A lightweight, macOS menu bar utility for Google Home. Control your smart home devices on your Mac, without keeping a browser tab open. Based on Google Home web version.
There was no way to manage my smart home devices from macOS... until last year, when Google released a web version of the Google Home app. Still, opening a browser just to turn on a light was cumbersome.
GHome Bar opens a small webview pointing to home.google.com in your menu tray. Once you log in, you can manage your smart devices easily.
- Everything Google Home for Web offers, but in your menu bar:
- Manage Devices
- Start/Create Automations
- Control cameras
- macOS 13.0+
- Open the Releases page
- Download the most recent version .dmg
- Run it and drag GHomeBar in Applications
If you see a warning
"GHomeBar" is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the Trash.
as a workaround, you can run xattr -cr /Applications/GHomeBar.app and run the app again
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/paolorotolo/GHomeBar.git
- Open
GHomeBar.xcodeprojin Xcode. - Ensure your Signing Team is selected in the Project Settings.
- Build and Run (Cmd + R).
Note: You may need to enable "Outgoing Connections (Client)" in the App Sandbox settings if you are setting up a fresh project.
- Make sure you're enrolled in Google Home Public Preview program
- At first start, log in to your Google account
- If you don't see the login page, open the sidebar and tap Go to Google Home for Web
- Enjoy! Consider enabling "Launch at login" in settings to run GHome Bar automatically on startup
This is an unofficial personal project.
GHomeBar is an independent open-source project created just for fun. It is not affiliated with, authorized, maintained, sponsored, or endorsed by Google LLC or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries.
- "Google Home" is a trademark of Google LLC.
- The content displayed within the WebView is rendered directly from
home.google.com.
This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.
Pull requests/feature requests are welcome!