macOS Menu Bar Utility

Your Mac's vitals,
always visible

CPU, memory, network, temperature, disk, and battery — all living quietly in your menu bar. No windows to manage, no dock clutter.

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$7.99/year · 14-day free trial · macOS 13+

tstats status bar showing CPU, memory, temperature, and network speed in the macOS menu bar

tstats Overview tab showing CPU, GPU, memory, disk, battery, and fan stats

Everything you need to know about your Mac

Six sensor categories, one tiny menu bar icon. Expand when you need detail, collapse when you don't.

CPU Usage

Per-core and total utilization at a glance

Memory

RAM pressure, swap, and app-level breakdown

Network

Upload and download speeds in real time

Temperature

CPU, GPU, and SSD thermal readings

Disk

Read/write throughput and storage capacity

Battery & Power

Charge cycles, wattage, and time remaining

tstats CPU tab showing per-core usage, CPU history chart, and cluster breakdown on Apple Silicon

Deep CPU insights at a glance

See per-core usage across efficiency and performance clusters, live CPU history charts, clock speeds, and thermal readings — all from a single click in your menu bar.

tstats breaks down Apple Silicon's cluster architecture so you can see exactly which cores are working and which are idle.

GPU monitoring built in

Track GPU utilization, temperature, FPS, and unified memory allocation in real time. See which processes are using your GPU and how much memory they consume.

tstats identifies your GPU cores and displays a live history chart so you can spot load spikes instantly.

tstats GPU tab showing utilization, temperature, FPS, unified memory allocation, and per-process GPU usage

tstats Weather tab showing current conditions, humidity, wind, UV index, pressure, visibility, dew point, and 7-day forecast

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Weather in your menu bar

Current conditions, humidity, wind speed, UV index, pressure, visibility, and dew point — plus a 7-day forecast. All without opening a separate weather app.

Weather is included free with every tstats subscription. No extra setup, no API keys — it just works.

Apple MLX process monitoring

Running local AI models with MLX? tstats shows you every active MLX process, its GPU memory footprint, and how much of your unified memory budget it's consuming.

See at a glance which models are loaded, their PIDs, and a visual breakdown of MLX vs. other GPU vs. free memory — so you know exactly how much headroom you have before your next inference run.

tstats MLX tab showing active MLX processes, GPU memory usage, and unified memory impact breakdown

A better Mac system monitor for your menu bar

tstats is a lightweight macOS menu bar system monitor that gives you instant visibility into your Mac's performance. Instead of opening Activity Monitor or digging through system preferences, tstats puts live CPU usage, memory pressure, disk activity, network throughput, GPU stats, and battery health right where you can always see them — in your menu bar.

Designed as a modern macOS Activity Monitor alternative, tstats runs natively on Apple Silicon with minimal resource usage (under 0.3% CPU). Whether you're a developer profiling builds, a creative professional rendering video, or just someone who wants to know why their fan is spinning up, tstats surfaces the data you need without getting in your way.

The app supports per-core CPU history charts, real-time RAM and swap monitoring, SSD read/write speeds, Wi-Fi and Ethernet bandwidth, thermal sensor readings for CPU, GPU, and storage, plus detailed battery diagnostics including charge cycles and wattage draw. It's the Mac CPU monitor and Mac system stats menu bar tool you've been looking for.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about tstats, the Mac menu bar system monitor.

tstats is a macOS menu bar utility that displays real-time system statistics — CPU, memory, disk, network, temperature, GPU, and battery — directly in your menu bar. Click the icon to expand a detailed dashboard with charts and per-component breakdowns.

Activity Monitor is a full window app you have to open, navigate, and close. tstats lives in your menu bar so you can glance at CPU load, memory pressure, or network speed without switching contexts. It also surfaces data Activity Monitor doesn't show easily — like per-core CPU charts, thermal readings, GPU utilization, and battery cycle count.

Yes. tstats runs natively on Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4, M5) and takes full advantage of the architecture — including efficiency vs. performance core usage and MLX/Neural Engine activity where available.

tstats typically uses around 0.3% CPU and under 50 MB of memory. It's designed to be invisible in terms of resource consumption.

Yes — tstats comes with a 14-day free trial with full functionality. After that it's $7.99/year. No credit card is required to start the trial.

tstats requires macOS 13 (Ventura) or later. It's fully compatible with macOS 14 Sonoma and macOS 15 Sequoia.

tstats monitors CPU usage (per-core and total), memory and swap pressure, disk read/write speeds and capacity, network upload/download bandwidth, temperature sensors (CPU, GPU, SSD), GPU utilization, battery health including charge cycles and wattage, plus fan speeds and Bluetooth device battery levels.

Simple pricing

$7.99 /year

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