Bartender Alternatives

Bartender is described as 'Organizes, hides, and rearranges menu bar items, reveals hidden icons, supports grouping, appearance customization, quick search, and flexible presets' and is a popular System Tweaker in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Bartender for Mac and Homebrew. The best Bartender alternative is Thaw, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Bartender are Hidden Bar, Pelmet, Vanilla and Sanebar.

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Bartender alternatives are mainly Menu Bar Managers, but if you're looking for System Tweakers or Desktop Customization Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Bartender.
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  1. Clamper icon

    Clamper

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    The app that "clamps" your precious menu bar.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    • TR flagTürkiye
    Clamper screenshot 1
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  2. Barmony icon

    Barmony

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    Tuck away the icons you rarely touch and keep the ones you use. No Screen Recording, no Accessibility — Barmony asks for zero permissions, ever. $19.99 once: solo, or with the whole Mac Utility Bundle.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • US flagUnited States
    Barmony screenshot 1
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  4. BroomStick icon

    BroomStick

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    Broomstick is the easiest way to hide menubar icons that you don’t like. While most apps that create a menubar icon allow you to hide it, some apps don’t provide this option. Broomstick...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  5. Tuck Menu Bar icon

    Tuck Menu Bar

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    Tuck is a lightweight macOS menu bar manager with one-click icon hiding, zero telemetry, and Shelf Mode for notched MacBooks. Free tier with no time limit; Pro is a one-time purchase (no subscription).

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • US flagUnited States
    One click tucks away your cluttered Mac menu bar icons; click again or press ??B to bring them back.
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  6. ChocolateBar icon

    ChocolateBar

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    Let your notch eat no more! ChocolateBar is a native Mac app that adds a row under your menu bar for icons hidden by the MacBook notch.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    ChocolateBar screenshot 1
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  8. B

    Barred

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    A lightweight macOS menu bar manager. Hide, reorder, and organise your menu bar icons — tuck the ones you don't need into a collapsible secondary bar.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
    Barred screenshot 1
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  9. O

    Okigae

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    Okigae swaps the small monochrome icons in your menu bar for illustrated characters. Pick a face for each app you want to change and leave the rest alone.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • JP flagJapan
    Character artwork sitting in the menu bar
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