Barstool — Your mac-native menubar accessory.

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Barstool Icon

Barstool sits next to your notch and gives you more control over your mac, in a simpler, prettier interface.

Calendar timeline with lectures, meetings, and a hackathon shown as colored event blocks in the style of macOS' calendar app

Keep an eye on the day

Floating media control widget with album art, previous, pause, and next buttons

Media Controls

You’ve got time for that

Compact menu bar widgets showing Mar 21 Monday and the time 09:41

Replace macOS’ volume alert

MacBook menu bar with time, battery, and a floating volume slider

Three battery icons, with arrows moving between each level. The first shows battery charging, the second at 70%, and the last at low power.

Battery at a glance

Brightness,
Handled.

Brightness control slider floating over a dark desktop wallpaper

Virtual Display Corners

Close-up of a display corner rounded around a MacBook screen edge

Mac menu bar with Barstool widgets for media, Wi-Fi, date, time, and battery around the camera cutout

Mac menu bar with Barstool widgets for media, Wi-Fi, date, time, and battery around the camera cutout

All Features

  • Wi-Fi - Monitor your Wi-Fi network and connection status.
  • Date & Time - View the current date and time.
  • Battery - View the current battery level and charging status.
  • Calendar - View today and tomorrow’s calendar events at a glance, straight from Apple Calendar.
  • Year Overview - Swipe right from the calendar to see a year view, showing each month in a classic calendar grid. Great for quickly referencing dates without opening the calendar app.
  • Now Playing - Control your music and media with a beautiful widget with album art, track title, playback controls including play/pause, and next/previous track buttons. Supports Apple Music, Spotify, and any other media players that integrate with macOS’ media controls.
  • System Brightness - View and control your screen brightness with a sleek slider that appears when you adjust brightness with your keyboard. Can replace the macOS Tahoe alert.
  • System Volume - View and control your volume, just like brightness. Additionally show when headphones are connected/volume changes, and can replace the macOS volume alert as well.
  • Virtual Display Corners - Round the bottom corners of you MacBook display to match the physical rounding at the top of the screen. Supports circular/continuous corner styles.
  • Global Hide Shortcut - Configurable shortcut to instantly hide Barstool, like when screensharing.