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borg

Hides macOS menu bar icons and brings them back when you need them.

LivemacOS

How to get it today

Distributed through GitHub. Not on the App Store.

Download the latest release

What it does

borg is a small menu bar organizer for macOS users whose menu bar is overflowing. You move the icons you want to hide to the left of a separator line by holding Command and dragging them, and borg hides them and brings them back with a single click or a keyboard shortcut. The app runs only in the menu bar, without opening a window.

Highlights

  • Opens no window: lives only in the menu bar via LSUIElement.
  • The hiding trick: inflate a separator NSStatusItem to twice the width of the widest screen, pushing the icons to its left off screen.
  • Toggle with Ctrl-Alt-B; the shortcut can be changed in settings.
  • Auto-hide after inactivity (2-60 s) and reveal on hover (0.1-2 s).
  • A second section that always stays hidden, collapse in full screen, and named profiles.
  • Launch at login via SMAppService.
Category
macOS
Address
borg.obalabs.app
Releases
obalabs/borg