使用 Homebrew Cask 安装 anybar

项目链接

• 主页
• 软件包管理器页面

命令和别名

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项目历史

Nikita Prokopov created AnyBar as a deliberately small macOS utility that displays a colored menu-bar dot. Its official repository dates the project copyright to 2015.

The project later added multiple-instance support through ANYBAR_PORT, labels through ANYBAR_TITLE, initial-state selection through ANYBAR_INIT, and user-provided images from ~/.AnyBar.

采用历史

AnyBar attracted integrations and client implementations across shell environments and programming languages, including Bash, Zsh, Fish, Go, Node.js, Python, Ruby, Rust, Emacs, and AppleScript.

使用方式

Launch AnyBar.app, then send a color or control word to UDP port 1738. Environment variables can select another port, set a title, or choose the initial indicator.

Users commonly connect it to build scripts, monitoring commands, editor extensions, or other automation that needs an unobtrusive visual status signal.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

AnyBar is a compact example of Unix-style composability applied to the macOS menu bar: arbitrary scripts and build tools can publish state by sending a tiny UDP message, without adopting a GUI framework or service API.

时间线

• 2015: AnyBar's repository copyright identifies the project's initial era.
• Later releases: Support expanded to multiple instances, titles, initial colors, and custom indicator images.

Related projects

• The README identifies Hyper-independent integrations and numerous community clients, plus ports such as SomeBar for Ubuntu Unity and NoteBar for Windows.

来源

• Official AnyBar README: https://github.com/tonsky/AnyBar#readme