MeetingBar
Free open-source Mac menu bar app that shows your next meeting and joins it in one click.
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About MeetingBar
MeetingBar puts your current or next calendar event in the macOS menu bar, with a countdown, and turns the meeting link inside the event into a one-click join button. It reads any account synced to Apple's Calendar app (iCloud, Google, Exchange, Office 365 and others) or connects to Google Calendar directly, and recognises links for more than 50 services, including Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex and Discord. The menu lists today's and tomorrow's events, and you can hide all-day, declined or link-less events, get notifications or full-screen reminders before a meeting starts, join the nearest meeting with a global shortcut, and trigger Shortcuts or AppleScript when you join. It is not a full calendar: you can't create or edit events in it. MeetingBar is free and Apache-licensed, available from the Mac App Store, Homebrew or GitHub, and is funded through Patreon and optional in-app purchases. It needs macOS 12 or later.
Best for: Mac users with back-to-back video calls who want the next meeting one click away.
Pros and cons
What works
- Joins Zoom, Meet, Teams and 50+ other services in one click
- Works with any calendar synced to macOS Calendar
- Free and open source, with no data collection
- Full-screen reminders and Shortcuts/AppleScript hooks
Why people leave
- Mac only
- Can't create or edit events; it only shows them
- Needs macOS 12 or later
Top MeetingBar alternatives
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Fantastical74.4Paid full calendar app with a menu bar mini-window, natural-language events and join buttons.
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Itsycal68.8Free menu bar calendar for Mac that shows a month view and upcoming events with join links.
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Dato64.8Menu bar calendar and clock with meeting join buttons, world time zones and full-screen alerts.
- 4
Notion Calendar61.8Free full calendar app with a menu bar view of the next meeting and join shortcuts.
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MeetingBar: common questions
Is MeetingBar free?
Yes. MeetingBar is free, open-source software.
Is MeetingBar open source?
No, MeetingBar is not open source. Open-source alternatives include Itsycal.
What platforms does MeetingBar run on?
MeetingBar is available for macOS.
What are the best alternatives to MeetingBar?
The highest-ranked MeetingBar alternatives right now are Fantastical, Itsycal and Dato. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.