MarketPulseBar
Track stocks, crypto, ETFs, forex, indices, and commodities live from your macOS menu bar — without charts or clutter.
- Finance
- macOS
// Built and shipped independently | by Mustafa Ramadan - Full Stack Developer, DevOps, AI Engineer
// what it does
- +Live prices for stocks, crypto, ETFs, forex, indices, and commodities
- +Price-only and portfolio modes with live profit/loss tracking
- +Multi, Rotate, and Hybrid menu bar display modes
- +Compact mode for smaller screens and cleaner ticker symbols
- +Configurable watchlists with quick-glance sparklines
- +Price alerts for the symbols that matter
// preview
// the build
MarketPulseBar is a lightweight native macOS menu bar app for traders, investors, and market watchers who want useful price information visible without opening another dashboard. Track stocks, crypto, ETFs, forex, indices, gold, silver, and other supported instruments from a configurable watchlist.
Price-Only mode keeps the menu bar focused on live prices and movement. Portfolio mode adds units and average cost so you can see your current profit or loss at a glance. Multi, Rotate, and Hybrid display modes let you decide how much information stays visible, while Compact mode keeps the ticker readable on smaller screens.
I designed and shipped MarketPulseBar independently in Swift and SwiftUI with MenuBarExtra on macOS 13+. The interface is deliberately menu-bar-only: no dock icon, no large dashboard, and no unnecessary navigation. Sparklines are drawn with SwiftUI Canvas, and the app balances timely updates with responsible polling by adapting its cadence, backing off when appropriate, and caching the last available tick for a fast initial display.
The product is built around a simple idea: market awareness should take one glance, not a browser tab. Every feature supports that goal by keeping the experience lightweight, configurable, and focused on the numbers that matter.