BadgeBar

BadgeBar gives each app that shows a badge on the Dock its own menu bar icon with the unread count. Click an icon to open the app, or right-click it to see recent messages and mark them as read.

Right-click an app's menu bar icon to see its latest messages and mark them as read.

Cost / License

Free
Open Source (MIT)

Origin

India

Platforms

Hide the Dock and keep the unread counts in the menu bar.

Recent messages for one app, with Mark as Read and per-app settings.

Badge styles, animations for new messages, and grouping apps under one icon.

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Privacy focused
Lightweight

Features

No registration required
No Tracking
Works Offline
Ad-free
Apple Silicon support
Native application
Display info on the menubar
Dock
Swift App
Sits in the menu bar
SwiftUI App
Notifications

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Developed by
Harikrishnan V K
Licensing
Open Source (MIT) and Free product.
Written in
Swift
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Supported Languages
- English

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Updated Oct 20, 2026

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BadgeBar was added to AlternativeTo by Harikrishnan-V-K on Oct 20, 2026 and this page was last updated Oct 20, 2026.

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What is BadgeBar?

BadgeBar gives each app that shows a badge on the Dock its own menu bar icon with the unread count. Click an icon to open the app, or right-click it to see recent messages and mark them as read.

You can pick a badge style (count on the icon, number beside it, or a dot), play a short pulse or glow when a count goes up, group several apps under one icon that shows their total, and use the app's own icon, a monochrome version or an SF Symbol. Icons can dim or hide when there's nothing new, and apps you haven't added still appear while they have a badge.

BadgeBar needs no account and never connects to the internet. It reads badges through the Accessibility API, and recent messages from Notification Center's history on your Mac if you allow Full Disk Access. It is free and open source under the MIT license, and runs on macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon and Intel.

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