Release / 9 Oct 2026

SketchyBar v2.24.1

Size status-bar text using typographic advance width when you choose.

All of SketchyBar

Before you upgrade to v2.24.1

Sending a command gives up after five seconds if the receiver's queue remains full, preventing clients from piling up; this is a send timeout, not a response timeout.

Behavior changedUpdate status-bar items from scripts when desktop events occur.Inferred

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FelixKratz/SketchyBar/blob/v2.24.1/src/mach.c

What changed in v2.24.1

Font settings gain optional typographical width and direct OpenType feature selection. Display placement, hidden-bar state, and window stacking fixes preserve configured layouts.

SketchyBar v2.24.1 for macOS, available from the project's release and installation links.

Fixed and improved

Set `icon.font.typographical_width=on` or `label.font.typographical_width=on` to size text by typographic advance width; it is off by default.

ImprovedCustomize the appearance and contents of a macOS status bar while it is running.Inferred

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Use OpenType tags directly in `font.features`: `+feat` or `feat` enables a feature, and `-feat` disables it; numeric feature-selector pairs remain supported.

ImprovedSelect font features such as tabular numbers and stylistic alternatives.Inferred

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FelixKratz/SketchyBar/blob/v2.24.1/src/font.c

Notch spacing is reserved only on displays with a notch; a hidden bar using `display=main` stays hidden when recreated.

Now worksCustomize the appearance and contents of a macOS status bar while it is running.

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FelixKratz/SketchyBar/releases/tag/v2.24.1

On Apple silicon, a zero screen inset no longer produces zero menu-bar height; the window server supplies the height when available.

Now worksCustomize the appearance and contents of a macOS status bar while it is running.Inferred

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FelixKratz/SketchyBar/blob/v2.24.1/src/display.c

Clicking a bar window preserves the stacking order of the bar, brackets, and items.

Now worksRun actions by clicking or scrolling over status-bar items.

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FelixKratz/SketchyBar/releases/tag/v2.24.1

Downscaled application icons use high-quality sampling.

ImprovedDisplay images and application icons in bar items.

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FelixKratz/SketchyBar/releases/tag/v2.24.1

Seeded by @iluxav with Codex, from the release's public sources. Each change links to its evidence.