• waterTanuki 2 minutes ago

    what's the advantage of this over something like btop?

    • eviks 9 minutes ago

      Unfortunately worse and not as compact/configurable as the paid iStat menu option, and that's something the dev doesn't want to change...

      • js2 3 hours ago

        This looks like a clone of iStat Menus which I had installed for years and years till one day I realized I basically never look at it and the icons were just taking up space in my menu bar. I finally un-installed it.

        The activity monitor in my dock set to show CPU is sufficient for my needs.

        • seemaze 12 minutes ago

          TIL you can show useful stats with 'Activity Monitor.app' right in the dock by right clicking the icon and selecting from the 'Dock Icon' menu item. Thanks!

          • dylan604 2 hours ago

            the one I use most often is about://peformance in Firefox

            I used to open up Activity Monitor, but every single time my laptop fans kick on, it was the browser. with the browser performance monitor, i can see exactly which tab is being naughty. So now, I skip Activity Monitor and go straight to the source. Usually, a cmd-R on the offending tab brings it back under control. I assume some JS dev has not tested their code by having it running in a tab for an amount of time other than how long it takes to test their changes.

            • draculero 2 hours ago

              do you mean `about:processes`?

              `about://performance` doesn't work at least from my FF, but `about:performance` redirects to `about:processes`

              • dylan604 2 hours ago

                yes. about:performance

                the // was just muscle memory/brain fart/oops

                i never really noticed it redirected to processes.

              • brailsafe 2 hours ago

                It's also often just ads, and installing a blocker helps

                • dylan604 28 minutes ago

                  blockers are fully engaged. it's not definitely not ads.

              • LeoPanthera an hour ago

                It is indeed a clone of iStat Menus. But a very good one, which I discovered when I got tired of paying for the yearly upgrade to iStat.

                • msephton 39 minutes ago

                  I'm using an old version of iStat Menus, works fine. I did try Stat but the text in the menu bar is too thin for my eyes, and the developer wasn't receptive to my PR that addressed the issue. Which is fine. But makes the app not for me.

              • Arubis 16 minutes ago

                I've been using iPulse (https://ipulseapp.com/) for about twenty years now. It gets consistent compliments and questions from shoulder-surfers because it looks great, and it doesn't take much screen real estate. No affiliation, strong recommendation.

                • hombre_fatal 4 hours ago

                  Cool. I used to pay for iStat Menus, but one day I got a new laptop and couldn't figure out how to download the old version I had bought a license for.

                  IMO it's essential to see cpu / mem / network consumption at all times and, on top of that, the top 5 apps consuming each one of them. It should be a default feature of computing devices by now, but it's so far from that which only benefits bad actors (resource hogs, bad software). I shouldn't have to launch activity monitor every time I want such basic info.

                  I'll try this out.

                  • crazygringo 2 hours ago

                    I've used Stats for years and loved it -- for CPU, GPU, memory, and network upload/download speeds.

                    It's fantastic for catching when a bunch of processes haven't been killed and are stuck at 100%. For figuring out if my code is actually running on the GPU or not. For seeing what my network transfer rates are, when a download or transfer gets stuck, and which process is suddenly downloading hundreds of megabytes without telling me?

                    It gives me the security I have a top-level overview of what my computer's up to. Can't imagine my menubar without it.

                    • ElijahLynn 4 hours ago

                      I brew installed but it didn't come up in my menubar. Just restarted my Mac and now I see it. I'm too lazy to make a PR to update the docs though right now.

                      Edit: I just see the battery widget not any of the other ones. This is a confusing onboarding experience.

                      Edit2: ah, they were all hidden because of Macs crap UX on menubar space. No indication there are more menu item. What a poor design decision Mac.

                      • LeoPanthera an hour ago

                        Open source and especially free open source apps probably don't care too much about the "onboarding experience".

                        • hombre_fatal 4 hours ago

                          Yeah, it's really bad UX how icons simply don't show up if there's no room on macOS. There should at least be a spillover.

                          Back in the day I paid for https://www.macbartender.com/ to get these features.

                          • Khaine 4 hours ago

                            You can also use Ice[1], which does the same thing and is open source

                            [1] https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice

                            • jedberg 3 hours ago

                              Looks like the features are very similar. Is there anything the commercial product does that the open source doesn't?

                              • Khaine 3 hours ago

                                I've used both, and I think Bartender was a little more polished, UI wise.

                            • Kovah 3 hours ago

                              I would be very careful with using Bartender now. It was a great app, but recently bought by a shady company known for buying apps to milk them for money and user data. I recommend Ice, as linked by Khaine, which is open source, free, and works like a charme.

                              • ElijahLynn 4 hours ago

                                Thanks, I'm totally gonna try that!

