Command-drag to tuck.
Hold Command (⌘) and drag any movable menu-bar icon to the left of the DeadStick yoke to tuck it away, and keep everyday items to the right of the yoke.
DeadStick Dash · Free Download & Planned for the Mac App Store
A little less clutter.
A lot more Mac.
Keep your everyday menu-bar items close, and tuck the rest cleanly out of sight behind the DeadStick yoke. DeadStick Dash gives your Mac a calmer menu bar — 100% free on deadstick.net and 100% free on the Mac App Store.
Version 1.0.0 (Build 2) · Universal macOS 26+ · Apple-notarized DeadStickDash.dmg (SHA-256: 6c4995a5…0d9d7ae9). By downloading, you agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
100% free everywhere
macOS 26 or later
No account, ads, or IAPs
How it works
Your menu bar, on your terms.
Click or Option-click to reveal.
Click the yoke for the quick-reveal panel (“Show All in Menu Bar”), or Option-click (or right-click) the yoke to expand and tuck your menu bar in one click with optional 10s or 30s smart auto-hide.
Set it up once.
A two-step welcome tour gets you started. Choose whether Dash opens at login, and revisit the tour from Settings whenever you need it.
Architecture & Privacy
Small app. Clear choices.
Dash lives in your menu bar without adding Dock clutter. There is no account, subscription, trial, in-app purchase, or advertising.
Mac App Store edition: runs entirely inside the macOS App Sandbox with zero system permissions — no Accessibility or Screen Recording prompts, no cross-app inspection, and no network connections.
Direct-download builds: optionally use Accessibility to identify and activate individual menu-bar items in a dropdown, plus optional Screen Recording (off by default) for live pixel previews.
Apple’s fixed menu-bar items, including the clock and Control Center, stay managed by macOS.
Release & Legal
100% free on both our website and the Mac App Store.
DeadStick Dash is developed by DeadStick Digital LLC. Both the notarized website download and the Mac App Store edition are 100% free: no subscriptions, trials, in-app purchases, advertising, or account registration.
Platform & Compatibility
Platform: Mac running macOS 26 (Tahoe) or later (Universal Apple Silicon & Intel).
Update Delivery
App updates: the Mac App Store edition receives updates exclusively through the Mac App Store; the free website direct download updates via Sparkle from deadstick.net.
Terms & Licensing
License information: Direct website downloads are governed by the DeadStick Digital Terms of Service (including the license in section 2 and the “AS IS” warranty disclaimer in section 8). Mac App Store downloads are also governed by Apple’s Standard End User License Agreement.
Notarization & Checksum
Release verification: DeadStickDash.dmg (v1.0.0 build 2, 4,039,275 bytes) is signed by DeadStick Digital LLC (Apple Developer ID Team 95TTTY9DVV), notarized by Apple, and stapled. SHA-256 checksum: 6c4995a5e7a09f94ee389104c3d8bf7232b7f580290fcca993160ca10d9d7ae9.
Read the support and contact information, app-specific privacy policy, and privacy choices and deletion guidance.
Open-source software notice (Sparkle — MIT License)
Direct-download builds of DeadStick Dash include the Sparkle software update framework (the Mac App Store edition does not include Sparkle).
Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Andy Matuschak. Copyright (c) 2009-2013 Elgato Systems GmbH. Copyright (c) 2011-2014 Kornel Lesiński. Copyright (c) 2015-2017 Mayur Pawashe. Copyright (c) 2014 C.W. Betts. Copyright (c) 2014 Petroules Corporation. Copyright (c) 2014 Big Nerd Ranch. All rights reserved. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
Help is one click away.
Read the setup and troubleshooting guide or the DeadStick Dash privacy policy. For anything else, email [email protected].