# cocoabits/Popup

Cocoa project with Popup window appearing from the status bar

Repository: https://github.com/cocoabits/Popup
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/popup
Homepage: http://blog.shpakovski.com/2011/07/cocoa-popup-window-in-status-bar.html
Language: Objective-C
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2015-03-19T19:50:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5538, "days_push": 4185, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1009, forks 204 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:12.906083+00:00)

## What it is
A Cocoa/Objective-C demo project showing a custom popover window that appears from an icon in the macOS status bar. It serves as sample code for building status bar popups in Mac apps.

## Use cases
- show a popover window from the mac status bar icon
- build a menubar dropdown panel in cocoa
- learn how to position a custom window under the status item
- implement a status bar popup in objective-c

## When to choose
- you want a minimal Objective-C example of status bar popovers
- you need reference code for NSStatusItem popover positioning

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained library with a license file and recent updates
- you want a Swift or cross-platform solution

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, gui
- domain: operating-systems, desktop-applications, developer-tools
- platform: cpp
- tags: objective-c, status-bar, popover, cocoa, demo, macos

## Member repositories
- cocoabits/Popup (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:12.906083+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 2026-08-30T07:12:02.002905+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cocoabits/Popup (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:12.906083+00:00, sha 954577abeb31)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.