Menu bar recipes for creators

Your audience numbers without opening a dashboard. Pick a face that counts up, like the XP Bar or Tally Marks, and watch it grow.

A few of these recipes as live meters, on sample values.

6 recipes

Show your YouTube subscriber count in your Mac menu barYour YouTube channel’s subscriber count (or total views) in the Mac menu bar, from the official YouTube Data API. Set up the key once; no script needed. (Web Address meter)
Show your Twitch viewers in your Mac menu barYour Twitch stream’s live viewer count, or follower count, in the Mac menu bar while you stream. No Twitch developer app needed. (Script meter)
Show your Bluesky followers in your Mac menu barYour Bluesky follower count, live in the Mac menu bar, from Bluesky’s public API. No login, no app password, one key path. (Web Address meter)
Show your Mastodon followers in your Mac menu barYour Mastodon (or any fediverse server running Mastodon) follower count in the Mac menu bar, from your server’s public API. No token. (Web Address meter)
Show GitHub stars in your Mac menu barA live star counter for any GitHub repository in your Mac menu bar. One web address, one key path, no token. Forks, issues and followers too. (Web Address meter)
Show your Hacker News karma in your Mac menu barYour Hacker News karma, live in the Mac menu bar, from Hacker News’ official public API. No account or token needed. (Web Address meter)

Something else?

If it has a number, it can be a meter. Read it from a web address or JSON API, a shell command, a file, or send it with a multimeter:// link.

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