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KarmaBar
For the karma-obsessed
Track your Hacker News karma in your menu bar on macOS with KarmaBar.
KarmaBar polls the Hacker News API to fetch your latest karma value with a change indicator when it goes up or down.
Download
Download KarmaBar v1.0.1 for Apple Silicon on macOS 26 or later.
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Features
馃搳 Configurable refresh interval and highlight duration
馃帹 Custom colours and menu bar text size
馃挩 Quick links to view your comments and submissions
Requirements
An Apple Silicon Mac
macOS 26 or later
Xcode 26 or later to build from source
Build from source
Open KarmaBar.xcodeproj in Xcode and run the shared KarmaBar scheme.
For a command-line build without code signing:
xcodebuild \<br>-project "KarmaBar.xcodeproj" \<br>-scheme "KarmaBar" \<br>-configuration Release \<br>-destination "generic/platform=macOS" \<br>-derivedDataPath .build \<br>CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=NO \<br>build
Privacy
The username and preferences are stored locally in UserDefaults. KarmaBar reads user data from the public Hacker News API; it has no account system, analytics, or advertising.
Releases
Distributable macOS builds should be signed with Developer ID and notarised. See RELEASING.md for the release process.
Licence
MIT
KarmaBar is an unofficial project and is not affiliated with Hacker News or Y Combinator.
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