# max-mapper/menubar

➖ high level way to create menubar desktop applications with electron

Repository: https://github.com/max-mapper/menubar
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/menubar
Language: TypeScript
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-07-30T13:59:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4181, "days_push": 34, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6779, forks 363 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:48.550810+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: desktop-framework, gui, boilerplate
- domain: desktop-applications, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: electron, menubar, tray-applications, typescript, macos, linux, nodejs

## Member repositories
- max-mapper/menubar (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:48.550810+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 2026-08-29T17:42:22.991117+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/max-mapper/menubar (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:48.550810+00:00, sha cbf0e839d5d5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.