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Your menu bar,
calmer.

The icons you don't need tuck away and come back the instant you ask. Small, native, free.

Download Star on GitHub

macOS 27 or later

The short version.

Reach for the bar and everything comes back.

See how

Type a few letters and open any icon.

See how

Drag in the editor, then press Apply once.

See how

Or move icons right in the bar with ⌘.

See how

Give any app its own menu bar icon.

See how

Pick how icons come and go by watching them.

See how

Hidden isn't gone.

Move toward the bar and everything slides back out, exactly where it was. Click what you came for. It tucks itself away again.

Move your pointer up to the bar.Tap the bar.

A place for every icon.

Every icon lives in one of three sections, and you choose which.

Visible

Always there when you need them.

Hidden

Out of the way, back with a hover or a click.

Always Hidden

Gone for good, unless you double-click or ⌥-click the chevron.

Arrange it once.

Drag icons between Visible, Hidden and Always Hidden. Nothing moves until you press Apply, then one pass lays the bar out to match.

Menu Bar
VisibleAlways there when you need them
Sconce
HiddenOut of the way, back with a hover or a click
Claude
Figma
Raycast
Spotify
Slack
Always HiddenGone for good, unless you double-click or ⌥-click the chevron
Docker
1Password
Notion

Try it. Drag an icon, press Apply, then hovertap the bar.

Or just ⌘-drag.

Hold ⌘ and drag any icon across the chevron, right in the bar. Pelmet adopts it into the section where you drop it.

Launch anything.

Pick any app and Pelmet gives it a menu bar icon. One click opens it, and it tucks away with the rest.

Try it. Click the search field and type a name.

Motion that feels native.

Watch each style play, then pick the one that suits you. Instant is a swap. Smooth slides the icons out from under the chevron. Fade brings them in place.

No animation. The icons are just there.The slide macOS already does, out from under the chevron.In place. Nothing moves, they simply appear.

Choose your style in Settings › Behavior.

Hidden, not moved.

macOS hides each icon right where it sits, so the bar you arranged is the bar you get back.

Nothing to phone home about.

Pelmet is a small, native Mac app that minds its own business, which is your menu bar and nothing else.

No account, no analytics, no server. The only connection it ever makes is checking for its own updates.

Pelmet Info
Pelmet4.5 MB1

Modified: 5 October 2026

Kind
Application
Size
4.5 MB
Version
0.3.1
Requires
macOS 27 or later
Languages
10
Account
None
Analytics
None
Network
Update check only
Screen Recording
Optional (animations only)2
License
GPLv3
Code
github.com/fif7y/pelmet

pelmet

noun · /ˈpɛlmɪt/ · British

A narrow border of cloth or wood, fitted across the top of a window to conceal the curtain fittings. Now also: the same, for your menu bar.

Pelmet app icon

Fit yours today.

Download Star on GitHub

Free and open source. macOS 27 or later.

  1. 14.5 MB is the download size of Pelmet 0.3.1.
  2. 2Screen Recording is optional and only used for reveal animations.