Take control of a crowded menu bar — hide items you rarely need, reveal them on a trigger, and style the whole bar to taste.
Bartender organizes the macOS menu bar. Move the icons you do not need out of sight into a secondary bar, keep the essentials visible, and pull the rest back with a click, a hotkey, or automatically when something changes.
Why it makes the list
On a modern Mac with a notch, menu-bar space is genuinely scarce, and Bartender has been the answer since long before the notch existed. Version 6 adds a native styling engine, quick search across every hidden item, and triggers that show an icon only when it matters — a low battery, an active VPN, a change in volume.
Standout features
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Hide and reorder any menu-bar item, including system ones
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Triggers — reveal an item on schedule or when its appearance changes
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Quick Search to jump to any icon by name
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Menu bar styling: spacing, tint, rounded corners, and custom backgrounds
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Hover and keyboard navigation of the hidden bar
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Presets for switching layouts between contexts
Pricing
A one-time purchase (around $22, with a discounted upgrade path) and a free four-week trial.
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