A native macOS menu bar app for DI.FM internet radio. Built entirely in Swift and SwiftUI — no Electron, no Chromium, no web views. Sits quietly in your menu bar using virtually zero CPU when idle and just a few MB of RAM.
Features
- Menu bar native — lives in your status bar, never touches the Dock
- 500+ channels of electronic music from DI.FM
- Stream quality selection — 320k MP3, 128k AAC, or 64k AAC
- Now playing — album art, artist, track title, elapsed time, duration, and listener votes
- Station search — instant filtering across all channels
- Favorites — pin your go-to stations to the top of the list
- Media key support — play/pause from your keyboard; integrates with macOS Now Playing
- Remembers your station — automatically resumes your last channel on launch
- Membership management — view subscription status and renewal dates
- Expandable artwork — click the album art to see it full-size
Why native?
| DIBar | Typical Electron app | |
|---|---|---|
| App size | ~2 MB | 150–300 MB |
| RAM at idle | ~15 MB | 200–500 MB |
| CPU at idle | 0% | 0.5–2% |
| Startup | Instant | 2–5 seconds |
DIBar uses AVPlayer for audio, MPRemoteCommandCenter for media keys, and SwiftUI MenuBarExtra for the interface. No runtime overhead from bundled browsers.
Requirements
- macOS 14.0 (Sonoma) or later
- A DI.FM premium membership for high-quality streaming
Download App
- Latest release: https://github.com/drmikexo2/DIBar-macOS/releases/latest
- Download asset:
DIBar-v0.1.0-macOS.zip
Launch Notes (Unsigned Build)
This release is not notarized. If macOS warns on first launch:
- Right-click
DIBar.app - Click
Open - Confirm in the prompt
Download Source Code
- Main branch ZIP: https://github.com/drmikexo2/DIBar-macOS/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
- Main branch TAR.GZ: https://github.com/drmikexo2/DIBar-macOS/archive/refs/heads/main.tar.gz
Or clone:
git clone https://github.com/drmikexo2/DIBar-macOS.git
cd DIBar-macOSBuild From Source
xcodebuild -project DIBar.xcodeproj -scheme DIBar -configuration Release build