StatusBarRun

This program allows you to run any program (terminal command / applescript / open file / start application) via your status bar or a global shortcut.

This is a mac only application developed natively in swift. Thus its very CPU efficient and does not consume any battery when in idle (zero energy impact in activity monitor).

Installation

This app has been tested on macOS Sierra and macOS High Sierra, but should also work in prior versions of macOS.

1. Download the app from here
2. Execute the app once
3. Click on the R on the top left of your screen and select the menu item Edit items to edit your config
4. To add this app to the startup simply drag it into your login items (System Preferences -> Users & Groups -> Current User -> Login Items) and tick the checkbox

Configuration

This program will create a config file located at ~/.status-bar-run.json. You can edit this file with your default editor (StatusBarRun -> Edit Config).

You can register different command there. The key in the json object is the name which appears in the status bar item. The value must be a json object too. It must have the attributes launchPath (string) and arguments (array of strings). The launchPath is the path to the program to start with the given arguments.

Moreover you can use a label option (which also contains launchPath and arguments). The output of this process will override the label, as seen in the second example (week).

Additionally it's possible to nest your commands as seen in the second example.

Example:

This Example registers a item named Greet which runs the command say hi in /bin/sh. It can also be triggered by pressing command + option + g

{
    "Greet": {
        "launchPath": "/bin/sh",
        "arguments": ["-c", "say hi"],
        "hotkey": {
            "key": "g",
            "modifiers": ["command", "option"]
        }
    }
}

Second example:

{
    "Week": {
        "label": {
            "launchPath": "/bin/sh",
            "arguments": ["-c", "date '+%V'"],
            "suffix": ". week of year",
            "trimOutput": true
        },
        "launchPath": "/bin/sh",
        "arguments": ["-c", "open /Applications/Calendar.app"]
    },
    "Fortune": {
        "launchPath": "/bin/sh",
        "arguments": [
            "-c",
            "say -v Samantha $('/usr/local/Cellar/fortune/9708/bin/fortune' -s)"
        ]
    },
    "Remove formatting of clipboard": {
        "hotkey": {
            "key": "g",
            "modifiers": ["command", "option"]
        },
        "launchPath": "/bin/sh",
        "arguments": ["-c", "pbpaste | pbcopy"]
    },
    "Web proxy": {
        "On": {
            "launchPath": "/bin/sh",
            "arguments": [
                "-c",
                "networksetup -setwebproxy \"Wi-Fi\" 1.2.3.4 1234 off && networksetup -setwebproxystate \"Wi-Fi\" on"
            ]
        },
        "Off": {
            "launchPath": "/bin/sh",
            "arguments": ["-c", "networksetup -setwebproxystate \"Wi-Fi\" off"]
        }
    }
}

After modifying the config you have to either restart the program or reload the config (StatusBarRun -> Reload Config).

Global shortcuts

For possible key codes, see soffes/HotKey.

Possible modifiers are:

capsLock
shift
control
option // Alt
command
numericPad // Any key on the number pad
help // Help key
function // Any function key

Uninstallation

To uninstall StatusBarRun simply delete the StatusBarRun.app and the config file (rm ~/.status-bar-run.json), THATS IT!