microMenuBar by microAI
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Your apps, grouped. Your menu bar, calm.

microMenuBar puts app icons and notification badges in the menu bar instead of the Dock — and stacks apps into a single icon, like folders on iPhone.

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macOS 26 or later · Apple silicon

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3 2 5 9:41
Work4 apps
Team3
Chat2
Mail
Calendar
01 GROUPS

Stack them into one.

Drag one icon onto another in Settings › Menu bar layout to make a group. The badge shows the combined count, and clicking the group in the menu bar opens a popover.

Settings
General
Apps
Account
License
microMenuBar Version 0.2.0
Menu bar layout
Menu bar 3 2 1 5 9:41
Shown 6 Always visible in the menu bar
3 2 1 5
Click to show
Work 3 Ungroup (keep apps)
Drop here to add
Tucked 13 Stored behind the chevron ◀
Add apps Mirrors your real menu bar order. Drag to rearrange.
1

Drag to stack

Stack icons in the layout editor — that's a group.

3 + 2 = 5
2

Badges add up

Team 3 + Chat 2 shows 5 on the group. Nothing slips by.

3

Click for the popover

Click the group in the menu bar and a popover lists every member.

Even on a notched MacBook, you won't run out of room.

Details, handled.

02BADGES

Dock badges, in the menu bar

Mirrors badge counts from Messages, Mail, Slack and more — even with the Dock hidden.

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4 17
03STYLES

A style per app

Dot, filled circle or plain count — with a color per app.

12 12
Dot 12Circle 12Count
Color
04TUCK AWAY

Tuck the rest away (beta)

Hide icons behind a chevron and expand them only when needed. Can't run alongside other tuck-style apps like Hidden Bar.

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05LAYOUT

Arrange like iPhone

Drag to reorder in Settings and split into sections — it already feels familiar.

Shown 4
06CLICK

Click straight into the app's own menu

Single-click opens the app's real menu bar menu when it has one; double-click always brings the app forward. On a group, double-click jumps to the member with a badge.

07VISIBILITY

Quiet apps fade out

Per app, choose what happens with no badge: dim, disappear entirely, or stay pinned. Icons appear only when they matter.

08AUTO TUCK

Tuck other apps' icons too (beta)

microMenuBar lists every status icon on your menu bar; hit Tuck and it files the icon away behind the chevron for you. No screen recording required.

09 PRIVACY

It reads one thing: the number.

Notification content and your keystrokes are never touched.

Badge count Read
Notification content Never accessed
Keystrokes Never accessed
Screen recordingUsed only to preview icons in the layout editor. Optional

Simple pricing

One license for your Macs. Try everything free for 2 days.

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$6 / year

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$14 once

Yours forever, plus one year of updates.

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Your license key is available from the link in the purchase email, and follows your microAI account. Checkout is handled by a Merchant of Record, taxes included. The number of Macs a license can activate is limited.

Make your menu bar calm.

Download for Mac

macOS 26 or later · Apple silicon