Hideout — A Cleaner Mac Menu Bar

Version: v1.18.2

Hideout is a lightweight macOS utility that lets you hide unwanted menu bar icons and keep your Mac interface clean and organized.

It is designed for people who have too many background apps, system utilities, and status icons competing for space in the macOS menu bar.

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✨ What Hideout does

Hide unnecessary menu bar icons
Keep frequently used icons visible
Create a cleaner, less cluttered menu bar
Quickly reveal hidden icons when you need them
Stay lightweight and unobtrusive
Use familiar macOS interactions instead of a complicated settings interface

🕹 Usage

⌘ + drag to move the Hidden icons around in the menu bar.
Click the Arrow icon to hide menu bar items.

🚀 Built for modern macOS

Hideout supports modern macOS versions and includes compatibility work for macOS 27 "Golden Gate" and wide screens like QHD, UltraWide QHD, 4K UHD, Super UltraWide, 5K2K/WUQHD, etc.

The project is built with Swift and follows the native macOS experience rather than trying to replace it with a heavy menu bar management suite.

🔄 Hidden Bar alternative

Hideout is a community-maintained fork of Hidden Bar with additional fixes and compatibility work.

If you are looking for a lightweight Hidden Bar alternative, a simple macOS menu bar manager, or an open-source way to hide menu bar icons, Hideout is built for exactly that use case.

🛠 Installation

Hideout can be installed through Homebrew or downloaded from the project's GitHub Releases.

Homebrew

brew install --cask https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xvoland/hidden/main/Casks/hideout.rb

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Hideout.app

🎯 Why Hideout?

Your menu bar should show the things you actually need — not every application running in the background.

Hideout keeps the interface simple:

hide the clutter → reveal it when needed → keep your Mac menu bar clean.

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Support

GitHub: https://github.com/xvoland/hideout
Buy on Gumroad: https://lor4ik.gumroad.com/l/hideout
Donation: https://paypal.me/xvoland
Patreon: https://patreon.com/xvoland

HIDEOUT

Hideout lets you hide menu bar items to give your Mac a cleaner look.