                              • compootr 3 hours ago

                                weird, they all appeared for me

                                • freehorse 4 hours ago

                                  Alright, bet. Wanna make your Mac menu bar less clunky? Here’s the tea. Pop these commands in your terminal to tighten it up:

                                      defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain NSStatusItemSpacing -int 8
                                      defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain NSStatusItemSelectionPadding -int 8
                                  
                                  
                                  Changed your mind? No cap, just undo it with these:

                                      defaults -currentHost delete -globalDomain NSStatusItemSpacing
                                      defaults -currentHost delete -globalDomain NSStatusItemSelectionPadding
                                  
                                  
                                  Then, log out and back in. Boom, you’re golden.
                                  • iforgotmysocks 2 hours ago

                                    This makes me cringe. No one talks like that

                                    • rodgerd 39 minutes ago

                                      No-one you know, old person.

                                    • lukevp 3 hours ago

                                      What’s the slang about? The OP doesn’t seem to be using any slang or colloquialisms. I thought it was funny but I don’t think I fully got the joke.

                                      • freehorse 3 hours ago

                                        wasn’t deep or nun, lowkey just wanted to help, learned this terminal thingy here fs

                                        I have a system prompt for haiku to convert messages to genz slang. I use it to confuse friends with it sometimes and we have a laugh. I had the instructions somewhere stored and just wanted to rewrite them before posting them here because I am paranoid and did not remember if i posted them verbatim in another place with another username.

                                        I know this is not really the place for this sort of thing, but if some people smiled a bit I am good with that

                                        • bdcravens 2 hours ago

                                          Totally off topic, but it's funny how much of "modern" slang (whatever the generation) is present in hip hop culture years before. I noticed that when "twerk" became a thing; I remembered songs about twerking from years before that.

                                          In this case, the term "bet": I remembered hearing that for the first time in the late 1980s in a song by Fresh Prince (Will Smith): "... bet, well let's go then..." (As We Go, 1988)

                                        • natebc 3 hours ago

                                          It's like ZoomerGPT or something. I actually needed a smile so i appreciated it.

                                          • benreesman 3 hours ago

                                            It’s pretty close to this meme from like a year ago:

                                            https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/1963h4k/cs...

                                          • theoreticalmal 4 hours ago

                                            Ick

                                            • bolognafairy 3 hours ago

                                              stickin out ya notch for the rizzler

                                          • herrkanin 5 hours ago

                                            I've been for many years a happily paying customer of iStat Menus [1], from which this seem to be the heavily inspired of.

                                            [1] https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/

                                            • varenc 4 hours ago

                                              ++ to this rec.

                                              I've tried Stats over the years as the project has evolved and I keep coming back to iStat Menus. Stats feels very inspired by iStats Menus's design as well. The one thing I appreciate about Stats though is support more SMC sensor values.

                                              • blacksmith_tb 4 hours ago

                                                I paid for it, and paid for one upgrade, but stats looks like it covers all of what I am interested in.

                                                • imagetic 4 hours ago

                                                  I've lost count of how many years I've owned a Bjango license. Amazing software.

                                                  • bolognafairy 3 hours ago

                                                    One, two, three…Christ, 16 years here. This made me feel terrible. Thanks!

                                                  • aucisson_masque 4 hours ago

                                                    Been using stats for 4 years now, never had any issue with it. why pay when something free and open source is available.

                                                  • grishka 4 hours ago

                                                    Heh, I installed this and immediately found out that "LegacyScreenSaver" has leaked 40 GB of memory.

                                                    • sammcgrail 4 hours ago

                                                      are you on a work laptop? A lot of times they have screensavers for intel arch, and apple silicon might have something to do with this problem

                                                      • grishka 3 hours ago

                                                        No, it's my personal laptop and the screensaver is definitely native (ARM). It's probably just Apple being sloppy again.

                                                    • acherion 3 hours ago

                                                      Neat little app, but it made bluetoothd go bananas on my CPU, chewing up to 40% (M2 MBA here)

                                                      • ainiriand 3 hours ago

                                                        That is explained in the FAQ, apparently the bt module is inefficient but you can disable it.

                                                        • acherion 3 hours ago

                                                          I disabled the module but it still chews up a lot of CPU.

                                                      • spiantino 4 hours ago

                                                        Stats + Hidden Bar + Brave are my first 3 downloads on any new Mac

                                                        • mattrighetti 3 hours ago

                                                          I did not know about Hidden Bar, will try that out! I've been using Bartender for a long time but that is not free.

                                                      • evanjrowley 4 hours ago

                                                        I had a neat program like this for Windows in the early 2000s. Got it from a Microsoft engineer who unfortunately I lost contact with. It must have been the lightest-weight resource monitor program to have ever existed for Windows NT, 2000, CE, and XP. Basically it took the Task Manager's resource meters, displayed them transparently, and set them on the upper-right corner of the screen.

                                                        • floydnoel 4 hours ago

                                                          reminds me of power tools

                                                        • damonlrr 2 hours ago

                                                          Same as hombre_fatal - I used to use iStats Menus, but no need any longer. This is great. I'm watching multiple SSDs activity, network activity, cpu, memory, etc.

                                                          • ge96 4 hours ago

                                                            Windows doesn't have a programmable equivalent does it? Last time I messed around with this stuff I got by with an Electron app and using browser desktop notifications but I think I couldn't actually modify the taskbar/put icons somewhere.

