Free apps

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

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

Ghostmoon

Ghostmoon

Every feature you keep digging for in macOS is suddenly within reach, from hidden system controls to quick fixes and diagnostics, all wrapped in a lightweight tool that stays fast, quiet, and surprisingly complete.

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Buffer

Buffer

Buffer sits somewhere between Maccy and Raycast, offering a lightweight clipboard history with a cleaner workflow. It adds on-device OCR, image support, and fast search, all while staying fully local, private, and open source.

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HushScribe

HushScribe

This menu bar app records and transcribes meetings entirely on your Mac, keeping everything local. It offers fast multilingual transcription, on-device summaries, and clean Markdown output without accounts, cloud services, or intrusive tracking.

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Monthbar

Monthbar

MonthBar quietly tracks your month as a clean pie chart or percentage, updating in real time and switching between elapsed and remaining time, all without fuss, noise, or unnecessary features.

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Gearbox

Gearbox

Gearbox keeps your automations close and under control, combining a clean macOS interface with flexible scheduling, live log streaming, and Python-powered tasks, all running locally with a strong focus on transparency and privacy.

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Quitte

quitte

Quitty keeps your Mac under control with real-time memory insights and instant app management, letting you spot resource hogs, protect essentials, and quickly quit or force-close processes through a clean, native interface.

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Macshot

Macshot

Macshot keeps screenshots fast and frictionless, combining capture, annotation, auto-redaction, scrolling shots, OCR, and quick sharing in one smooth, lightweight native experience without subscriptions or bloated overhead.

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SlowQuit

SlowQuit

SlowQuit helps you avoid accidental quits by adding a short, customizable delay to Cmd-Q, complete with a subtle progress indicator, app-specific rules, and a lightweight, fully local experience that stays out of your way.

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Numsy

Numsy

Numsy keeps everyday calculations within effortless reach, offering a clean, responsive interface with history, subtle sound feedback, and customizable visuals, so quick math feels less like a task and more like a quiet reflex.

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