desktop app, not a Mac app. Adds Windows and Linux. Same 4.5 rating.

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit

OneTab

Focus: tabs, browser extension and chrome. Also in Organization and Digital Minimalism, like Hidden Bar. A browser extension, not a Mac app. Adds Chrome and Firefox. Same 4.5 rating.

Browser ExtensionFreeChrome, Firefox
4.5Visit
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