nixesty/now-bar
One UI's Now Bar for the Windows taskbar: a pill with what's live now (music and lyrics, timers, live football and basketball, Galaxy Buds, weather, game downloads, Claude Code) and a card that opens
- Stars
- 111
- Forks
- 15
- Open issues
- 5
- Last push
- today
now-bar star history
+45 this week
Can I sell what I build with it?
Yes, with conditions
A guide, not legal advice.
About now-bar
now-bar is a free, open-source AI coding tool by nixesty, written mainly in Rust. One UI's Now Bar for the Windows taskbar: a pill with what's live now (music and lyrics, timers, live football and basketball, Galaxy Buds, weather, game downloads, Claude Code) and a card that opens. It has 111 GitHub stars and 15 forks, and was last updated today. It's released under the GPL-3.0 license, a standard open-source license.
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Commercial use
- Copyleft
- Language
- Rust
- Stars
- 111
- Last update
- today
- Runs on Mac
- Not stated
- GPU
- Not stated
- Paid API key
- Not stated
- Self-hostable
- Not stated
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now-bar FAQ
Can I use now-bar commercially?
With conditions. GPL-3.0 allows commercial use, but software you distribute that builds on it must be released under the same license. This is a plain-English summary, not legal advice.
Is now-bar free?
Yes. now-bar is open source and free to use. It's released under the GPL-3.0 license, a standard open-source license.
Does now-bar run on a Mac?
The project doesn't say. Check its installation guide before you start.
Does now-bar need a GPU?
The project doesn't state hardware needs. AI models generally run much faster with a GPU.
Is now-bar still maintained?
Yes. It was last updated today and has 5 open issues on GitHub.
What are alternatives to now-bar?
Similar free, open-source tools include claude-code, claude-skills, claude-code-templates, claudecodeui.
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