Get BitBar on macOS and Linux Now!
Put the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar (the BitBar reboot)
Get BitBar with one command
Pick your system, reveal the step-by-step guide, copy the command, paste it into your terminal and press Enter. This command comes from the project's public source.
Not available for Windows yet.
BitBar doesn't publish an install command for Windows anywhere we can verify, so there's nothing for us to show you. We won't invent one. It does document one for macOS and Linux — switch to that tab.
Pastes into PowerShell and installs BitBar on your Windows machine in one step. Runs as your normal user account, and needs no administrator rights.
Not available for macOS yet.
BitBar doesn't publish an install command for macOS or Linux anywhere we can verify, so there's nothing for us to show you. We won't invent one.
Installs BitBar on your macOS or Linux machine and links it into your PATH — after this,
BitBar just works from any directory. Runs as your normal user account, and needs no administrator rights.
How to set up BitBar, step by step
Open Terminal. On a Mac it's in Applications ▸ Utilities, or press Cmd+Space and type Terminal. On Linux, press Ctrl+Alt+T. Paste the command and press Enter.
Run BitBar --help to see the available commands, and
BitBar --version to confirm the install worked. If your shell complains about
permissions, that project usually documents a corrected command on its own site.
This asks Homebrew to fetch BitBar and link it into /opt/homebrew/bin (Apple Silicon) or /usr/local/bin (Intel), so you can run it by name.
What BitBar does
- Complete rewrite from the ground up - in Go by @matryer and @leaanthony - using Wails.app (build cross-platform desktop apps using Go & HTML/CSS/JS)
- Get started with our Writing plugins guide
- Special thanks to @leaanthony at and @ianfoo, @gingerbeardman, @iosdeveloper, @muhqu, @m-cat, @mpicard, @tylerb for their help
- Thanks to Chris Ryer for the app logo - and to @mazondo for the original
- Guide to writing your own plugins
- Read the story about how xbar unexpectedly got going
Summarised from BitBar's own documentation.
About BitBar
Put the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar (the BitBar reboot)
| Category | Developer tool |
|---|---|
| Install method | Homebrew |
| Windows | no install command published |
| macOS / Linux | documented install command available |
| Price | Free and open source |
| Command verified | From project source |
| Popularity | 18k stars on the project's public repository |
On mobile
BitBar is a command-line tool, so there is no phone app for it — a phone has no shell to run it in. You'll need a desktop, or a remote shell into a machine that has one.
BitBar is developed by its own authors. This page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by the project. The command shown here was reproduced from the project's public documentation — always check the project's own documentation before running anything.