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Lounge
macOS Tahoe menu bar manager with notch-aware icon control
88 followers
macOS Tahoe menu bar manager with notch-aware icon control
88 followers
Lounge is a Bartender alternative built for macOS Thoe. Every app clutters your menu bar, and MacBook'snotch hides icons you need. Lounge solves this with🖥️ Notch-Aware Panel — Hover near the notch to revel all hidden icons in a beautiful panel. ✋ Drag & Drp — Hold ⌘ to rearrange icons across your menu bar. ️Shortcut — Cmd+Shift+L toggles hidden items instanty. 🎨 Customizable — Pick icon styles, dividers, and nimations. $3.99/year. 7-day free trial, no credit ard needed.
Hey MacBook lovers,
I built Lounge because I as frustrated with the lack of good menu bar manages on macOS Tahoe. I do not favor other alternatives(such as: bartender) , they require screen recording permissions.
The notch problem is real: it physically hides icons, so you can't even click on them. Lounge solves this with a notch-aware hover pane — just move your cursor near the notch and all your hidden icons slide into a beautiful, organized view.
Beyond that, Lounge brings drag & drop re-arranging, a keyboard shortcut (Cmd+Shift+L), a clean single-panel settings UI.
It's $3.99/year with a 7-day free trial
Would love your feedbck! 🙏
@asktobuild Have you tested it with heavy menu bar users (10+ icons)? Does the hover pane stay smooth under load, or any lag on M-series chips?
@swati_paliwal Sure, there might be a slight delay if you have a large number of icons. I have over 10 icons, and it runs smoothly on my M1 and M3 MacBooks. Feel free to report any issues you encounter.
Athena
@asktobuild
Good job on the UI/UX, it really feels very Apple-like.
One thought on actual usage: how often do people really reach for the menu bar? I feel like using Cmd+Space to search for apps is pretty common, no?
Good luck!
Okan
Having the MacBook notch swallow my background app icons is a daily annoyance when I have my whole dev stack running. Handling those safe area bounds programmatically is surprisingly tricky, so I am curious if you are relying on standard Apple APIs or doing custom display math to route icons around the notch. I am going to swap out my current manager today and see how Lounge handles my ridiculously bloated menu bar.
Thank you! @y_taka
Not standard Apple APIs, rather, be a custom display math method. You can view the interactive examples on YouTube
I have just updated this app. You can configure hooks of AI Agents with the Lounge App. This way, when your AI Agent completes a task or requires your approval, it will send a notification to the Lounge App, it will display a dynamic island with notification messages letting you know the latest status of your AI agents' tasks.