Two decades of Bjango

Bjango turns 20 years old this month. The exact day we started is a little fuzzy, so we don’t have a specific date to celebrate. In the beginning, Bjango was just a couple of friends making free OS X Dashboard widgets. We started working on those widgets prior to OS X 10.4 Tiger’s release on 29 April 2005, so my best guess is we started working together some time in March 2005.

A screenshot of the iStat Pro and iStat Nano OS X Dashboard Widgets.

After releasing a few successful widgets, we moved on to what we really wanted to create — full Mac apps. iStat Menus 1.0 was released May 2007, and has seen constant updates since. I can’t believe we’ve been working on iStat Menus for almost 18 years.

The evolution of the iStat Menus app icon from version 1 to version 7.

Bjango is a little older and bigger now, but I feel like our passion is as strong as ever. We love making great software. We’ve been self-funded since day one. We care about privacy. And, most of all, we’re immensely grateful to everyone who’s supported us on this adventure.

Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts.

Published 12 March 2025.

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