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Welcome to the Lounge Blog

Welcome to the Lounge blog. This is where we'll share menu bar productivity tips, deep dives into how Lounge works under the hood, and honest comparisons against other menu bar managers like Bartender.

What to expect

  • Practical guides for decluttering your menu bar on macOS
  • Comparisons between Lounge and other tools
  • Release notes and behind-the-scenes engineering notes

Why we built Lounge

Every Mac app wants a spot in your menu bar, and MacBook notches make the problem worse by hiding icons behind the camera housing. Lounge fixes both problems with a notch-aware panel and a simple drag-and-drop model for organizing what's visible and what's hidden.

# Toggle hidden menu bar items from anywhere
⌘ + Shift + L

More posts are on the way. If there's a topic you'd like covered, reach out on Twitter.