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A macOS menu bar companion for the [Busy Bar](https://busy.app) — control your bar over USB or Wi-Fi, automate your busy status, and turn the little LED display into a proper developer peripheral.

No cloud, no account, no telemetry: BarKeep talks directly to the bar's local HTTP API, either over USB (`http://10.0.4.20/api`, no authentication) or Wi-Fi (the bar's local IP address and local HTTP API password).
Core device control needs no BarKeep cloud, account, or telemetry: BarKeep
talks directly to the bar's local HTTP API over USB
(`http://10.0.4.20/api`, no authentication) or Wi-Fi (the bar's local IP
address and local HTTP API password). Optional Slack sync, weather, and update
checks contact their respective external services only when you enable or
request those features.

BarKeep is free and open-source software under the
[MIT License](LICENSE). You are welcome to use it, fork it, modify it,
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