Dev builds his own Mac menu bar manager 'Barkeep' with Codex instead of paying for Bartender
iannuttall · x · 2026-08-25
Developer Ian Nuttall had too many of his own Mac menu bar apps cluttering the bar, didn't want to pay for Bartender, and found OSS alternatives too heavy. So he used Codex to build Barkeep, his own menu bar manager with drag-and-drop show/hide for icons, which works well for his needs.
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