Totem Bar

Always-on text in menu bar

Only for Mac

Free · In-App Purchases

Mac

Always know which Mac you're on. Totem Bar pins any label to your menu bar — perfect when you juggle work, personal, prod, and staging machines. Totem Bar pins a custom label to your Mac's menu bar so you always know which machine you're looking at. Inspired by the "totem" from Inception — a small object you check to confirm reality — Totem Bar is built for anyone who juggles multiple Macs: work and personal, client A and client B, production and staging. Set any text you want. Leave it on "Auto" width, or lock it to a fixed pt width for a consistent menu-bar footprint. When your label is longer than the fixed width, Totem Bar truncates it cleanly, or (with overflow scroll enabled) marquees the full text across the bar. KEY FEATURES • Always-on menu bar label — any text, any length • Auto or fixed-width display (40–300 pt) • Tail-truncation or smooth marquee scrolling for long text • URL scheme (totem://set?text=...) to update the label from the command line or scripts — show the current hostname, IP address, git branch, or anything else you can pipe from a shell • Launch at login • Accessory app — no Dock icon, no clutter • Fully localized in English and Japanese • Lightweight: native Swift, no background CPU when idle TOTEM BAR PRO (one-time unlock) • Color presets (White on Red, Yellow on Black, and more) • Custom text color • Custom background color with transparency Totem Bar is the kind of tool you set up once and forget about — until the day it saves you from typing into the wrong machine.

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• Added a link to the Prototype Labs website on the About screen • Minor improvements and fixes

Version 1.0.1

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    Information

    Provider
    • PROTOTYPE LABS, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
    Size
    • 455.4 KB
    Category
    • Utilities
    Compatibility
    Requires macOS 13.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 13.0 or later.
    Languages
    • English and Japanese
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    • © 2026 Prototype Labs
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