MenuBento — fourteen everyday Mac utilities behind one menu-bar icon

Tools

Replace a folder of utilities.

Each tool is a tile in the popover. Turn off the ones you don't need and reorder the rest. ⌃⌥⌘B opens MenuBento, ⌃⌥⌘/ shows every shortcut, and all of them can be changed.

Snap
PRO EXTRAS

Window manager with halves, quarters, maximize, centre and custom slot layouts, from a shortcut or a drag. Free: 6 slots per display.

⌃⌥←
Clips
PRO EXTRAS

Clipboard history you can search, pin and paste from by number or as plain text. Free: the last 100 clips.

⌃⌘V
Switch
PRO EXTRAS

Window switcher across all apps and Spaces, including minimized and hidden windows.

⌥⇥
Wipe

Locks the keyboard and trackpad while you clean them.

⌃⌥⌘K
Pulse
PRO EXTRAS

CPU, memory, disk, network and battery at a glance, with optional menu-bar widgets.
Shade
PRO EXTRAS

Dims a display with a slider, in software, so it works with any monitor.
Tidy

Hides the menu-bar icons you don’t need and reveals them with a click.
Awake

Keeps the Mac awake for a set time, or until your current meeting ends.
Scenes
PRO

Saves every window position, display dimming and menu-bar state, and restores the whole desk with one key.
Sweep

Finds old and large files in folders you choose, plus caches and leftovers in places you allow. Everything goes to the Trash after you review it.
Cue

One command palette that searches every command of every tool.

⌃⌥⌘Space
Grab
PRO

Select any part of the screen and copy the text in it. Recognition happens on the Mac.
Pick

Samples any pixel and copies it as hex, rgb(), hsl() or a Swift colour.
Polish
PRO

Fixes grammar, shortens, summarises, translates or reformats the selected text, on device. Free: 5 actions a day.

Snap

Every window, one keystroke away.

Halves, quarters, maximize, centre and custom slot layouts, kept per display, including ultrawide and vertical screens. Press a key below to move the Xcode window.

⌃control ⌥option

Or drag a window to a screen edge or corner, hold ⌃ while dragging to pick a slot, ⌘-drag to fill whatever space is free, and ⌘-resize to move the neighbouring snapped window with it. Free includes 6 slots per display.

Scenes · Pro

Your whole desk, restored.

Save every window position, display dimming and menu-bar state, and restore the whole desk with one key, on a schedule, or when a display connects.

Not connected

Tessera: LayoutEngine.swift — Xcode

Tessera pull requests — Safari

FinderFileEditViewWindowMon 9:41

Q3 roadmap.pdf — Preview

Reading list — Notes

Deep workrestored when the external display connected Waiting for displayscene triggers on connect

Switch

Every window, every Space, every tab.

⌥⇥ lists every window across all apps and Spaces, including minimized and hidden ones. Keep ⌥ held and type to filter, release to switch, or close, minimize and quit from the list. Pro adds tabs.

FinderFileEditViewWindowMon 9:41

Tessera: LayoutEngine.swift — Xcode

Kyoto trip — Notes

Type to filter

SafariMenuBento: fourteen tools, one menu bar icon

Kyoto in autumn: a five-day route

Sourdough hydration calculator

Ferry timetable for Port Aster

NotesKyoto trip

MailInbox: Juniper & Finch Studio

XcodeTessera: LayoutEngine.swift

PreviewQ3 roadmap.pdf

FinderMoodboards

NotesReading list

Clips

Everything you copied, a keystroke away.

⌃⌘V opens the history. Search by content, app name, window title or file name, pin items, paste by number or as plain text, and preview with Space. Items that password managers mark as confidential are never recorded, and you can exclude apps.

FinderFileEditViewWindowMon 9:41

Search clips

Kyoto trip: Fushimi Inari at sunrise, Nishiki Market for lunchNotes · Kyoto trip · 1 min

⌘1

https://example.com/guides/kyoto-in-autumnSafari · Kyoto in autumn · 7 min

⌘2

#5E5CE6Preview · Q3 roadmap.pdf · 21 min

⌘3

let slots = layout.slots.filter { $0.keybind != nil }Xcode · LayoutEngine.swift · 45 min

⌘4

Juniper & Finch Studio, 42 Lantern Row, Suite 5Mail · Pinned

⌘5

git rebase --onto main feature~3 featureXcode · 17 h

⌘6

Clips

Every copy, cleaned up.

Tracking parameters are stripped from copied links. ⌃⇧⌘V pastes the last clip as plain text.

Cue

One palette for everything.

⌃⌥⌘Space opens one palette that searches every command of every tool.

Wipe

Clean the keyboard without shutting down.

⌃⌥⌘K locks the keyboard and trackpad while you clean them. Hold ⎋ for two seconds to unlock early. Try it.

Keyboard and trackpad locked for cleaning

Press and hold

Shade

Go on, dim this page.

Shade dims a display with a slider, in software, so it works with any monitor. Drag the slider to dim this page the same way.

Shade0 %

Shortcuts, schedules and every display at once are Pro.

Collects nothing. Tracks nothing.

No account, no analytics, no advertising and no third-party code that reports anywhere. MenuBento makes no network requests of its own.

Stays on your Mac
Clipboard history and settings stay on the Mac. With iCloud sync on, clips live in your own private iCloud, which the developer cannot see.
Recognised on the Mac
Text recognition and Polish run on the Mac using Apple’s own frameworks.
Passwords skipped
Items that password managers mark as confidential are never recorded.
Only your folders
Sweep only reads folders you have picked, and only moves things to the Trash.

Permissions, each optional

Accessibility
To move and switch windows, paste clips and read selected text.
Screen Recording
Only inside Grab.
Calendar
Only for Awake’s meeting timer.

Pricing

Most of it is free.

Pro adds Scenes, Grab, unlimited Polish and more. Family Sharing is included with both Pro options.

Free

$0 forever

Eleven tools, free for good
Snap with 6 slots per display
Clips with the last 100 clips
5 Polish actions a day

Pro Yearly

7-DAY FREE TRIAL

$14.99 per year

Scenes, Grab and unlimited Polish
Auto-layout, unlimited slots, slot cycling and custom slot shortcuts in Snap
Unlimited clipboard history, search inside copied images, iCloud sync between your Macs and single-key actions
Tabs in Switch, and the option to replace ⌘⇥
Shade on every display, with shortcuts and a schedule
More Pulse widgets and the process list with search
Family Sharing included

Pro Lifetime

$39.99 once

Everything in Pro Yearly
Every update for at least three years
No paid re-buy
Family Sharing included

Coming soon to the Mac App Store

Prices in US dollars; they vary by country. Purchases go through the Mac App Store.

Replace a folder of utilities.

Snap

Clips

Switch

Wipe

Pulse

Shade

Tidy

Awake

Scenes

Sweep

Cue

Grab

Pick

Polish

Every window, one keystroke away.

Your whole desk, restored.

Every window, every Space, every tab.

Everything you copied, a keystroke away.

Every copy, cleaned up.

One palette for everything.

Clean the keyboard without shutting down.

Go on, dim this page.

Collects nothing. Tracks nothing.

Stays on your Mac

Recognised on the Mac

Passwords skipped

Only your folders

Permissions, each optional

Accessibility

Screen Recording

Calendar

Most of it is free.

Free

Pro Yearly

Pro Lifetime