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OS X menubar status indicator
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# AnyBar: OS X menubar status indicator



AnyBar is a small indicator for your menubar that does one simple thing: it displays a colored dot. What the dot means and when to change it is up to you.






## Download



Version 0.2.3:






Or using [Homebrew Cask](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask):



    brew install --cask anybar



## Support us






## Usage



AnyBar is controlled via a UDP port (1738 by default). Before any commands can be sent, AnyBar.app must be launched:



```sh

open -a AnyBar

```



Once launched, you may send it a message to change the style of the dot:



```sh

echo -n "black" | nc -4u -w0 localhost 1738

```



If you use bash, you might prefer this instead:



```sh

bash -c 'echo -n "black" > /dev/udp/localhost/1738'

```



The following default commands change the style of the dot:



| Command       | Preview                                                             |

|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

| `white`       |        |

| `red`         |          |

| `orange`      |       |

| `yellow`      |       |

| `green`       |        |

| `cyan`        |         |

| `blue`        |         |

| `purple`      |       |

| `black`       |        |

| `question`    |     |

| `exclamation` |  |

| `filled`      |       |

| `hollow`      |       |



`black` and `white` always has black or white fill. On Big Sur, where text color of menubar might change depending on the wallpaper, you might want to use `filled` and `hollow` instead. They are inverted when menubar changes its appearance.



To quit, send `quit`.



## Alternative clients



Bash alias:



```sh

$ function anybar { echo -n $1 | nc -4u -w0 localhost ${2:-1738}; }



$ anybar red

$ anybar green 1739

```



Or with /dev/udp:



```sh

function anybar { echo -n $1 > /dev/udp/localhost/${2:-1738}; }

```



Zsh with completion:



- [wookayin/anybar-zsh](https://github.com/wookayin/anybar-zsh)



Fish shell with completion:



- [matchai/anybar-fish](https://github.com/matchai/anybar-fish)



Go:



- [justincampbell/anybar](https://github.com/justincampbell/anybar)

- [johntdyer/anybar-go](https://github.com/johntdyer/anybar-go)



Node:



- [rumpl/nanybar](https://github.com/rumpl/nanybar)

- [sindresorhus/anybar](https://github.com/sindresorhus/anybar)

- [snippet by skibz](https://github.com/tonsky/AnyBar/issues/11)



Deno:



- [pumpncode/anybar](https://github.com/pumpncode/anybar)



PHP:



- [2bj/Phanybar](https://github.com/2bj/Phanybar)



Java:



- [cs475x/AnyBar4j](https://github.com/cs475x/AnyBar4j)



Python:



- [philipbl/pyanybar](https://github.com/philipbl/pyAnyBar)



Ruby:



- [davydovanton/AnyBar_rb](https://github.com/davydovanton/AnyBar_rb)



Rust:



- [urschrei/rust_anybar](https://github.com/urschrei/rust_anybar)

- [Feliix42/anybar-rs](https://github.com/Feliix42/anybar-rs)



Nim:



- [rgv151/anybar.nim](https://github.com/rgv151/anybar.nim)



Erlang:



- [kureikain/ebar](https://github.com/kureikain/ebar)



C:



- [onderweg/anybar-cli](https://github.com/onderweg/anybar-cli)



C#:



- [jenyayel/anybar-client](https://github.com/jenyayel/anybar-client)



Crystal:

- [davydovanton/AnyBar_cr](https://github.com/davydovanton/AnyBar_cr)



Emacs: 



- [rmuslimov/anybar.el](https://gist.github.com/rmuslimov/2d74cacd5e0ae827663e)

- [tie-rack/anybar-el](https://github.com/tie-rack/anybar-el) (Also on [Melpa](https://melpa.org/#/anybar))



AppleScript:



```applescript

tell application "AnyBar" to set image name to "blue"



tell application "AnyBar" to set current to get image name as Unicode text

display notification current

```



Alfred:



- [https://github.com/raguay/MyAlfred](https://github.com/raguay/MyAlfred/blob/master/Alfred%204/AnyBar%20Workflow.alfredworkflow)



## Integrations



- Webpack build status plugin [roman01la/anybar-webpack](https://github.com/roman01la/anybar-webpack)

- boot-clj task [tonsky/boot-anybar](https://github.com/tonsky/boot-anybar)

- Idea plugin [denofevil/AnyBarIdea](https://github.com/denofevil/AnyBarIdea)

- Anybar-based CLI journal [Andrew565/anybar-icon-journal](https://github.com/Andrew565/anybar-icon-journal)

- Command monitoring [rvirani1/with_anybar](https://github.com/rvirani1/with_anybar)

- Monitor commands automatically, across several iterm tabs [stacycurl/anybar_bash](https://github.com/stacycurl/anybar-bash)

- Extension for ipython/jupyter/ipython notebook [ermakovpetr/ipython-anybar](https://github.com/ermakovpetr/ipython-anybar)



## Running multiple instances



You can run several instances of AnyBar as long as they listen on different ports. Use the `ANYBAR_PORT` environment variable to change the port and `open -na` to run several instances:



```sh

ANYBAR_PORT=1738 open -na AnyBar

ANYBAR_PORT=1739 open -na AnyBar

ANYBAR_PORT=1740 open -na AnyBar

```



## Environment variables to specify a title and the initial color of the dot



A title can be set to distinguish dots in the menubar:



```sh

ANYBAR_PORT=1738 ANYBAR_TITLE=First  open -na AnyBar

ANYBAR_PORT=1739 ANYBAR_TITLE=Second open -na AnyBar

ANYBAR_PORT=1740 ANYBAR_TITLE=Third  open -na AnyBar

```



And the initial color of the dot can also be set:



```sh

ANYBAR_INIT=blue open -na AnyBar

```



## Custom images



AnyBar can detect and use local custom images stored in the `~/.AnyBar` directory. For example, if you have a `~/.AnyBar/[email protected]` image, send `square` to port 1738 and it will be displayed. Images should be 19×19 pixels for standard resolution, and 38x38 pixels for retina (@2x).



## Ports



- Ubuntu Unity [limpbrains/somebar](https://github.com/limpbrains/somebar)

- i3wm with i3pystatus [enkore/i3pystatus](https://github.com/enkore/i3pystatus)

- Windows 10 [PavelStefanov/NoteBar](https://github.com/PavelStefanov/NoteBar)

- Emacs [plexus/.../emybar.el](https://github.com/plexus/plexmacs/blob/master/emybar/emybar.el)



## License



Copyright © 2015 Nikita Prokopov



Licensed under Eclipse Public License (see [LICENSE](LICENSE)).