# tonsky/AnyBar

OS X menubar status indicator

Repository: https://github.com/tonsky/AnyBar
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/anybar
Language: Objective-C
License: EPL-1.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-03-21T12:54:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 56/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 73, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4202, "days_push": 165, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6039, forks 158 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:34.531020+00:00)

## What it is
AnyBar is a small macOS menubar application that displays a colored dot whose meaning and color are controlled by the user. It is controlled via simple UDP commands sent to a local port, making it easy to integrate with scripts and other tools.

## Use cases
- show build status in the macos menubar
- indicate when a long-running script finishes
- display server health status at a glance
- signal test pass/fail from ci scripts
- control a menubar indicator from the command line
- visual status flag for background jobs

## When to choose
- you need a simple, scriptable status indicator on macOS
- you want to change a menubar dot color from bash, zsh, or any language via UDP
- you prefer a tiny single-purpose tool over a full monitoring app

## When to avoid
- you need rich notifications or interactive menubar menus
- you are not on macOS
- you need encrypted or remote control of the indicator

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: developer-tools, monitoring, gui
- domain: developer-tools, operating-systems
- platform: -
- tags: menubar, status-indicator, udp, objective-c, macos-menubar, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- tonsky/AnyBar (main) score 56

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:34.531020+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:49:07.708891+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tonsky/AnyBar (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:34.531020+00:00, sha d24a50ba147c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.