Connect GitLab
Paste a personal access token. It's stored in your macOS Keychain and only ever used to call your GitLab — nothing leaves your Mac.
macOS
Every GitLab pipeline,
in one menu bar icon
Manifold watches CI/CD across all your projects and servers and folds it into a single status icon. Red the moment something breaks, green when you can relax — no dashboards, no browser tabs.
- gitlab.com
- Self-hosted GitLab
- Groups & subgroups
- Private projects
- Multiple servers
How it works
Up and running in a minute
No account to create, no server to run. Manifold talks straight to your GitLab.
Pick what to watch
Choose groups, subgroups, or individual projects — across one server or many, cloud or self-hosted.
Glance at the menu bar
The icon turns red the instant a pipeline fails. Click for the last 10, or open the full list with search and filters.
Features
Fewer tabs. More control.
From an at-a-glance status to acting on pipelines — without opening a browser.
Status at a glance FREE
The icon colour is the aggregated status of every pipeline you watch. A red node plus a failure count means you see trouble the instant it happens.
Multiple servers & groups PRO
Merge pipelines from gitlab.com and self-hosted instances, across groups, subgroups and projects, into one unified list.
Act from the menu bar PRO
Retry a failed pipeline or cancel a running one straight from the dropdown — no browser round-trip.
Smart notifications PRO
Rule-based alerts: only the branches and projects you care about, "back to green" pings, and quiet hours.
Jobs & logs PRO
Expand a pipeline into its stages and jobs, and tail the failing job's log to understand what broke.
Focus on what's yours PRO
"Only mine" and "my merge requests" filters, plus favourite projects and branches pinned to the top.
Also included, free:
One place for everything
Every server and group, merged
GitLab won't show you pipelines across a whole group — Manifold does the stitching. It pulls the latest pipeline for every project, from every server you add, into one sorted list.
- gitlab.com and self-hosted side by side
- Groups, subgroups and single projects
- Colour-coded per server
Act, don't just watch
Retry, cancel and read logs in place
A build broke? Expand the pipeline to see every stage and job, tail the failing job's log, and retry or cancel — all from the menu bar.
- Retry a failed pipeline or a single job
- Cancel a run that's gone wrong
- Tail job logs to see what happened
Know the moment it breaks
Notifications that respect your focus
Get a native notification the second a pipeline fails — but only for what matters. Rule it down to projects or branches, get a "back to green" ping, and stay quiet during your quiet hours.
- Per-project and per-branch rules
- Recovery alerts when things go green again
- Quiet hours and default-branch-only modes
The app
Three screens, everything at hand
A menu bar icon, a dropdown of recent pipelines, and a full window with all of them.
Menu bar
A colour-coded icon with a failure badge, always in sight.
Dropdown
The last 10 pipelines and a "Show all" button.
All pipelines
A full table with filters, search and pagination.
Privacy
Your tokens stay yours
Manifold is a client, not a middleman. There's no Manifold server between you and GitLab.
No middleman
Manifold calls your GitLab directly over its API. There's no Manifold backend that sees your data or your token.
Keychain-stored tokens
Access tokens live in the macOS Keychain, never in plain files or logs, and never leave your machine except to reach your GitLab.
Least privilege
Monitoring needs only a read-only scope. A broader scope is required solely if you enable pipeline actions.
Pricing
Start free
gitlab.com and public projects are free forever. Pro unlocks everything else.
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Free
$0
forever
- gitlab.com & public projects
- Menu bar status + dropdown
- Fast refresh & widget
- Dark mode, launch at login
Manifold Pro
$29.99/yr
≈ $2.50 / month
- Self-hosted & multiple servers
- Private projects
- Retry / cancel from the menu bar
- Job details & logs
- Smart notifications & "my pipelines"
FAQ
Questions, answered
Which GitLab does Manifold support?
Public gitlab.com and self-hosted instances (self-hosted is a Pro feature). It tracks groups, subgroups and individual projects.
Do I need a Manifold account or server?
No. The app talks straight to your GitLab using a personal access token — there's no intermediary service.
Are my tokens safe?
Tokens are kept in the macOS Keychain and used only to call your own GitLab. Monitoring needs the read_api scope; pipeline actions need the api scope.
What's free?
gitlab.com and public projects, the status icon and dropdown, fast refresh and the widget — free forever. Pro unlocks self-hosted, private projects, actions, logs and smart notifications.
Does it work with private projects?
Yes, with Manifold Pro. The free tier watches public projects on gitlab.com.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes — manage or cancel from your Apple ID settings at any time. The first 7 days of Pro are free.
Keep your pipelines in sight
Install Manifold and connect GitLab in under a minute.
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