BitBar: Put the output of any script on your macOS menu bar • Hacker News Board

Re: BitBar: Put the output of any script on your macOS menu bar

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Post by prox » Mon, Dec 16, 2019, 8:31 AM UTC

bobberb wrote: post #20

Windows equivalent?

Wondering the same thing. Can’t recall anything like it.

Re: BitBar: Put the output of any script on your macOS menu bar

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Post by jploh » Mon, Dec 16, 2019, 8:31 AM UTC

girishso wrote: post #29

Confused this with AnyBar, it displays a simple colored icon in the Menu bar. I use it for displaying my local build status. https://github.com/tonsky/AnyBar

Yeah, when I was looking for AnyBar once before, I kept bumping into BitBar.

Re: BitBar: Put the output of any script on your macOS menu bar

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Post by feisuzhu » Mon, Dec 16, 2019, 8:55 AM UTC

I use it to display and mute alarms on production env.

Re: BitBar: Put the output of any script on your macOS menu bar

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Post by gimboland » Mon, Dec 16, 2019, 9:15 AM UTC

mkagenius wrote: post #21

wingerlang wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do the same thing, plus a few shortcuts I use a lot (open specific directories, clean directory etc).

Shortcuts to see or to run on clicking on it (which seems too much effort) ? And how do you guys have so much space at the top? I only print my local IP address and its color ( red/blue) depending on whether my mitmproxy is running or not and I don't have whole lot of space left on my MBP 15".

Hot tip for more space in your menu bar: Bartender — https://www.macbartender.com/

Re: BitBar: Put the output of any script on your macOS menu bar

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Post by cs02rm0 » Mon, Dec 16, 2019, 9:16 AM UTC

volfied wrote: post #6

I use it to list all my PRs, with icons for their approval/CI status alongside a list of PRs that are awaiting my review. I like that the API is just outputting lines, but I wish there was more documentation.

Any chance you could share the script and a screenshot?

Re: BitBar: Put the output of any script on your macOS menu bar

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Post by pdaddyo » Mon, Dec 16, 2019, 9:25 AM UTC

I use this to show my type-1 son's continuous glucose monitor graph & numbers: https://github.com/pdaddyo/bitbar-nightscout. Wonderful tool!

Re: BitBar: Put the output of any script on your macOS menu bar

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Post by dzhiurgis » Mon, Dec 16, 2019, 9:47 AM UTC

I love BitBar. I use it to constantly ping my router and Cloudflare. That way I know whether it's my router acting up or the ISP.

Also I've modified one of the weather plugins to also add wind speed and direction.

Re: BitBar: Put the output of any script on your macOS menu bar

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Post by justadudeama » Mon, Dec 16, 2019, 10:15 AM UTC

Fun and useful tool. I created a button that will show me the NASA photo of the day: https://getbitbar.com/plugins/Science/apod.1h.py

The other ones in the Science category are also quite interesting.

Re: BitBar: Put the output of any script on your macOS menu bar

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Post by mateuszf » Mon, Dec 16, 2019, 10:30 AM UTC

I use it to display the outside temperature, bitcoin price and whether my sony mx headphone is connected. Very useful tool.

Re: BitBar: Put the output of any script on your macOS menu bar

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Post by jedisct1 » Mon, Dec 16, 2019, 10:53 AM UTC

I use this all the time to control a DNSCrypt proxy on MacOS: https://github.com/jedisct1/bitbar-dnscrypt-proxy-switcher