A tidy Mac menu bar, for free.

Barkeep hides the icons you don't need, groups the ones you do into a single button, and packs CPU, memory and network into one slot. No clutter, no subscription.

Download for macOS

macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon & Intel · free

Barkeep tidying a Mac menu bar — One click — or ⌥⌘B — and the clutter is gone.

What it does

Hide the noise

Tuck rarely-used icons behind a chevron. One click brings them back.

Group by name

Fold several apps into one button that opens a labelled dropdown.

One-slot monitor

Live CPU, memory and network in a single spot — click for a full dashboard.

Keyboard shortcut

Toggle everything with ⌥⌘B. No mouse required.

No spyware

No accounts, no telemetry. Hiding needs zero permissions.

Actually free

No trial, no upsell. If it helps, tell a friend.

Download

Grab the latest build, drag Barkeep to your Applications folder, and open it.

Download Barkeep (.dmg)

Because it's an independent app, the first time you open it macOS may ask you to confirm in System Settings → Privacy & Security. See the install guide.

See your whole menu bar at a glance

Settings splits your bar into Hidden and Always visible, mirroring the real thing. Drag icons into groups from here.

Barkeep's Groups settings showing hidden and visible menu bar icons

The dashboard, one click away

The system monitor lives in a single slot. Click it for per-core CPU, memory, network, disk and battery health.