Good apps don’t always come with a price tag. These menu bar gems are free — and worth your space.

Spaces (the virtual desktop feature) currently just labels each Space as “Desktop 1”, etc. This menu bar app allows you to name each Space and shows the name of your current Space in the menu bar. It also provides an alternate way to switch Spaces.
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Add satisfying mechanical keyboard sounds—or others—to your typing for a more engaging experience efficiently without extra steps for seamless integration with ease.
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This menu bar app allows you to connect to almost any VPN service via the OpenVPN VPN protocol using standard OpenVPN configuration files.
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MenuPing is a menu bar app that checks how well the network is working. It pings a server on the Internet every seconds (configurable) and prints the result in a short way at the top of the screen.
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This menu bar app prevents wireless bridging attacks by detecting bridging conditions and taking action. It also has a command line version for system administrators.
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Access your clipboard history, save clips, use programmable Smart Clips, paste the date or time, insert example text, perform calculations and paste the result or replace the selection, convert numbers to words, sorts lines and much more.
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The menu bar app Spaced lets you organize your menu bar items into groups for a more streamlined appearance. Comes in handy on larger screens where menu bar space is ample.
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Radiola is a lightweight Internet radio player. It lets you play different radio stations and switch between them easily, without running a resource hungry media player.
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Breakin’ is a menu bar app that periodically reminds you to take a break (and take care of yourself) rather than be in front of your computer. You can trigger a break manually or have Breakin’ do it for you on a recurring time interval.
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This menu bar app displays the current weather situation on your status bar without any fluff or annoyances. The app updates itself automatically every fifteen minutes.
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