btcbar
A tiny status bar widget for OS X that displays the latest USD/BTC spot price from BitStamp, BTCe, and Coinbase.
Screenshot
Here is how btcbar looks in your status bar:
And how you can select a ticker:
Installation
Simply place btcbar.app in your /Applications folder, and optionally add it to Login Items in System Preferences > Users & Groups to display it automatically on startup.
Download
The current version of btcbar (2.1.4) can be downloaded here:
https://github.com/nearengine/btcbar/releases/download/v2.1.4/btcbar_2_1_4.zip
It requires OS X 10.7+ and a 64-bit processor.
Changelog
2.1.4
- Removes MtGox
2.1.3
- Fixes issue where the local currency code was displayed instead of the USD symbol
- Improves error handling: if there is an error, the icon will fade and a descriptive error will be displayed in the tooltip when hovering over btcbar rather than taking up space in your menu bar
2.1.2
- Uses new HTTPS MtGox API to fix "json error"
- Better organization for repo and XCode project
- Standardizes use of commas in tickers
2.1.1
- Enables live prices in menu
- Fixes a minor bug in the ticker switching code
2.1.0
- New BTCe/USD ticker
- Manually refreshes when a ticker is clicked
- Decreases disk io/cpu time/power usage
- Greatly increases modularity (tickers now have a protocol, menu is dynamically generated)
2.0.0
- Adds Bitstamp and Coinbase, and a little better backend abstraction so it will be easier to add future tickers.
TODO:
- Live updating prices for each menu item in the dropdown
- More robust abstraction of tickers/dynamic menu
1.0.0
- The first release, which uses MtGox's USD ticker API.
License
This project currently retains my copyright, although I am considering moving to a FOSS license as it matures.
The source is provided for inspection, considering the nature of Bitcoin. You are free to download and build for personal use, but please don't redistribute this project yet.
Donate
If for some reason you feel like donating a few micro btc to future development, those should go here:
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