Find it. Open it. Carry on.
Search menu extras or running apps. Favorites stay close, and Escape puts the shelf away.
A SMALL UTILITY. A LITTLE PERSONALITY.
Less clutter.
More Loki.
Your Mac’s little tools deserve a place of their own. Find them, favorite them, and gather them into a realm that feels like yours.
Native Swift · Apple Silicon · Open source / MIT
a little shelf for your little tools ↘
LOKI / ASGARDDEMO
A little mischief.
⌃ ⌥ LMusicA soundtrack for your realm★
FocusMake a little room to think★
UtilitiesThe handy little things☆
No tools match. Try “Music”.
Interactive illustration. Try search or favorites; sample tools are not a screenshot.
EARLY PREVIEW
Built in the open. An early preview, with clear limits. The shelf is usable. Icon hiding works per icon on macOS 14 to 26 and per app on macOS 27, and is still being verified on hardware. Read the exact coverage →
SMALL ON PURPOSE
A calmer menu bar.
A familiar Mac.
No account. No dashboard to babysit. Open the shelf when you need it; close it when you don’t.
A realm for your routine.
Asgard, Midgard, Jotunheim, or names of your own. Each remembers its favorites, shelf order, groups, and hidden icons.
Tuck a few things away.
Choose the icons you want out of sight. On macOS 14 to 26 Loki moves them behind a divider; on macOS 27 it hides whole apps. Option-click the rune to bring them back. Hardware validation is still in progress.
COMPATIBILITY PREVIEWYOUR MAC. YOUR TOOLS.Less machinery.
Less machinery.
More transparency.
Loki uses native SwiftUI and AppKit. Preferences stay on your Mac. There are no analytics, accounts, or screenshot capture. macOS 14 to 26 uses public interfaces only; macOS 27 uses one undocumented interface, because no public one can hide icons there. Updates use Sparkle.
Read the privacy details ↗LET A LITTLE MISCHIEF IN
Meet your new
menu companion.
Download, open the disk image, and drag Loki into Applications. Launch it, then click the rune in your menu bar.
LOKI-MENUBARv0.1.0-alpha.6
For Apple Silicon Macs
Requires macOS 14+. Icon hiding is implemented on every version and is still being verified on hardware. Earlier macOS versions, notched displays, and multiple displays need more testing.
Download .dmg ↓Release notes, ZIP & checksums ↗Preview software. Read compatibility notes before installing.
A few useful things.
What is included in this preview?
Loki has a searchable shelf, profiles, groups and opt-in icon hiding. Always-hidden tiers, replica icon bars, system-bar styling and per-display automation are not included. The repository maintains a feature-by-feature ledger.
Why does it ask for Accessibility?
To discover menu extras, click the one you choose, and list the icons you can hide. On macOS 14 to 26 it also moves the icons you choose to hide. App shortcuts work without it. Accessibility is a broad macOS permission; the source and privacy document explain Loki’s intended use. Screen Recording is not requested.
How do I reveal everything?
Option-click Loki’s rune, or right-click it and select “Show Hidden Icons” or “Reveal All Menu Bar Items.” Quitting Loki shows every icon. The CLI offers reveal-all and toggle commands.
Is it original and open source?
Yes. Loki’s implementation and vector artwork are available under MIT. Loki is independently developed. The folded-rune concept used AI-assisted design exploration. No trademark clearance is claimed.