# jaredks/rumps

Ridiculously Uncomplicated macOS Python Statusbar apps

Repository: https://github.com/jaredks/rumps
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rumps
Language: Python
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-02-27T20:29:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 63/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 69, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4781, "days_push": 187, "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 3322, forks 186 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:56.314796+00:00)

## What it is
rumps is a Python library for creating macOS status bar (menu bar) apps with minimal boilerplate, wrapping PyObjC behind a simple decorator-based API. It supports menus, timers, and notification-center notifications, and can be packaged into standalone apps with py2app.

## Use cases
- create a macOS menu bar app in Python
- add a status bar icon to control a background daemon
- show macOS notification-center notifications from a script
- poll a web API on a timer and display info in the menu bar
- build a simple launcher or configuration toolbar for console programs

## When to choose
- you want a simple macOS statusbar/menu bar utility without learning AppKit or PyObjC internals
- your app is menu-driven with notifications and timers rather than a full GUI
- you want to package a small Python script as a background macOS app with py2app

## When to avoid
- you need a full GUI application with windows and complex views
- you need cross-platform support - rumps is macOS-only
- you rely on virtualenv, which has known compatibility issues

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: gui, desktop-framework, developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, desktop-applications, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: python
- tags: statusbar, menu-bar, macos-menubar, notifications, pyobjc-wrapper, macos

## Member repositories
- jaredks/rumps (main) score 63

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:56.314796+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 2026-08-29T18:41:49.433113+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jaredks/rumps (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:56.314796+00:00, sha bf6070a9acbf)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/rumps/json (fetched 2026-08-29T09:34:54.614883+00:00, sha 73a8f78d919c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.