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/

Development: Pull requests

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

Cask code: textbar.rb on GitHub

Current version: 3.5.6 (auto-updates)

Requirements: macOS

Artifacts:

Artifact Type Platform
TextBar.app -> /Applications/TextBar.app App Default platforms
textbar is built for Intel macOS and requires Rosetta 2 on Apple Silicon.
Install Rosetta 2 with softwareupdate --install-rosetta --agree-to-license. Rosetta 2 is difficult to remove once installed.

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