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 & Intel

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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 0.1.0

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.

Drag to stack

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

3 + 2 = 5

Badges add up

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

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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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

Hide icons behind a chevron and expand them only when needed.

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05LAYOUT

Arrange like iPhone

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

Shown 4

06 PRIVACY

It reads one thing: the number.

Notification content, your screen and your keystrokes are never touched.

Badge count Read

Notification content Never accessed

Screen contents Never accessed

Keystrokes Never accessed

Make your menu bar calm.

Download for Mac

macOS 26 or later · Apple silicon & Intel