GitHub stars in your menu bar.

A tiny native macOS app for watching multiple public GitHub repos' stars, release downloads, trends, and maintainer radar without keeping GitHub open.

Stargazer Bar menu showing multiple tracked repositories with star counts, a per-repo submenu with an all-time star and fork trend chart, latest release info, and a Last 30 days activity summary

↓ Download DMG View on GitHub

brew install --cask jazzyalex/stargazer-bar/stargazer-bar

Why it exists

Built to stay
out of your way.

⭐

Menu-bar signal

Multiple public repos can live in your menu bar, so you do not need GitHub tabs open after a launch or release.

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Release downloads

Release download totals from GitHub's latest releases API page, shown in the same compact dropdown.

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Repo trends

Hover into a repo submenu to see stars and forks over all time, one year, or the last month.

🖼️

Milestone sharing

Copy milestone text or a square image when a repo crosses a rounded star or download mark.

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Maintainer radar

Spot CI status, recent commits, new PRs/issues, and unanswered issues from the same repo submenu.

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Signed auto-updates

Sparkle updates are EdDSA-signed, notarized, and enabled by default. Always current.

Privacy

Private by default.

No backend, no telemetry. Settings live in UserDefaults on your Mac. Optional OAuth tokens are stored in Keychain and never leave your machine.

✓ Native Apple silicon app

✓ Signed & notarized

✓ Local settings & Keychain tokens

✓ No backend, no telemetry

Stargazer Bar settings window in dark mode, showing repository tracking, refresh interval, notifications, and GitHub account