By chance a got to know rumps. A really fantastic python package for making menu bar apps on MacOS. With this it's really easy to build a small menu bar app that suits ones personal needs.
It comes in handy to automatize daily routines like
brew update
brew outdated
brew upgrade
or just quickly download a video for private use and offline watching.
But these are only two examples. The menu bar app can be extended or changed to ones personal needs.
To build a stand alone version the also great python package Py2App comes into play.
- Only works on MacOS (tested on Montery 12.1 with a Apple Silicon Chip (M1))
- Python 3.10
- Rumps: https://github.com/jaredks/rumps
- Py2App: https://py2app.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
- The other packages are just for demonstration purposes.
- Copy & clone the source code.
- Set up a virtual environment:
python3 -m venv venv - Pip install requirements:
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
python3 statusbarApp.py
Get Video!only works when your Safari Browser has an active tap open with a suitable url (e.g. youtube.com/example-video).
Brew check! runs brew update && brew outdated in one go. I am still working on adding brew upgrade.
To build a stand alone version you need in addition the setup.py and py2app.
Put all files togehter in one folder and run following command:
python3 setup.py py2app --emulate-shell-environment
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.