Our take
The simplest possible version of the job. Less powerful than Ice or Bartender; harder to beat on simplicity.
- Price
- Free
- License
- Open source
- Version
- 1.10
- Requires
- macOS 13 Ventura or later (last release for macOS 10.13–12 is v1.10 on the legacy branch)
- Get it via
- GitHub · Mac App Store
- Developer
- Dwarves Foundation
Do you use Hidden Bar?
Who made this
Dwarves Foundation is a software development firm based in Asia, building and shipping products since 2013, per its own GitHub org description.
What it does
One toggle
A single arrow icon hides or reveals the rest of your menu bar items.
⌘-drag to arrange
Hold Command and drag icons to reposition them relative to the hidden boundary.
The deal
- Free and open source (MIT)
- Notarized outside the App Store, per the developer
Worth knowing: The Mac App Store build is stuck on version 1.8 — GitHub and Homebrew (`brew install --cask hiddenbar`) carry the current 1.10 release.
Hidden Bar — questions people ask
Is Hidden Bar free?
Yes — Hidden Bar is free.
Does Hidden Bar work alongside a notch app like Alcove?
Yes — Hidden Bar lives in the menu bar, so it runs happily alongside any Dynamic Island hub or notch app.
Where can I download Hidden Bar?
Hidden Bar is available via GitHub, Mac App Store.
Is Hidden Bar open source?
Yes — Hidden Bar is open source.
Reviews
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Listing hand-verified July 27, 2026 from the developer's site and public sources.
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