Vanilla alternatives for Mac
Vanilla — Tool to hide menu bar icons — is installed 68 times a month through Homebrew. These are hand-picked alternatives that occupy the same slot, ordered by how comparable their user base is.
Run
brew install --cask vanilla to install Vanilla itself.- Ice60.6× the installs
- Itsycal11.3× the installs
- Stats180.0× the installs
- MeetingBar8.1× the installs
- TopNotch128 installs/mo
- Maccy125.5× the installs
- MonitorControl49.9× the installs
- One Switch47 installs/mo
Full comparison
| Vanilla | Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | GUI app | GUI app |
| Category | Design & Graphics | System & Utilities |
| Open source | Not declared | Not declared |
| Licence | Not declared | Not declared |
| Apple silicon | Universal | Universal |
| Latest version | 3.0,82 | 0.11.12 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 |
| Installs (30 days) | 68 | 4,122 |
| Install command | brew install --cask vanilla | brew install --cask jordanbaird-ice |
How we picked these
The list comes from a hand-maintained set of same-purpose apps, not from keyword matching. Alternatives are removed automatically when Homebrew no longer carries them. Ordering reflects 30-day install volume, not paid placement. Data updated 2026-10-26.