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.

Thaw

Thaw

Thaw (a fork of Ice) keeps your menu bar tidy by hiding and revealing icons as needed, while steadily adding fixes and features, making this revived fork a reliable, versatile companion for modern macOS.

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OpenUsage

OpenUsage

OpenUsage keeps track of your AI coding limits across providers like Codex, Claude, and Cursor, so you always know what’s left before a reset hits. It’s plugin-based, and quietly updates in the background, giving you one clear overview instead of ten scattered dashboards.

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Hexa

Hexa

Hexa gives you instant number conversions and live expression evaluation in one small menu bar app, so hex, binary, and bitmasks finally make sense without extra tabs or calculators.

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Unblockd

Unblockd

Unblockd quietly monitors your pull requests across Bitbucket, GitHub, and GitLab. Instead of noisy notifications, it surfaces only what needs attention, so you can review on your own schedule.

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FocusFlow

FocusFlow

A calm macOS menu bar companion that keeps your day on track with Pomodoro and custom timers, gentle alarms, and breathing exercises for steady focus and quiet productivity.

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Portsly

Portsly

Portsly lives in your menu bar, showing which apps occupy which ports, so you can inspect processes, open services instantly, and terminate anything misbehaving with a single click.

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CodexBar

CodexBar

CodexBar sits quietly in your menu bar, tracking AI coding tools’ session and weekly limits so you always know your runway and avoid surprise resets, with minimal, privacy-friendly design.

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