Kitsmith / Meetings / MeetingBar
Open-source menu bar meetings with link detection for ~20 conferencing services.
Our take
The open-source workhorse of meeting utilities (Apache-2.0). Its service-detection table is the most complete in the category, which is why other apps quietly imitate it.
- Price
- Free
- License
- Open source
- Version
- 4.11.6
- Requires
- macOS 12 or later
- Download
- ≈8.5 MB
- Get it via
- GitHub · Homebrew · Mac App Store
- Developer
- Andrii Leitsius
Do you use MeetingBar?
Who made this
Lviv, Ukraine
Builds MeetingBar (5k+ GitHub stars) in his free time; his GitHub profile describes him as "an engineering manager with python background," based in Lviv, Ukraine.
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What it does
Calendar integration
Reads events from the built-in Calendar app, covering Google, Exchange, Office 365, Yahoo, AOL, and iCloud.
Broad link detection
Recognizes join links for 40+ services — Zoom, Meet, Teams, Webex, Slack Huddle, Discord, and more.
One-click join
Create and join meetings straight from the status bar.
Deep settings
Advanced preferences let you tune event display, notifications, and behavior in detail.
The deal
- Free and open source (Apache-2.0)
Privacy: Collects no data or personal information, per the developer’s App Store listing.
MeetingBar — questions people ask
Is MeetingBar free?
Yes — MeetingBar is free.
Does MeetingBar work alongside a notch app like Alcove?
Yes — MeetingBar lives in the menu bar, so it runs happily alongside any Dynamic Island hub or notch app.
Where can I download MeetingBar?
MeetingBar is available via GitHub, Homebrew, Mac App Store.
Is MeetingBar open source?
Yes — MeetingBar 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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