Hidden Bar 4+

This is a fantastic alternative to Bartender, but it has one REALLY annoying quirk. Whenever you install a new program that adds a menu icon, it automatically gets added to the Always Hidden section rather than to the Always Visible section.

This is a really strange/dumb design choice, because if you didn't know the new app was going to have a menu icon, you never will unless you happen to be looking through the hidden icons and find it. Also, since I don't install new apps super frequently, I sometimes find myself forgetting that Hidden Bar does this. As a result, I'll sometimes think the app isn't working properly or isn't running because I don't see it in the menu bar.

I have to dock it 1 star for this bizarre decision. Otherwise, it'd be a 5-star app!

I've been using Hidden Bar for a while now, and it's been exactly what I needed to keep extra menu bar clutter hidden on my ultra-wide monitor. There are a lot of utilities I'd like to keep within easy reach, but don't want to see them all the time. Hidden Bar is the answer. And unlike some alternatives, it doesn't require screen recording permissions!

However, this also means it's not particularly suitable for managing the menu bar on a mac with a notch. Hidden Bar doesn't capture additional menu bar items and display them in a drop down. It simply hides them. So if you have more items than can be shown in the limited right-hand space of a notched menu bar, it's not really helpful.

My only concern; I hope it's still supported and will be updated when/if a MacOS update breaks something.

A couple small suggestions for the developers:
A note explaining how the clock might change would be helpful. For me, the clock was losing the date when the hidden icons were collapsed. I fixed this by changing the Dock & Menu Bar system preferences from "show date when space allows" to "show date always".
I don't know if this second suggestion is even possible, but... it would be great if the Hidden Bar icon (the small <) could also be hidden. Maybe just an option to pick the color of the icon so I could get something very close to the background color of the menu bar?
Again, this is a great little utility. I've had it for only a few minutes, and I already love it. Thank you so much for making this available to everyone!