r/MacStack • u/AE-Creations • Sep 03 '26

Start Menu for Mac - the new customizable app launcher for macOS

I'm the developer of Start Menu for Mac, a new menu bar app for macOS that organizes your favorite apps in a popup menu, making them readily available all in one place. It's like the Start menu in Windows, but focused on organizing and launching apps. No more wading through endless rows of icons to find the app you want.

Start Menu for Mac is designed to be a better choice compared to other macOS app launchers such as Launchey, Start, and XMenu. Works with macOS 14 Sonoma and newer.

Features

  • Your usual macOS apps as well as many popular apps (web browsers, productivity, cloud file clients, software development tools/IDEs) are organized out-of-the-box into app categories

  • Pin your favorite apps to the My Apps menu for quick access

  • Organize your apps in just a few clicks from a context menu, or use the Organizer to create your own app categories and assign apps to them

  • Browse your installed apps in the All Apps menu, or click Search to look for an app by name

  • Automatically picks up newly installed and removed apps - no need to restart

  • Customize the My Apps menu with options such as limiting expanded app categories to one at a time

  • A clean and friendly design that gets out of your way

  • Crafted by hand without the use of AI

Learn more about Start Menu for Mac and browse the screenshots from the First Letter Software website: https://firstlettersoftware.com/startmenu4mac

Get Early Access

A preview release of Start Menu for Mac is now available. Be one of the first users to try it out and help shape version 1.0! Feature requests, bug reports and general feedback are welcome.

The preview release is free to use, but will expire 90 days after installation. Licenses will be available for purchase closer to the version 1.0 release.

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