A companion to muse — this one lives in the menu bar instead of the terminal.
MuseBar shows the currently playing track from Apple Music directly in the macOS menu bar: artist, title, and a tiny album art thumbnail. Click it to open a dropdown with full artwork, a seekable progress bar, and playback controls.
Features
- Menu bar display — artist, title, and album art at a glance
- Album artwork — full size in the dropdown, thumbnail in the bar
- Seekable progress bar — click or drag to scrub
- Playback controls — previous, play/pause, next
- No Dock icon — runs entirely in the menu bar
How it works
Built with SwiftUI’s MenuBarExtra (macOS 13+). Track info and artwork come from AppleScript queries to Music.app, with distributed notifications providing real-time updates on track changes. Playback commands are also sent via AppleScript.
The whole project is a Swift Package — no Xcode project needed. Build and install with just.