Developer Builds macOS Menu Bar Manager Barkeep with Codex

Unwilling to pay for Bartender and dissatisfied with heavy open-source alternatives, developer Ian Nuttall used Codex to build Barkeep, a native macOS menu bar management tool, showcasing rapid AI-assisted development.

2026-08-25 ~ 2026-08-25 · 2 related posts

• Dev builds his own Mac menu bar manager 'Barkeep' with Codex instead of paying for Bartender — iannuttall · 2026-08-25
• Built Barkeep with Codex: a native macOS menu bar manager to replace Bartender — iannuttall · 2026-08-25