ColimaBar

A native macOS menu bar app for Colima - the container runtime for macOS.

Features

• Shows all Colima instances in the menu bar
• Start/Stop each instance individually
• View instance details (arch, CPUs, memory, disk)
• Auto-refreshes status every 5 seconds
• Lightweight, native Swift implementation

Requirements

• macOS 13.0+
• Colima installed (brew install colima)

Installation

From DMG

Download the latest release DMG and drag ColimaBar to your Applications folder.

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/colimabar.git
cd colimabar
./build-app.sh
open ColimaBar.app

To create a DMG:

./build-dmg.sh

Usage

Once running, ColimaBar appears in your menu bar:

• Filled box icon - Colima is running
• Empty box icon - Colima is stopped

Click the icon to:

• View all Colima instances
• Expand instance submenu for details and controls
• Start or Stop individual instances
• Refresh status manually
• Quit the app

Keyboard Shortcuts

| Shortcut | Action | |----------|--------| | R | Refresh Status | | Q | Quit |

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.