A lightweight macOS menu bar app for monitoring A-share, Hong Kong, and US stock markets in real time.
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- Multi-market support — A-shares (Shanghai / Shenzhen / Beijing), Hong Kong, and US stocks in one place
- Menu bar display — Quietly lives in the menu bar; shows icon, real-time price, and change percentage at a glance
- Intraday chart — Click any stock row to view a minute-level price chart for the current session
- A-shares & HK: full-day axis (09:30 – 15:00 / 16:00)
- US stocks: full extended-hours axis (04:00 – 20:00 ET), covering pre-market, regular, and after-hours
- US session indicator — Displays the current US market session (Pre-market / Regular / After-hours / Night) alongside the session price and percentage change vs. previous close
- Portfolio P&L — Set cost price and share count per stock; see floating P&L and daily P&L live
- Sort by change% — One-click toggle to re-sort the stock list by today's performance
- Color themes — Chinese convention (red = up, green = down) or Western convention (green = up, red = down)
- Persistent storage — Stock list saved to
~/Library/Application Support/Stockbar/stocks.json; auto-backup with up to 10 rolling snapshots - Launch at login — Registers as a login item via
SMAppService; toggle in Settings - Universal binary — Runs natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs
| OS | macOS 13.5 (Ventura) or later |
| Architecture | Apple Silicon (arm64) · Intel (x86_64) |
- Download the latest
Stockbar.dmgfrom Releases - Open the DMG and drag Stockbar.app into your Applications folder
- Launch the app — the cow icon will appear in your menu bar
First launch on macOS 13+: If macOS shows a security warning, go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.
- Click the menu bar icon → open the dropdown
- Click the gear icon (⚙) to open Settings
- Search by stock name or ticker (e.g.
AAPL,腾讯,600000) - Click a result to add it to your watchlist
- In Settings → My Stocks, tap the pencil icon next to a stock
- Enter your cost price and number of shares
- Floating P&L and daily P&L will appear in the stock row
Click any stock row in the dropdown to open a minute-level intraday chart. Click the ← button to return to the list.
In Settings → Status Bar, choose which stock to show in the menu bar, or select "Don't show" to display only the icon.
All data is fetched from free public APIs — no API key required.
| Source | Usage |
|---|---|
Sina Finance (hq.sinajs.cn) |
Real-time quotes for A-shares and US stocks; US extended-hours price |
Tencent Finance (qt.gtimg.cn) |
Real-time quotes for HK stocks |
Tencent Finance (web.ifzq.gtimg.cn) |
Intraday minute data for A-shares and HK stocks |
Yahoo Finance (query1.finance.yahoo.com) |
Intraday minute data for US stocks (04:00 – 20:00 ET) |
Tencent Search (proxy.finance.qq.com) |
Stock search (primary) |
Sina Suggest (suggest3.sinajs.cn) |
Stock search (fallback) |
Data is delayed or near-real-time depending on the source and market. This app is intended for personal reference only and should not be used for trading decisions.
git clone https://github.com/VGEAREN/Stockbar.git
cd Stockbar/Stockbar
open Stockbar.xcodeprojSelect the Stockbar scheme, set destination to My Mac, and press ⌘R to run.
To build a universal release binary:
xcodebuild -scheme Stockbar -configuration Release \
ARCHS="arm64 x86_64" ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH=NOStockbar/
├── Models/
│ ├── Stock.swift # Stock model (id, name, market, cost, shares)
│ └── Quote.swift # Quote model (price, change, extended price)
├── State/
│ └── AppState.swift # Central state, scheduler, persistence, backup
├── Services/
│ ├── DataService.swift # Real-time quote fetching (Sina / Tencent)
│ ├── ChartService.swift # Intraday minute data (Tencent / Yahoo Finance)
│ └── RefreshScheduler.swift
├── Views/
│ ├── MenuBarLabel.swift # Menu bar icon + quote display
│ ├── DropdownView.swift # Main dropdown panel
│ ├── StockRowView.swift # Individual stock row
│ ├── StockGroupView.swift # Market group header + rows
│ ├── StockChartView.swift # Intraday minute chart
│ ├── SettingsView.swift # Settings panel
│ ├── ToolbarView.swift # Sort / settings toolbar
│ └── ProfitSummaryView.swift
└── StockbarApp.swift # App entry point + AppDelegate
Issues and pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.
This project is for personal and educational use only. Stock data is provided by third-party public APIs and may be delayed. The author is not responsible for any financial decisions made based on this application.