AnyBar: OS X menubar status indicator

AnyBar is a small indicator for your menubar that does one simple thing: it displays a colored dot. What the dot means and when to change it is up to you.

Download

Version 0.2.2:

Or using Homebrew Cask:

brew install --cask anybar

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Usage

AnyBar is controlled via a UDP port (1738 by default). Before any commands can be sent, AnyBar.app must be launched:

open -a AnyBar

Once launched, you may send it a message to change the style of the dot:

echo -n "black" | nc -4u -w0 localhost 1738

The following default commands change the style of the dot:

white
red
orange
yellow
green
cyan
blue
purple
black
question
exclamation

And one special command forces AnyBar to quit: quit

Alternative clients

Bash alias:

$ function anybar { echo -n $1 | nc -4u -w0 localhost ${2:-1738}; }

$ anybar red
$ anybar green 1739

Zsh with completion:

wookayin/anybar-zsh

Fish shell with completion:

matchai/anybar-fish

Go:

Node:

PHP:

2bj/Phanybar

Java:

cs475x/AnyBar4j

Python:

philipbl/pyanybar

Ruby:

davydovanton/AnyBar_rb

Rust:

Nim:

rgv151/anybar.nim

Erlang:

kureikain/ebar

onderweg/anybar-cli

C#:

jenyayel/anybar-client

Crystal:

davydovanton/AnyBar_cr

Emacs:

rmuslimov/anybar.el
tie-rack/anybar-el (Also on Melpa)

AppleScript:

tell application "AnyBar" to set image name to "blue"

tell application "AnyBar" to set current to get image name as Unicode text
display notification current

Alfred:

https://github.com/raguay/MyAlfred

Integrations

Webpack build status plugin roman01la/anybar-webpack
boot-clj task tonsky/boot-anybar
Idea plugin denofevil/AnyBarIdea
Anybar-based CLI journal Andrew565/anybar-icon-journal
Command monitoring rvirani1/with_anybar
Monitor commands automatically, across several iterm tabs stacycurl/anybar_bash
Extension for ipython/jupyter/ipython notebook ermakovpetr/ipython-anybar

Running multiple instances

You can run several instances of AnyBar as long as they listen on different ports. Use the ANYBAR_PORT environment variable to change the port and open -na to run several instances:

ANYBAR_PORT=1738 open -na AnyBar
ANYBAR_PORT=1739 open -na AnyBar
ANYBAR_PORT=1740 open -na AnyBar

Environment variables to specify a title and the initial color of the dot

A title can be set to distinguish dots in the menubar:

ANYBAR_PORT=1738 ANYBAR_TITLE=First  open -na AnyBar
ANYBAR_PORT=1739 ANYBAR_TITLE=Second open -na AnyBar
ANYBAR_PORT=1740 ANYBAR_TITLE=Third  open -na AnyBar

And the initial color of the dot can also be set:

ANYBAR_INIT=blue open -na AnyBar

Custom images

AnyBar can detect and use local custom images stored in the ~/.AnyBar directory. For example, if you have a ~/.AnyBar/square@2x.png image, send square to port 1738 and it will be displayed. Images should be 19×19 pixels for standard resolution, and 38x38 pixels for retina (@2x).

Ports

Ubuntu Unity limpbrains/somebar
i3wm with i3pystatus enkore/i3pystatus
Windows 10 PavelStefanov/NoteBar
Emacs plexus/.../emybar.el

License

Licensed under Eclipse Public License (see LICENSE).

Kaveesha-Induwara/AnyBar