Menu bar launcher
for Mac

Your whole Mac, one click away.

BarJump puts your apps, folders, shortcuts and every corner of System Settings into one menu bar menu, and all of it a keystroke away.

Free · Requires macOS 26 or later · Version 1.2
BarJump's search panel: typing “cal” finds Calculator and Calendar under Applications, and Accessibility › Vocal Shortcuts and Privacy & Security › Calendars under System Settings. BarJump's menu: a Quick Settings section with Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, Night Shift, Output and AutoFill Cards; then a Work menu with a purple folder icon, Applications, System Settings and Downloads; then Recents, with the System Settings submenu open listing every pane with its icon.

Settings, apps, folders and shortcuts. One icon.

Pick what goes into the menu, show each source as a submenu or right in the menu, and drag them into the order you like. One icon in the menu bar instead of many.

System Settings

Every pane with the icons you know, and more than 160 places inside them: pages, sections, tabs and sheets, opened directly. Put the ones you use into menus of your own.

Applications

Your Applications folder as Finder shows it, with Apple's apps, your web apps and folders like Utilities in one list. Keep favorites at the top, or show only your favorites.

Folders

Add any folder, like Downloads or a project folder, and browse it from the menu, subfolders included. Sort by name, date added or date modified.

Shortcuts

Run any of your shortcuts, including ones that ask for input, grouped by their Shortcuts folders. Add a single folder or a single shortcut of its own when that's all you need.

Night Shift is one click, not four.

BarJump opens the exact place you're after, so you don't have to find it again inside the pane.

Displays›Night Shift
Wallet & Apple Pay›AutoFill Cards
Privacy & Security›Camera
Keyboard›Text Replacements
General›Login Items & Extensions
Sound›Output
45
panes on macOS 27
160+
places inside them
44
languages, in macOS's own words
BarJump's Content settings: Quick Settings shown in the menu; Work, Applications, System Settings, Downloads and Recents as submenus, with separators between them; Shortcuts hidden; buttons to add a folder, a shortcut or a separator.

Menu, submenu or hidden. Drag to order.

Every source gets one setting: in the menu, in a submenu, or not shown. Drag to reorder, add folders, shortcuts and separators, and build as many menus of your own as you like.

✓Favorite apps on top, or favorites only
✓Folders sorted the way you work
✓Recents: what you opened last, a click away
✓Anything you delete is flagged, never silently broken

The details

Written in Swift for macOS 26 and later, with care for the small things.

Menus of your own

Mix apps, files and folders, shortcuts and Settings places in one menu, each kind grouped. Give it a folder icon in a Finder color, with a symbol of your choice.

Speaks your language

Menus and settings use macOS's own wording in every language your Mac supports, so a pane is named exactly as System Settings names it.

Fewer menu bar icons

Settings, apps, folders and shortcuts share one icon, so Shortcuts and other launchers can leave your menu bar.

Always current

Apps, folders and shortcuts are read fresh when you open the menu, so new ones are simply there. No index to build or keep up.

Signed and notarized

Every release is signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple, and updates are verified before they install.

Automatic updates

BarJump checks for new versions and updates itself when you allow it, or whenever you choose Check for Updates.

How is BarJump different from Raycast or Alfred?

They're command bars: you summon them and type, with a lot of power behind that. BarJump is a menu: you click it and see your Mac, laid out the way you arranged it. Many people use both, with BarJump as their Settings menu and their Shortcuts launcher.

BarJumpCommand-bar launchers
How you use itClick the menu bar icon, or press a shortcut to open it at the pointer; browse, or typePress a shortcut and type
Best forSeeing what's there, with a mouse or trackpadSpeed when you know the name
System Settings160+ places inside the panes, with their iconsMostly whole panes (varies by app)
Languages44, in macOS's own wordsVaries
Clipboard, windows, AINone, on purposeOften many
SetupPick sources, drag them into orderLearn commands and extensions
Account or subscriptionNoneVaries; some features paid
No data collected
✓No accounts, analytics or tracking
✓Your menus stay in your Mac's settings
✓The only request is the update check

Nothing leaves your Mac but an update check.

BarJump works entirely on your Mac. It never sends what's in your menus, folders or searches anywhere. The one thing it asks the internet is whether a new version is out. Privacy Policy

Free for macOS 26 and later.

Settings, apps, folders and shortcuts in one menu bar menu.

Version 1.2

BarJump is an independent app for macOS, not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple. macOS, System Settings and Shortcuts are trademarks of Apple Inc.

© 2026 Kerem Erkan · AKE Software GmbH