bitbar

Simplifies BitBar app plugin creation

Create your plugin using a nice API instead of having to manually construct a big string.

Requires BitBar 1.9 or higher.

Install

$ npm install bitbar

Usage

#!/usr/bin/env /usr/local/bin/node
const bitbar = require('bitbar');

bitbar([
	{
		text: '❤',
		color: bitbar.darkMode ? 'white' : 'red',
		dropdown: false
	},
	bitbar.separator,
	{
		text: 'Unicorns',
		color: '#ff79d7',
		submenu: [
			{
				text: '📺 Video',
				href: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9auOCbH5Ns4'
			},
			{
				text: '📖 Wiki',
				href: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn'
			}
		]
	},
	bitbar.separator,
	'Ponies'
]);

Create a file with the above code in the BitBar plugins directory and make sure to chmod +x filename.js it. Read more.

Change /usr/local/bin/node to the path of your Node.js binary. This is a known issue in BitBar.

API

bitbar(items, options?)

items

Type: Array<string | object>

An item can be a string with the text or an object with the text in a text property and any of the options. The text can be multiple lines, but for the first item, only the first line will be shown in the menubar.

submenu

Type: Array<string | object>

It will add a submenu to the current item. A submenu is composed of an array of items.

options

Type: object

You can use any of the supported options.

Applies to all items unless overridden in the item.

bitbar.separator

Add a separator.

bitbar.darkMode

A boolean of whether macOS Dark Mode is enabled.