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max-mapper/menubar

➖ high level way to create menubar desktop applications with electron observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/max-mapper/menubar · TypeScript · BSD-2-Clause (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

75/100

  • Activity 95
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4181
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 34
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

6779 stars · 363 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A high-level npm library that simplifies creating Electron menubar (tray) desktop applications by handling boilerplate setup. You point it at an index.html file and it manages the tray icon, window positioning, and show/hide behavior.

Use cases

  • create a macos menubar app with electron
  • build a system tray application for windows
  • make a cross-platform tray popup app
  • show html content in a dropdown from the menu bar
  • quickly scaffold an electron tray utility

When to choose

  • you want a menubar/tray app with minimal boilerplate and a tiny dependency footprint
  • you need cross-platform tray support on macOS, Windows, and Linux
  • you prefer a simple API over wiring Electron Tray and BrowserWindow manually

When to avoid

  • you need a full desktop app with regular windows rather than a tray/menubar app
  • you are not using Electron
  • you need deep customization of tray behavior that the library's options do not expose

Facets

library · maturity active

desktop-framework gui boilerplate desktop-applications cross-platform developer-tools windows cross-platform electron menubar tray-applications typescript macos linux nodejs

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
max-mapper/menubarmain75

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