BarBox Tools
Your everyday menu bar toolbox
Only for Mac
Free
Mac
Free and open source, with no accounts, no tracking and no analytics. Everything runs on your computer. English and German, and it stays out of your way.
BarBox puts a full toolbox into your menu bar — everything one click away.
LIVE STATS
• CPU, memory and GPU usage right in the header
• Battery, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth status at a glance
TOOLS
• Keep awake (unlimited / 30 min / 1 h / 2 h)
• Image compression with AI preset (1568 px) and half-size preset
• Text from image (OCR, offline and on-device)
• Merge PDFs, QR code generator, batch rename with patterns
• Clipboard history (last 20 entries, kept in memory only)
• Timer with notification, password and UUID generator
• Network info: local and public IP
• Finance: CHF to EUR/USD converter (ECB rates), Swiss SARON and SNB policy rate
• Weather: current conditions and 5-day forecast (MeteoSwiss ICON model via Open-Meteo)
YOUR LAYOUT
• Favorites: combine your most-used tools, arrange them by drag and drop
• My apps: launch your favorite apps straight from the menu bar
• Volume slider and audio output switcher
• Every section can be collapsed and reordered; window size is adjustable
• English and German interface
PRIVACY FIRST
No accounts, no tracking, no analytics. Network connections only to the weather,
currency and interest-rate services listed in the privacy policy — nothing else
ever leaves your computer.
BarBox is free and open source (GPL-3.0). The full source code is available at
github.com/ipstyle/barbox.
Ratings & Reviews
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Two fixes from everyday use, more room, and a quiet update check.
Settings no longer open cut off. The window took its width from an animation that was still running, so the first time you opened Settings the content was clipped and you had to close and reopen. Window size is now set explicitly — which also means the width and height sliders take effect immediately while the window is open.
The menu bar icon stays put. It now has its own saved slot, is made visible again at every launch, and restores itself after a display change, waking from sleep or a user switch. If it ever goes missing anyway, just start BarBox again from your usual app search — the running app puts the icon back and opens the window.
The window can be up to 1500 px tall, up from 900, and a fresh install starts at 900. The height is capped to what your screen actually fits, with a note under the slider when that happens, and there is a reset-to-default button.
New: an update check. BarBox checks once a day whether a newer version has been released and shows a small arrow in the header only if there really is one. You can check on demand in Settings, or switch the automatic check off entirely.
Also corrected: the privacy notes now name every host BarBox contacts. The place lookup in Settings has always used a second open-meteo address, but the documentation said four hosts — it says six now, in the app and everywhere else.
The developer, Albert Frick, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Albert Frick
- Size
- 599.6 KB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Mac
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 ipstyle
