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CLUSTER MACOS-BAR-GRID · 14 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-14

macOS menu bar grid utilities

This cluster consists of macOS menu bar apps that organize either apps or windows into grid-based layouts, split between launchers and window managers. The dated history is too thin to read a shape from, as no entries exist before the index start. TopDock leads on traction with 2 stars, ahead of WaffleApple and Portable-Windows-Tray-Launcher which each have 1 star.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

MAY 2026: 1AUG 2026: 3SEP 2026: 6OCT 2026: 4
MAY 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 · 12 unlabelled

Operator · 9 hobby · 1 indie · 2 open source · 2 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 14 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01launchpad_plus4★3 days—hobbymacOS menu bar app that launches and organizes installed applications with search, filtering, and sorting by source, usage, size, or date.
  2. 02Google-Tasks-Mac3★1 day—hobbymacOS app for managing Google Tasks with menu bar quick-add, offline sync, and full task list editing.
  3. 03TaskNxt2★22 dayslivehobbyMenu-bar to-do app for macOS that organizes tasks into Now, Nxt, and Ltr lanes with local-only storage and no account.
  4. 04launcher-panel1★22 days—hobbymacOS launcher panel that organizes apps, folders, links, commands, and text snippets into a single searchable web interface.
  5. 05Portable-Windows-Tray-Launcher2★16 days—Portable Windows system tray launcher that organizes apps, shortcuts, files, and folders into a quick-launch menu with submenus.
  6. 06SyncTool1★27 days—hand-codedmacOS menu bar app that syncs folders across local storage, servers, and cloud services.
  7. 07menu-home0★24 dayslivehobbymacOS menu bar launcher that organizes apps into a scrollable grid and folders with search for quick access.
  8. 08downloads-organizer0★16 days—hobbymacOS menu bar app that organizes the Downloads folder into category folders, with preview, undo, and scheduled automatic cleanup.
  9. 09Visual-Sorter-Macos0★12 dayslivehobbymacOS app that demonstrates sorting algorithms with animated visuals, sound, and a built-in editor for custom algorithms.
  10. 10SimBridge0★11 days—hobbyMenu-bar Mac app that mounts iOS Simulator app file containers in Finder for browsing, editing, and dropping in files live.
  11. 11Quick Search0★12 daysliveopen sourceUnified search and launcher app that finds apps, contacts, files, settings, calendar events, and web results from one bar.
  12. 12LaunchEase2★1 molivehobbymacOS app launcher that organizes apps into pages and folders, supporting gestures, drag-and-drop, layout backup, and keyboard and VoiceOver accessibility.
  13. 13TempoTasks0★1 mo—hand-codedindiemacOS menu-bar task list that captures entries via a global hotkey, organizes them by day, and stores everything locally.
  14. 14/Archive0★unknownliveopen sourcemacOS menu bar app that automatically organizes files and enables semantic search using a local-first architecture.

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.