textbar (deprecated)

Disable date: 2026-09-01

Install command: 
brew install --cask textbar

Name: TextBar

Add any text to menu bar

http://richsomerfield.com/apps/textbar/

Cask JSON API: /api/cask/textbar.json

Cask code: textbar.rb on GitHub

Current version: 3.5.6

Requirements: macOS >= 10.11

textbar is built for Intel macOS and so requires Rosetta 2 to be installed.
You can install Rosetta 2 with:
    softwareupdate --install-rosetta --agree-to-license
Note that it is very difficult to remove Rosetta 2 once it is installed.

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