CPU & Performance
Live CPU usage, load averages, and per-core utilization.
Native macOS • Lightweight • Menu bar
Your Mac stats,
always within sight.
PulseBar is a small native macOS system monitor that keeps CPU, memory, network, disk, battery, and thermal status right in the menu bar.
At a glance
Useful numbers without opening Activity Monitor.
Features
Everything important. Nothing noisy.
PulseBar focuses on the system metrics you actually check while staying out of your way.
Memory
Activity Monitor-style memory accounting with live updates.
Network
Upload/download speed, packet rates, and session totals.
Disk & Storage
Disk read/write activity plus storage usage at a glance.
Battery & Thermal
Battery level and the macOS thermal state from public system APIs.
Fully Configurable
Choose up to five menu-bar stats, reorder them, and tune refresh behavior.
Make it yours
Built to fit your menu bar.
Reorder statistics, choose which monitors run, change refresh speed, keep values at fixed positions, and customize the dashboard shortcut.
- Compact or descriptive labels
- Fixed or dynamic menu-bar width
- System, light, and dark appearance
- Pin the dashboard when you want it visible
- Global shortcut: ⌥ ⌘ P
Get PulseBar
Install in one command.
The installer verifies the release checksum and code signature, copies PulseBar to /Applications, and opens it.
Terminal
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/markylaredo/pulsebar/master/install.sh | bash
Support PulseBar
Like the project?
A GitHub star helps other Mac users discover PulseBar. Bug reports and focused improvements are welcome too.