ExtraBar builds a custom macOS menu bar with deep links, shortcuts, and scripts. One-time license from €23.99 with a 14-day money-back guarantee.
Researched and fact-checked by Bartu Cavusoglu · Updated October 26, 2026
ExtraBar is a macOS app that lets users build their own menu bar. Instead of hiding or rearranging the icons that apps already place there, it adds a custom menu filled with items the user defines: apps, deep links, shortcuts, and scripts. The company frames Apple's menu bar as static by design and presents ExtraBar as the way to make it personal.
The product targets people who already rely on tools such as Raycast, Keyboard Maestro, Things 3, or Notion and want faster access to specific parts of them. ExtraBar runs on macOS 12.4 or newer, including macOS 26 (Tahoe), and works offline once a license has been activated.
A user assembles a menu from actions. Each action can open an app or follow a deep link, which jumps straight to specific content such as a Zoom meeting, a Slack channel, or a particular Things 3 project. Apps that support deep links, including Raycast and BetterTouchTool, can be targeted this way, so one click replaces several steps of navigation.
ExtraBar also offers an MCP connection. Using an AI client, a user can describe an automation in plain language, such as pulling every git repository or closing all apps and putting the Mac to sleep, and the result appears under ExtraBar's Automations menu. Configuration is stored locally and can be exported to a file and imported on another Mac.
The core capability is a customizable menu that mixes apps, deep links, shortcuts, and scripts. The site shows example actions for more than a dozen apps, including Obsidian daily notes, Fantastical calendar views, OmniFocus perspectives, DEVONthink databases, Figma files, and Apple Shortcuts. Each is reached from the menu bar with a single click.
Beyond the menu itself, the MCP automation feature creates named actions on request. Privacy is a stated design point: the app has no analytics, no telemetry, and no data collection, and it needs an internet connection only during license activation. The meta description also states that no permissions are needed.
ExtraBar is a macOS app that lets users build a customizable menu bar from apps, deep links, shortcuts, and scripts. It adds new actions to the menu bar rather than just organizing existing icons.
The Personal plan is listed at €39.99 and shown at €23.99 for one Mac during the Fall Sale (40% off). Two Macs cost €35.99 and three cost €44.99. It is a one-time payment, and taxes might apply.
No. ExtraBar has no free trial, but it offers a 14-day money-back guarantee. If it does not fit your workflow, the site promises a full refund with no questions asked.
Those apps hide or organize menu bar icons. ExtraBar lets you create custom actions with your own shortcuts, deep links, and scripts and add them to the menu bar.
ExtraBar keeps working permanently on every version released during the included update window. There is no subscription and the app does not lock. Update access for later releases can be extended separately.
The site shows example actions for Raycast, Keyboard Maestro, Obsidian, Notion, DEVONthink, Fantastical, OmniFocus, Bear, Things 3, Apple Shortcuts, Figma, Spark, Todoist, and GoodTask. It also mentions Zoom, Slack, and Spotify deep links.
No data is collected, and the site states there is no analytics or telemetry. The app works offline, and internet is needed only during license activation. Configuration is stored locally on your Mac.
ExtraBar supports macOS 12.4 and later, including macOS 26 (Tahoe). It does not run on other platforms.