macOS · Menu-bar app

Your friendly
Mac companion.

Six handy menu-bar tools, wrapped in one tidy app. Capture screenshots, launch apps with Space, keep your Mac awake, browse clipboard history, watch CPU + memory, and convert pictures — all from a single buddy in your menu bar.

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Open-source-ish. No accounts. No subscriptions.

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Six tools, one menu-bar app

Each tool is independent — turn off the ones you don't need from Settings.

Space Shortcut

Hold Space and tap a key to instantly launch or focus your most-used apps.

Screenshot

Capture a region of the screen with a global hotkey, then annotate, copy, save, or pin it.

Keep Awake

Prevents your Mac from sleeping or dimming the display for a chosen duration.

Clipboard

Keeps a history of recent clipboard items so you can paste anything you copied earlier.

System Monitor

Adds a menu-bar status item showing live CPU, memory, and other system stats.

Picture Converter

Drag-and-drop converter between PNG, JPEG, HEIC, TIFF, GIF, AVIF, ICO, BMP, ICNS, JP2.

A peek inside

Settings, hotkeys, clipboard history, and the menu-bar status item.

Space Shortcut bindings
Bind any app to Space + key — chord HUD shows on hold.
Clipboard history
Search the last n things you copied. Pin the ones you reuse.
Screenshot annotator
Region capture → annotate → copy / save / pin. Five tools, colour palette, undo.
System Monitor in menu bar
Live CPU + memory in the menu bar, your way.
General settings
Toggle features on or off. Hover the info dot for what each does.

Get MacBuddy

Free for personal use. macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later. Apple Silicon & Intel.

Download latest release from GitHub View source on GitHub →

Support & feedback

Found a bug? Want a new tool inside MacBuddy? Tell us — issues land straight in the project's GitHub.

Report a bug

Something not working? Open a bug report — we'll be notified on GitHub.

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Suggest a feature

Got an idea for a new tool inside MacBuddy? Pitch it.

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Ask a question

Stuck on permissions or hotkeys? Drop a question.

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No GitHub account needed — your feedback goes straight to our issue tracker. Prefer email? atlasbioin4@gmail.com.