                                                            • vunderba 2 hours ago

                                                              I don't know about programmable, but hwInfo used to be pretty popular on Windows for monitoring temps/hd/CPU/etc.

                                                              https://www.hwinfo.com

                                                              • ge96 37 minutes ago

                                                                yeah I just meant in general not specific to hw info

                                                              • dylan604 2 hours ago

                                                                using an Electron app for this just feels like a 30lb sledge to drive in a finishing nail.

                                                              • tcdent 4 hours ago

                                                                I like that I was able to style these with a super minimal theme in my menu bar that gives me a glance at what my system is up to and if it's outside normal parameters.

                                                                Have been using this for about a year now without issue.

                                                                • dmwood 3 hours ago

                                                                  I've used XRG (free) from gaucho.software through many changes of hardware CPU numbers and macOS versions. Light and fluffy, for me at least.

                                                                  • doug_life 4 hours ago

                                                                    Are there any equivalents that work in Windows 11? There were a handful that worked in previous versions of Windows but lots of them won't work in W11 and those that say they do are risky installs.

                                                                    • karianna 5 hours ago

                                                                      I’m being lazy (am an iStats user), has anyone here compared the two?

                                                                      • jamesmackennon 4 hours ago

                                                                        I swapped from stats to iStats a few years ago. I've found stats to be easier to customize and the UI is more uniform. That said, it doesn't have the weather widget, so I've kept iStats around solely for its weather functionality.

                                                                        • swrobel 4 hours ago

                                                                          I assume you mean you went iStats -> stats

                                                                          • reaperducer 3 hours ago

                                                                            A weather widget is built-in to macOS now.

                                                                            System Settings > Control Center > Weather

                                                                            • dylan604 2 hours ago

                                                                              argh!! why oh why does mine not have this??? Sequoia 15.1.1

                                                                          • maattdd 4 hours ago

                                                                            I switched from iStats to stats like 1 year ago. I found it more responsive (and free). I'm using Vetero for the weather functionality.

                                                                          • brainzap 4 hours ago

                                                                            with macs being so powerful, I am now only monitoring 12 hour energy consumption in Activity Monitor

                                                                            • larusso 3 hours ago

                                                                              I needed something like stats back when RAM was an issue on my MacBook 2011 (I installed 16Gb even so 8 was the official max from Apple) and the n during the 2020ish years before my first M series to figure out why my fans started to act up. Now I also only need to figure out what eats Batterie.

                                                                              • freehorse 2 hours ago

                                                                                I need it on apple silicon for the opposite reason, because there is basically no feedback from the computer if something is eating all then resources. Eg sometimes something eats my ram and it starts swapping and I do not even notice.

                                                                                • crazygringo an hour ago

                                                                                  Exactly my situation too. Both for CPU (the MBA is fanless) and memory. You just have no idea otherwise, in many cases.

                                                                            • alanbernstein 3 hours ago

                                                                              Looks nice. Any suggestions for a similar graphical tool for Linux?

                                                                              • soheil an hour ago

                                                                                Reminds of MenuMeters - really great at showing real-time metrics and various types of graphs with different refresh intervals.

                                                                                https://member.ipmu.jp/yuji.tachikawa/MenuMetersElCapitan/

                                                                                • sammcgrail 4 hours ago

                                                                                  Can it beat istat?

                                                                                  • behnamoh an hour ago

                                                                                    it phones home, make sure to disable its internet connection using Lulu or something.

                                                                                    • LeoPanthera an hour ago

                                                                                      Checking for updates is not the same as "phoning home".

                                                                                    • TMWNN 4 hours ago

                                                                                      For me Stats replaced MenuMeters, which has not been updated lately.

                                                                                      • ithkuil 4 hours ago

                                                                                        Menumeters still works for me on the latest MacOS (actually it's some fork of menumeters)

                                                                                        What does this have that menumeters hasn't?

                                                                                        • tanvach 3 hours ago

                                                                                          I've just switched, mainly it works 100% while some menumeter sensors do not show up on the menu bar for me. The drop down menu is also much more informative and modern with charts.

                                                                                      • righthand 2 hours ago

                                                                                        Interesting to see MacOS users finally get an option like this. KDE Plasma has this for the past 5+ years, you can even create little custom reporting widgets with various system information and different chart designs.

                                                                                        • Fauntleroy 2 hours ago

                                                                                          This didn't just come out, this has been available on MacOS for years.

                                                                                          • talldayo 2 hours ago

                                                                                            I love the way KDE handles system monitor widgets, especially nowadays. It's great for people that want to make graphs with desperate sensors like plotting your CPU temp against your GPU temp or your IO speed with your network speed.

                                                                                          • kennysoona 4 hours ago

                                                                                            The lack of a systray on MacOS is one of the reasons I really hate the interface. Stuff like this can partly make up for that.

                                                                                            • kccqzy 4 hours ago

                                                                                              How is a menu bar app not a substitute for the systray?

                                                                                              • kennysoona 3 hours ago

                                                                                                Because programs can not register an icon to minimize the apps to the menubar app while providing core functionality and info via a context menu and tooltips, at least AFAIK.