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Hidden Bar

Ultra-lightweight macOS utility to hide menu bar items, offering launch at login, auto-hide intervals, full menu bar mode, global shortcuts, RTL languages, minimal system use, no ads, and a simple interface for enhanced organization and customization.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source (MIT)

Application type

Platforms

  • Mac
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Features

Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  No AI

Features

  1.  Hide apps
  2.  Sits in the menu bar
  3.  System Tweaker
  4.  Ad-free
  5.  No Tracking
  6.  Works Offline
  7.  No registration required
  8.  RTL support
  9.  Global hotkey

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Comments and Reviews

   
Comment summary: Hidden Bar is praised for its simplicity, speed, and open-source nature. Users appreciate features like customizable auto-hide timing and efficient resource use. It offers stable performance on M1 Macs and is considered a strong alternative to Bartender and Vanilla, with no major CPU impact. Some limitations are noted: display issues with MacBook notches, difficulty accessing icons, and potential non-functioning on certain macOS versions.
Top Positive Comment
superstickynotemealt
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I couldn't get always hidden to work.

However, I think Hidden Bar is still the best of all the menu icon apps I've tried for the main reason that when it isn't in use, its CPU use 0% and it only eats 60MB of ram. Whereas all the other ones I tried used constant CPU and generally much more ram.

Magnus Ihse Bursie
0

I have used Bartender but since the latest Bartender and macOS updates, it has just become clumsy, weird and buggy. Hidden Bar turned out to be the perfect replacement, doing just what it should, minimally and with no fuss.

Thunder Z
0

Main complaint is that if you're on a MacBook with a notch. icons will reach a point where they will begin to stop displaying and hide beneath the notch where you cannot access them. Other than that it's a good app but this one oversight could be a dealbreaker.

Sequester3480
0

Great FOSS alternative to Bartender and even available in the macOS App Store (or via GitHub).

Pedro Mojon
0

It doesn't seem to be working on Ventura anymore - the arrow icon opens the app instead of hiding/unhiding.

Nick Scientist
0

I wish it would default to put apps in front instead of hide but hey everything else is perfect for menu bar management.

Atharv Rastogi
0

it is simple and does what is says. also very fast

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What is Hidden Bar?

Hidden Bar is a Mac application that hides menu bar items to declutter the interface. It offers features such as auto-launch on system login, an auto-hide feature that activates after a specified interval, a global shortcut for controlling menu bar visibility, full menu bar mode, and Right-to-Left language compatibility.

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  •  14,790 Stars
  •  486 Forks
  •  108 Open Issues
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Our users have written 11 comments and reviews about Hidden Bar, and it has gotten 45 likes

Hidden Bar was added to AlternativeTo by Paul on and this page was last updated . Hidden Bar is sometimes referred to as Hidden.