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CLUSTER BAR-MENU-MACOS · 59 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-13

macOS menu bar audio mixers

A cluster of native macOS menu bar utilities that give per-application volume control, mute, and audio output routing, with some adding device ranking, multi-output, or display-based routing. Only 3 dated entries exist before the index start, so the cluster's dated history is too thin to read a shape from. Traction leaders are MacTV (69 stars), SoundRouter (38 stars), and HeadBridge (2 stars).

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

MAR 2026: 1JUN 2026: 1AUG 2026: 9SEP 2026: 39OCT 2026: 9
MAR 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 · 3 hand-coded · 16 unlabelled

Operator · 15 hobby · 2 indie · 1 open source · 1 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 19 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 41tinycast-extensions0★22 days—hobbyLauncher extension that lists macOS audio output devices in a command palette and switches between them with keyboard shortcuts.
  2. 42recordit0★20 days—hand-codedhobbymacOS menu bar app that records system audio from any application in lossless or lossy formats.
  3. 43AirMic0★22 dayslivehobbymacOS menu bar app that lets users mute and unmute the default microphone using AirPods stem controls, supporting multiple languages.
  4. 44BitPurfect5★1 mo—hobbyMenu bar app that syncs a digital-to-analog converter's sample rate to match music playback and prevents audio popping between tracks.
  5. 45audio-booster0★23 days—hobbyMenu-bar app that boosts macOS system volume beyond 100 percent and prevents clipping and distortion.
  6. 46AudioShare0★8 days—hand-codedhobbyMenu bar app that plays a Mac's audio on multiple Bluetooth headphones or speakers at once.
  7. 47fader0★8 dayslivehobbyMenu bar utility that sets independent volume levels for each macOS app with mute, boost, and live level meters.
  8. 48castbar0★14 daysliveindieMenu bar app that controls Chromecast and Google Home devices, showing what's playing with playback and volume controls.
  9. 49Mixly4★1 mo—hobbyMenu bar app for macOS that lets users independently control the volume of each running application.
  10. 50snapcaster2★1 mo—hobbymacOS utility that routes all system audio to network multiroom players like Snapcast or Squeezebox.
  11. 51microcast1★29 days—hobbyMenu bar app that turns any audio input or app output on a Mac into a low-latency live audio stream with a shareable link.
  12. 52porterobar-releases0★1 moliveindiemacOS menu bar app for Fermax video intercoms that shows live video, provides two-way audio and door release, and stores call history locally.
  13. 53soundstage3★1 mo—macOS menu bar app that plays system audio through multiple output devices simultaneously with per-device volume and latency controls.
  14. 54clapboard1★1 mo—hobbyNative macOS mixer that captures multiple microphones, auto-aligns them via clap detection, and routes the mixed audio output for streaming.
  15. 55VolumeBar0★1 mo—hobbyNative macOS menu bar mixer that controls per-app volume, mute, and master volume without requiring an audio driver.
  16. 56zebtrace0★1 mo—hobbymacOS menu bar app that records system audio and microphone locally for keeping personal activity context.
  17. 57airpod_control0★1 mo—hobbymacOS menu bar app that turns AirPods head motion into custom gestures for launching apps, shortcuts, and window control.
  18. 58App-Mixer0★1 mo—hand-codedhobbyNative macOS menu-bar app that adjusts volume and mute per application and visualizes live audio levels for running apps.
  19. 59pwmenu-bin0★7 mostaleliveopen sourceDesktop utility that lets users control audio devices and volume through a launcher menu.

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.