ExtraBar changelog
Back to ExtraBar22 releases since May 2026 · GitHub releases, checked Oct 27, 2026
1.7.3Latest
Includes everything from the 1.7.2 beta. Build 173.
New
- Launcher widget: Open the Launcher straight from your bar. Add it with Add → Add Launcher Widget and click the magnifying glass to search everything in your preset — your bar stays exactly as it is. Works on the floating bar, in notch mode and in menu bar mode, with an Open Launcher shortcut in Hotkeys and in the bar's right-click menu. The Launcher also gets ready in the background after ExtraBar starts, so it opens faster the first time.
- Sort A–Z: Put everything in alphabetical order with one click in Settings → Apps & Widgets, the folder widget editor and the menu editors. It sorts by the names you see, keeps dividers in place, sorts each section on its own, and always asks first.
Improved
- Fewer Keychain password prompts — your license is now stored securely without asking for your Mac password. Your action-link token and Shiori sign-in are stored the same way. If macOS asks one more time after you update, that's the last time.
- Up-to-date updater: Sparkle 2.10 with the latest security fixes, and update windows now come to the front properly.
- Much less writing to disk: ExtraBar cleans up settings left behind by deleted bars, items and presets, keeps script history and website icons small, and tidies its own leftover temporary files.
- Less memory over long sessions: folder menus, script output windows and bar icons no longer keep growing.
- Steadier Shiori sync: offline changes have a size limit, retries stop after repeated failures, and changes are never sent with a different account after you switch.
Good to know
- ExtraBar 1.7.1 and older can't import presets that contain a Launcher widget.
1.7.1
🎨 New: Launcher Themes
- 38 built-in themes for Launcher mode: Glass styles (including real Liquid Glass), terminal themes (Dracula, Catppuccin, Tokyo Night, Nord, Gruvbox, Solarized, One Dark, Rosé Pine and more), Neon, Minimal and 3D themes with depth, tilt and glowing borders.
- Make your own: customize colors, border, glow, font, row style and blur, or use a solid color or a gently moving pattern, with a live preview.
- Share themes: import and export themes as files.
- Find it in Settings → Launcher Themes or the new Themes button at the bottom of the Launcher.
📥 New: Collapse Bar
- Fold the floating bar into a single icon and click it to bring the bar back (top of the Collapse Mode settings page).
- Choose the button's position and look, or hide it and use a shortcut (Hotkeys → Collapse / Expand Bar). Also available from the right-click menu; a collapsed bar is remembered after a relaunch.
- Works with the floating bar only. It pauses in menu bar, notch and Launcher modes, and while "Collapse into a Menu" is on or the app menu is merged into the bar as one icon.
🪟 New: Real Liquid Glass
- On macOS 26, the Liquid Glass background uses the same real glass as the macOS Dock. A new Glass Look option (Regular or Clear) is in Appearance, and your tint still applies. Earlier macOS versions keep the previous look.
🔗 New: DockFlow logo in the DockFlow widget
- With a Logo style picker: Color, Monochrome, Dark, White, Simple Black and Simple White.
⚡ Smoother and lighter
- The Launcher opens more smoothly, including the first time after launch.
- Presets switch in one smooth step.
- Hovering the bar, adding or removing items, and editing icons no longer redraw the whole bar.
- Menu bar mode and notch auto-hide use much less CPU while idle.
- Moving the pointer over Launcher results no longer scrolls the list.
🛠 Fixes
- New Window stays on your Space: ExtraBar uses the app's own File → New Window menu and only brings the app forward once the window is on your current Space. Chrome, Safari and others no longer jump you to another Space.
- Safari with profiles: New Window opens a regular window instead of leaving Safari's New Window menu open.
- If an app doesn't open a new window, ExtraBar no longer switches you to its windows on another Space.
- In notch mode, approval prompts no longer disappear when the bar auto-hides.
1.6.3
🔗 New: Integrations Library
- Connect Your Appit Studio Apps: ExtraBar, DockFlow and ExtraDock now find each other automatically in a new Integrations library, with no more pairing codes.
- DockFlow in ExtraBar: Open Settings → Talk Integrations, select DockFlow, review what ExtraBar may do (see your presets, switch presets, get live updates) and press Connect. You can also start the connection from DockFlow's own Integrations library.
- Reconnects on Its Own: Approve a connection once and it comes back by itself after restarts.
- You Stay in Control: Seeing your presets is required; switching presets and live updates are optional and can be changed later. DockFlow does not gain any control over ExtraBar.
- Works With: DockFlow 1.85 or later.
🛠 Fixed: Misleading License Renewal Screen
- Accurate License Status: If ExtraBar couldn't check your license after an upgrade (for example, because you were offline), it could wrongly say your updates had expired and ask you to renew. It now says it was unable to verify this version and offers Refresh License, so you only see the renewal options when your updates have really expired.
- Copy Diagnostics: A new Copy Diagnostics button copies technical details for support. License keys and device identifiers are never included.
Full release notes: https://appitstudio.github.io/extra-bar-updates/release-notes.html
1.6.2
📦 Improved: Custom Icons in Preset Exports
- Your Icons Travel With You: Exported presets now bundle every custom icon they use, including icons inside folder widgets, so importing on another Mac shows your icons instead of the defaults.
- One Tidy File: Exports are saved as a single .extrabar file holding your preset and its icons together.
- No Duplicate Icons: On import, icons you already have are recognized and reused, so your icon library stays clean.
- Older Exports Still Work: Preset files exported by earlier versions of ExtraBar import just like before.
- Private by Design: Only the icons themselves are exported, never the file paths they came from.
Full release notes: https://appitstudio.github.io/extra-bar-updates/release-notes.html
1.6.1
🎨 New: Full SF Symbols 7 Icon Picker
- Every Symbol at Your Fingertips: The icon picker now offers the complete SF Symbols 7.2 catalog, all 7,007 symbols, under "All Symbols".
- Browse by Category: Twenty curated categories like Communication, Navigation, Media, Devices, Finance and Accessibility make the right icon easy to find.
- Smarter Search: Search understands everyday words, so "settings" finds gears and sliders, "delete" finds the trash, and "home" finds the house, with the best matches first.
- Exact Name Entry: Know the symbol name already? Type it in and use it directly, with a heads-up if the name is not recognized.
- Works on Every Mac: On macOS versions before 26.2, symbols your system cannot draw are hidden automatically, so you never see an empty cell.
📁 New: Dividers in Folder Widgets
- Add a Divider: The folder widget editor's Add library now offers a Divider card right next to apps, actions, and bookmarks.
- Make It Yours: Give each divider an optional title, an SF Symbol, and a color using the same divider form you already know from the bar.
- Looks Right in Menus: Dividers render inside folder widget menus just like main-bar dividers, and respect show/hide like any other item.
- Presets Included: Dividers travel with your presets through export, import, copy, and duplicate.
Full release notes: https://appitstudio.github.io/extra-bar-updates/release-notes.html
1.5.8
New: DockFlow Widget
- Switch DockFlow Presets from ExtraBar: add the new DockFlow widget to list your presets, see which one is active, and switch with a click.
- Pair Once, Stay Connected: connect from Settings → DockFlow with a pairing code from DockFlow (Settings → Integrations → ExtraBar); ExtraBar keeps the connection securely.
- You Stay in Control: DockFlow shows exactly what ExtraBar may do, and you can revoke access any time.
- Requires DockFlow 1.81 or later.
Bug Fixes
- Shortcuts Run Quietly: shortcuts now run in the background via Shortcuts Events, so the Shortcuts app no longer jumps in front of your work.
1.5.7
License authentication flow improved.
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