# FelixKratz/SketchyBar

A highly customizable macOS status bar replacement

Repository: https://github.com/FelixKratz/SketchyBar
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sketchybar
Homepage: https://felixkratz.github.io/SketchyBar/
Language: C
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: statusbar, macos, customization, ui, shell-scripts, yabai, bar, ricing, darwin, tiling-window-manager, status, sketchybar
Last push: 2026-06-04T04:27:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 78/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 85, release rhythm 55, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1846, "days_push": 90, "days_rel": 90, "gap_med": 213, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 12271, forks 179 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:52.209409+00:00)

## What it is
SketchyBar is a highly customizable, fast status bar replacement for macOS written in C. It is configured and extended dynamically through shell scripts and an event-driven plugin system.

## Use cases
- replace the macOS menu bar with a custom status bar
- display system stats like CPU, memory, or battery in the menu bar area
- build a riced desktop setup with yabai or other tiling window managers
- show custom indicators driven by shell scripts
- add popup menus and interactive widgets to the macOS top bar
- display menu bar app aliases alongside custom items

## When to choose
- you want full control over the look and behavior of your macOS status bar
- you enjoy configuring your desktop with shell scripts
- you need dynamic, event-driven bar updates with animations
- you use a tiling window manager like yabai and want a matching bar

## When to avoid
- you want a zero-configuration, out-of-the-box menu bar
- you are not comfortable writing and maintaining shell scripts
- you need a status bar on Linux or Windows - it is macOS-only

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, developer-tools, plugin-system, animation
- domain: desktop-applications, developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: status-bar, macos-menu-bar, ricing, shell-scripting, tiling-window-manager, customization, automation, macos

## Member repositories
- FelixKratz/SketchyBar (main) score 78

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:52.209409+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 2026-08-29T17:14:12.324848+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/FelixKratz/SketchyBar (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:52.209409+00:00, sha b20b1c02b8eb)
  - homepage: https://felixkratz.github.io/SketchyBar/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:11:30.248647+00:00, sha 971bfcd6b56d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.