What Is MeetingBar?

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MeetingBar is a macOS menu bar app that shows your upcoming meetings and lets you join them with one click. It works with your existing calendar and supports 50+ meeting services, including Zoom, Google Meet, and Teams. Use it if you're on macOS and want to stop hunting through calendar invites or switching between apps to start a call.

What MeetingBar actually does

MeetingBar sits in the macOS menu bar and reads your calendar. Instead of opening a calendar app, finding the event, and clicking a link inside the invite, you open the menu bar item and click the meeting you want to join.

The site describes the core behavior as "Join and create meetings in one click," and lists these features:

  • Fully free
  • Quick and easy setup
  • One click to join
  • No user data storing
  • Open-source software
  • Powerful preferences
  • Works with all calendars
  • 50+ meeting services
  • Light and nice looking

The "works with all calendars" and "50+ meeting services" claims are the two that matter most when deciding whether it fits your setup.

Who it's for

MeetingBar is a reasonable fit if:

  • You use macOS and live in your menu bar rather than a full calendar app.
  • Your meetings span multiple services (Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, and others), so you don't want a separate app or extension per service.
  • You want to join a call without opening a browser tab or digging through email.

It's a weaker fit if you're not on macOS, since the app is macOS-only, or if you prefer a full calendar interface over a menu bar list.

How it fits into your day

The value is in removing steps. Without it, joining a meeting typically means: open calendar → find the event → open the invite → click the link → wait for the service to load. MeetingBar collapses that into: open the menu bar item → click the meeting.

The site frames this as "Meetings at your fingertips" and "Be on time," which points at the real benefit: less friction right before a call starts.

Installing it

The site gives a Homebrew command:

brew install meetingbar

It also lists an App Store presence (a 4.9 App Store rating is cited) and a GitHub repo (5K stars cited). If you don't use Homebrew, the App Store listing is the other documented route.

Adoption and support signals

The site cites 500K+ installations, a 4.9 App Store rating, and 5K GitHub stars. These are the project's own figures, so treat them as marketing signals rather than independent measurements.

On support: the site says the app is "fully free" and open-source, and points to Patreon, Buy Me a Coffee, and App Store in-app purchases as ways to support it. It also provides a contact form and links to GitHub, ProductHunt, Twitter, and Patreon. The site states no user data is stored, which is consistent with a calendar-reading menu bar utility.

The short version

MeetingBar is a free, open-source macOS menu bar app that surfaces your upcoming meetings and joins them in one click across 50+ services. If you're on macOS and juggle multiple meeting platforms, it removes the pre-call scramble. If you're not on macOS, it isn't an option.