Seiton

Keep your menu bar in order

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Category
Status Bar
WM Type
—
License
paid
Open Source
No
Keybindings
No
Scripting
No
Last Update
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Features

  • Hide Rarely Used Menu Bar Icons
  • Visible, Hidden and Always-Hidden Sections
  • ⌘-Drag Icons Between Sections
  • One-Click Panel for Hidden Icons
  • Search Menu Bar Items by Name
  • Adjustable Icon Spacing
  • Works Offline After Activation

About

Native menu bar organizer for macOS 26 on Apple silicon. Seiton sorts menu bar icons into visible, hidden and always-hidden sections, tucks the rarely used ones behind a divider, and brings them back with one click on its own icon. One-time $9.99 purchase, no subscription.

Who It's For

Seiton is for Mac users whose menu bar has filled up with status icons, including on notched displays where space is tight. If you want to keep the native macOS menu bar and just control which icons show, without replacing it with a custom bar, Seiton fits. It's a small, one-time-purchase app: no subscription and no account.

How It Works

Seiton doesn't replace or redraw the menu bar. It organizes the icons already there. It splits them into three sections: visible, hidden and always-hidden. Hidden icons are tucked behind a divider, and you move an icon between sections by ⌘-dragging it. Clicking the Seiton icon opens a panel (the "Bar") that lists your tucked-away icons, and you can click them there just as you would in the menu bar. You can also search the menu bar by name to find an item and open its menu, and tighten the spacing between icons so more of them fit, including on notched displays.

Seiton uses the macOS Accessibility API to read and arrange menu bar icons, so Accessibility is its one required permission. Screen Recording is optional; according to the site, it's used only on your Mac for masking when you open a tucked-away icon. The developer says menu bar contents are never uploaded. Licences are verified locally after activation, so the app keeps working without a network connection. Everything is set through the app's GUI; Seiton has no config file, CLI or scripting layer.

Compared to Alternatives

Compared to SketchyBar, Seiton is far narrower in scope. SketchyBar is a free, fully scriptable status bar replacement with its own event system, graphs and popup menus, while Seiton leaves the system menu bar in place and only manages which icons appear in it. That makes Seiton the simpler choice if you just want a tidier menu bar, and SketchyBar the better fit if you want to build a custom bar with your own scripts. Unlike SketchyBar, Seiton is closed source and paid.

Requirements

  • macOS 26 or later
  • Apple silicon Mac (the site does not list Intel support)
  • Accessibility permission required; Screen Recording optional
  • $9.99 one-time licence after a 14-day, fully featured free trial (no sign-up); 14-day refund window

Getting Started

Download Seiton from the official site and start the 14-day trial; no sign-up is needed. Grant Accessibility permission when prompted. Then ⌘-drag the icons you rarely use into the hidden or always-hidden section, and click the Seiton icon whenever you need one of them. If you buy a licence, it activates automatically after payment, with no key to type in. Release notes are on the site's changelog page.

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