Vorssaint — The modular Swiss Army knife for macOS
A free, open-source menu bar app built around your Mac. Install only the tools you use, remove the rest, and keep everything local.
Download Vorssaint · Free and open source · macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon · brew install --cask vorssaint
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Features
Install only what you use. Whatever you uninstall disappears from the whole app and stops loading.
Windows and Dock
- App switcher · Switch apps and windows with previews
- Dock Preview · Window previews when hovering the Dock
- Dock clicks · Click a Dock icon to minimize or cycle windows
- Maximize windows · The green button maximizes instead of full screen
- Window layout · Arrange windows with shortcuts or edge snapping, then adjust them by dragging
- Quit on close · Quit apps when their last window closes
Mouse and keyboard
- Invert mouse scrolling · Invert the mouse wheel direction
- Scroll sideways while holding a key · Hold only the selected modifier to scroll the vertical mouse wheel horizontally. Other key combinations are unchanged.
- Focus follows mouse · Focuses the window under the pointer.
- Smooth scrolling · Smooth, animated mouse scrolling
- Linear scrolling · Every notch of the mouse wheel scrolls the same distance, no matter how fast it spins. The trackpad is not affected.
- Disable mouse acceleration · Removes pointer acceleration for connected mice. Your previous setting returns when this is turned off or Vorssaint quits.
- Side buttons · Side mouse buttons go back and forward
- Mouse button shortcuts · Extra buttons and side-wheel directions press a key combination you choose.
- Trackpad middle click · Three finger click acts as a middle click
- Extra click filter · Ignores rapid extra clicks from worn mouse buttons without slowing normal clicks.
- Debounce · Ignore accidental double key presses
- Text snippets · Short triggers expand into full text
- Super key · Turns one key into the modifier combination you choose.
- Quit & close protection · Protects ⌘Q and ⌘W from accidental presses
Clipboard and files
- Clipboard · Keep a local history of what you copy
- Paste as plain text · Paste text without formatting
- Cut & paste · Cut and paste files in Finder
- Rename shortcut · Rename the selected file or folder with a shortcut you choose.
- Shelf · Drop files on the menu bar to hold them
- Clean URL · Copied links lose their tracking junk
- Disk image installer · Install the single app inside a disk image and clean up the download
Sound
- Volume mixer · Per-app volume, pinning and custom order
- Output switcher · Cycle sound outputs with a shortcut
- Audio device priority · Automatically use your preferred audio devices
- Mute microphone · Mute the microphone from anywhere
- Music app blocker · Block music launches from detected media keys
Energy and display
- Keep awake · Keep the Mac awake on demand
- Displays · Brightness and power controls for every display
- Extra brightness · Extra brightness on XDR displays
- Bluetooth on sleep · Switches Bluetooth off while the Mac sleeps, so headphones in a bag stop connecting to it.
Tools
- Quick panel · A floating panel with your favorite tools
- Quick toggles · One-click actions like dark mode and Trash
- Color picker · Pick any color on screen
- Copy text from screen · Copy text or QR codes from anything on screen
- Cleaning Mode · Lock keyboard and screen for cleaning
- Media · Compress videos, images and GIFs
- Cleaner · Clear caches and junk files
- Uninstaller · Remove apps and their leftovers
- Homebrew · Keep Homebrew packages up to date
- App updates · Find and install updates for the apps you have
- Screenshot · Captures an area, window or screen and annotates it
- Camera preview · Opens a floating mirror with your camera
- Radial menu · Opens a wheel of your favorite actions around the pointer
- Scratchpad · Floating pads for short-lived notes
- Command Bar · One field that finds and runs everything the app does
- Screen recording · Records an area, window or screen and edits it afterwards
- Wallpaper · Pick a still wallpaper without opening System Settings
- Kill Process · Search running processes and force quit, restart, or kill process trees
- Port Manager · View active listening ports and, with Kill Process installed, terminate the processes using them
Dynamic Island
- Dynamic Island · Your music, controls and everyday tools, together at the top of your screen. Optional. Turn it off to keep using the separate panels.
- Calendar · Browse the month and your upcoming appointments in the Dynamic Island.
- Notifications · New system notifications in the Dynamic Island.
- Dynamic Island Gestures · Open and close the Dynamic Island with scrolling, and swipe to change tracks.
- Timer · Timers, a stopwatch and focused work sessions in the Dynamic Island.
- Accessory alerts · Show connected accessories and warn once when their battery falls to 20%.
- Lyrics · Follow the lyrics of the current song in the Dynamic Island.
- Up next · See the actual upcoming songs shared by your player.
- Bars follow the music · Move the Dynamic Island bars with the sound your player makes.
- Downloads · See files arriving in a folder you choose, directly in the Dynamic Island.
- AI Agents · Follow plan limits, tokens, API value and the work in progress of Claude, Codex, OpenCode and GitHub Copilot in the Dynamic Island.
- Watch · Turn any part of any window into a live activity in the Dynamic Island, with an alert when it changes, finishes or shows what you are waiting for.
- Companion · A little friend in the Dynamic Island who says hello now and then and reacts to what happens on your Mac.
System monitor
- CPU · Processor usage and temperature
- GPU · Graphics usage and temperature
- Memory · Memory use and pressure
- Network · Network speed and usage
- Disks · Disk space and activity
- Power · Battery, power and charging
- Connected Devices · Count connected external USB peripherals
- Fan Control · Control fans manually or with temperature curves while seeing live and target RPM