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You can also use Ice[1], which does the same thing and is open source

Looks like the features are very similar. Is there anything the commercial product does that the open source doesn't?

I've used both, and I think Bartender was a little more polished, UI wise.

This was after I stopped using Bartender, but it got silently sold to a third party https://www.macrumors.com/2024/06/04/bartender-mac-app-new-o...

Ice is great. Took some fiddling but I have been stoked on it.

I would be very careful with using Bartender now. It was a great app, but recently bought by a shady company known for buying apps to milk them for money and user data. I recommend Ice, as linked by Khaine, which is open source, free, and works like a charme.

Thanks, I'm totally gonna try that!