MenuBar for HEY provides a lightweight menu bar presence for HEY email, adding features that the main HEY app does not expose to the system menu bar.
Badge counts in the menu bar show new thread totals and Screener activity at a glance. The Screener interface allows approving or rejecting first-time senders directly from the menu bar without opening HEY. macOS notifications fire when new mail arrives, and each notification includes Reply Later and Set Aside action buttons.
Hovering over threads in the dropdown exposes inline actions: mark as seen, reply later, set aside, or open in HEY. All mail shown by the app comes through HEY’s official command-line tool running locally on the user’s Mac. Credentials are stored in macOS Keychain and the app makes no direct server connections.
System requirements
- macOS 15 or later
- Universal binary (Apple Silicon and Intel)
- Apple-notarized
- Active HEY email account required
Limitations
- Unofficial app; not affiliated with Basecamp or HEY
- Requires HEY subscription
- Read-only quick actions only; composing new emails requires the main HEY app
Alternatives
- HEY web app: Full-featured access via browser
- Mimestream (paid): Native Gmail client for comparison
Suitable for HEY users who want menu bar badge counts and Screener access without switching to the full HEY application for routine checks.
