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CLUSTER BAR-MENU-HIDES · 15 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-09-01

macOS menu bar clutter managers

This cluster comprises macOS menu bar utilities that hide or minimize app icons to reduce clutter. The cluster's dated history is too thin to read a shape from — it predates the index or its members are undated. The leading traction is justhide with 8 stars, followed by NotchQuota and BigMenu.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

AUG 2026: 1SEP 2026: 12OCT 2026: 2
AUG 2026OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 2 hand-coded · 13 unlabelled

Operator · 12 hobby · 2 indie · 1 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 15 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01barkeep58★1 mo—hobbymacOS utility that manages hidden menu bar items from a single interface.
  2. 02justhide12★1 day—hobbymacOS menu bar utility that hides selected app icons and restores them behind a chevron to declutter the menu bar.
  3. 03FoldBar5★5 days—hobbyMenu bar manager for macOS that folds away left-side icons and keeps right-side icons visible with drag-and-drop arrangement.
  4. 04NotchQuota2★1 mo—macOS menu bar app that hides the notch and displays key metrics in a compact status area.
  5. 05ShiftBar1★26 dayslivehand-codedindiemacOS utility that lets users choose which menu bar icons to hide and manually expand or collapse folded menu bar items.
  6. 06stash1★22 dayslivehobbymacOS menu bar utility that hides status icons behind a single arrow to reduce clutter and restore one-click access to hidden items.
  7. 07MenuTrim0★23 dayslivehobbymacOS menu bar utility that hides and reveals selected third-party icons to declutter the bar, with configurable auto-hide.
  8. 08nook0★9 days—hobbyMenu-bar manager for macOS that hides app icons and reveals them on demand, with automatic hiding and optional launch at login.
  9. 09menu-bar-icon-search0★26 days—hobbyRaycast extension that searches and opens macOS menu bar app icons, including hidden ones, from a query.
  10. 10tuck0★24 days—hobbymacOS menu-bar utility that hides unwanted menu bar icons behind a chevron and restores them on demand or after a delay.
  11. 11MBAR0★24 days—hand-codedhobbymacOS utility that stores app menu bar icons in a compact dropdown to declutter the menu bar and keep frequently used icons accessible.
  12. 12trayfinder0★16 dayslivehobbymacOS menu bar utility that finds any menu bar icon by keyboard search and reveals icons hidden behind the notch or overflow arrow.
  13. 13Desk-Rug-for-MacOS0★4 daysliveindiemacOS menu-bar app that puts a physics-simulated cloth rug on the desktop, letting users hide and retrieve desktop icons.
  14. 14BigMenu1★1 mo—hobbymacOS menu-bar utility that hides low-priority status icons behind a chevron and lets users pin or hide icons with drag-and-drop settings.
  15. 15dock-toggle1★1 mo—hobbymacOS menu bar utility that minimizes or hides an application when its Dock icon is clicked and restores it with another click.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.