Glance

A lightweight macOS menu bar app for monitoring GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines in real time.

Features

• Live status - see passing, failing, running, and queued workflow runs at a glance
• Multiple repos - monitor as many repositories as you like from one place
• Smart icon - the menu bar icon becomes filled if there are new runs
• Rate limit display - see remaining API calls and when the limit resets
• Configurable polling - check every 15 seconds up to 5 minutes

Requirements

• macOS 26.2 or later
• A GitHub fine-grained personal access token with Actions (read) permission

Setup

1. Download and run Glance
2. Click the menu bar icon and open Settings
3. Paste your GitHub token into the Token field
4. Switch to the Repositories tab and add repos in owner/repo format