Tipbar

A macOS menu bar app

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Tipbar shows one sponsor line in your menu bar, only while your AI coding agent is working. You get 60% of ad revenue. It never reads your code and never touches your agent setup.

Download for macOS

Version 0.1.0 · 1.1 MB · macOS 13+ · Apple Silicon and Intel

  • Open sourcePublic at launch
  • Signed & notarizedBy Apple

Installing takes about a minute

Three steps, then it stays out of your way

  1. 01

    Download and drag in

    Open the DMG and drag Tipbar into your Applications folder. It is a universal build, so one download runs on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
  2. 02

    Launch Tipbar

    Open it from Applications. The coin appears in your menu bar and lights up only while an agent is working. There is no dock icon and no window to manage.
  3. 03

    Wire the hooks

    On first launch Tipbar previews the exact hook lines it will add to each agent's own config, then adds only those with your OK. Prefer the terminal? Do it yourself:

    node installer/install.js   # dry run: prints what it will add
node installer/apply.js     # wire Claude Code, Codex, Cursor…

    Every change is backed up first and reverses with node installer/revert.js.

Don't take our word for it — check the download

Every release is signed with our Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple. Run these against the app and the DMG to confirm the build you downloaded is the one we published.

Confirm it is signed by our Developer ID

codesign -dv --verify /Applications/Tipbar.app 2>&1 | grep TeamIdentifier
# expected: TeamIdentifier=TBP92XG83Z

Confirm Gatekeeper accepts it (notarization)

spctl -a -vv /Applications/Tipbar.app
# expected: accepted
#           source=Notarized Developer ID

Confirm the notarization ticket is stapled to the DMG

xcrun stapler validate Tipbar-0.1.0.dmg
# expected: The validate action worked!

Confirm the download matches the published hash

shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/Tipbar-0.1.0.dmg
# expected: 8cd6dd477980eb08cbcabee97e49776fed40d4f4c5dc3a4ac11fd7de9fd89ad4
Signing identity
Developer ID Application: Achieve Total Marketing LLC (TBP92XG83Z)
Apple Team ID
TBP92XG83Z
SHA-256 (0.1.0)
8cd6dd477980eb08cbcabee97e49776fed40d4f4c5dc3a4ac11fd7de9fd89ad4

The full checklist — what leaves your machine, the seven lines we will never cross, and the standing “0 lines modified” challenge — lives on the trust page.

Before you install

Does it modify my AI coding agent?

No. Tipbar reads each agent through its own vendor-documented lifecycle hooks and renders only in its own menu bar. The installer shows you the exact hook-config lines it adds, with one-click revert. We publish a reproducible git diff showing zero bytes changed in Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex — with a standing public challenge to prove otherwise. Check it yourself.

What actually leaves my machine?

The normalized activity signal, an ad-slot ID, a coarse targeting bucket computed locally, and click events. Never your code, file paths, repository names, prompts, agent output, or any auth token. The full sends/never table is on the trust page.

Can someone push a malicious update to everyone at once?

No silent updates. Every release is signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple, and it is something you choose to install. There is no background poller that can swap the binary underneath you. You will be able to verify the signature and hash yourself on the trust page.

Does it work with more than one agent?

Yes. Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Grok Build, and Hermes Agent are supported at launch, each through its own official hooks. Adding an agent is one small adapter, never a change to your setup.

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