#950·xbar

Any plans to revive xbar in the vibe-coding era?

Author: lyrlCreated Jul 6, 2026Updated Sep 8, 2026

Hi @matryer and maintainers,

First, thank you for xbar — it's been a staple on my menu bar for years.

The repo has been quiet for a while (last push was Sep 2024), so I wanted to ask sincerely rather than complain: are there any plans to restart active development?

I ask because the timing feels right. We're now in the "vibe-coding" era — LLM-assisted development has made it dramatically cheaper to write, maintain, and extend small tools like xbar and its plugins. A lot of the friction that used to make maintenance heavy (writing plugins, fixing edge cases, docs) is now much lighter. It feels like a great moment for a project like this to come back to life, whether that's:

  • Picking up maintenance again (deps, macOS compatibility, bug fixes)
  • Opening it up to more community maintainers
  • Or just clarifying the project's status so contributors know where things stand

No pressure at all — mostly I'd love to know the current thinking, and whether help would be welcome. Thanks again for everything.