Changelog

Public releases only, newest first. Version numbers are boring on purpose.

1.2.0 (33) — September 29, 2026

MonoBar 1.2 uses macOS's own menu-bar window for smoother, more reliable behavior, with a simpler site picker and a cleaner look. Free and Pro features are unchanged. Requires macOS 14 or later.

Download: MonoBar-1.2.0-macos.zip (2,540,893 bytes)
SHA-256: 6e8a6e95d052836e894540f335de6717b59cddecdd5dabdee004e0b633a68613
Requirements: Apple Silicon, macOS 14 or later

1.1.0 (23) — September 12, 2026

MonoBar 1.1 adds optional Pro, letting you monitor up to 25 websites and 10 additional supported status services with native status-change notifications. It also adds Open at Login, clearer setup guidance, and signed Direct update checks while keeping normal operation menu-bar-only. Service Status shows explicit maintenance separately and does not notify for maintenance alone.

MonoBar

  • MonoBar remains free for one website, bundled official services, and current core history.
  • Service Status replaces Provider Status, with catalog-first setup and support for Statuspage, Instatus, and exact Slack status pages.
  • Website setup, Settings, and manual checks have been refined.
  • Optional Open MonoBar at Login starts the same app quietly with monitoring paused.
  • Version and build are now visible from the menu-bar icon and under Settings → General → Updates.
  • Fixed a macOS 14 startup-reliability issue that could prevent MonoBar 1.0 from opening.

MonoBar Pro

  • Monitor up to 25 websites and 10 additional supported status services.
  • Receive native local notifications when website or service status changes.
  • Activate or deactivate a Direct Pro license explicitly; the local Keychain entitlement works offline after activation.

Updates

  • MonoBar 1.1 can optionally check signed availability information from monobar.app. It never downloads, installs, replaces, or relaunches the app.
  • MonoBar 1.0 has no update client. Existing users must quit MonoBar and manually replace it with version 1.1.

Download: MonoBar-1.1.0-macos.zip (2,432,211 bytes)
SHA-256: a884a1a7aaaa736ebfbdd34d7bba88a786fbd3cde7552c8b9b1f3b4f1ee806bf
Requirements: Apple Silicon, macOS 14 or later

The same app and download provide MonoBar and MonoBar Pro. Scheduled monitoring requires an awake Mac, the app running, and monitoring active.

1.0.0 (13) — July 29, 2026

The first public release.

MonoBar

  • Monitor one website from your Mac menu bar: current status, response time, sampled uptime, response history, and recent checks.
  • Optional Provider Status: official Anthropic and OpenAI status feeds, off by default.
  • Local-first by design: no account, no telemetry, no cloud dashboard. Configuration and history stay on your Mac.
  • HTTPS-only monitoring with strict redirect and destination safeguards.
  • Numbers, times, and durations follow your system's region format.

Historical artifact: MonoBar-1.0.0-macos.zip (~1.9 MB). Superseded by MonoBar 1.1; not a supported macOS 14 rollback.
SHA-256: 88eca99585238a392320e296d7d61e1933233f5258b6f13a5d1ba7981a7bbc90
Requirements: Apple Silicon, macOS 14 or later

Known limitations: checks run while MonoBar is open and monitoring is active — this is a local companion, not a 24/7 external service. Updates are a manual download; new versions are announced here.