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…Window management: Rectangle https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle Menubar system monitor: Stats https://github.com/exelban/stats Screen tweaks: MonitorControl https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl Autorun checker: KnockKnock…

comment by unmanageduck · 2026-06-23 · in Ask HN: New clean macOS install. Must-have apps? Best browser?

…current Wattage display to stats, but I got my PR closed without comment. It is similar to this: https://github.com/exelban/stats/pull/3024

comment by bhouston · 2026-05-01 · in Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables

…that. I have CPU and total system wattage up there so I always know if something weird is going on. https://github.com/exelban/stats

comment by twilo · 2025-12-28 · in Building a macOS app to know when my Mac is thermal throttling

…source app to see what's going on: https://github.com/hmarr/vitals Stats is another good one too: https://github.com/exelban/stats

comment by sys_64738 · 2025-09-30 · in Leaked Apple M5 9 core Geekbench scores

…moved to mac-stats [3] for that. [1] https://github.com/matryer/xbar [2] https://menubarx.app/ [3] https://github.com/exelban/stats

comment by Nezteb · 2025-04-08 · in Show HN: Badgeify – Add Any App to Your Mac Menu Bar

Discussion from 2021. The logic seems to have later moved to https://github.com/exelban/stats/blob/master/Kit/plugins/Tel... https://github.com/exelban/stats/issues/1310 has a newer 2023 discussion what requests are send are where. It's…

comment by mtmail · 2025-01-05 · in Stats macOS app phones home to developer's personal server

…clearly not someone who cares to do things right, they only care about what they personally want. https://github.com/exelban/stats/pull/742/files This is the same person who tried to shove a DO_NOT_TRACK “standard” down every project’s…

comment by latexr · 2025-01-05 · in Stats macOS app phones home to developer's personal server

…good overview of the system on the menu bar, and it comes with many customization options. [1]: https://github.com/exelban/stats

comment by thimabi · 2024-10-30 · in M4 MacBook Pro

…Karabiner-elements will disable the keyboard automatically when I connect my external bluetooth keyboard. - github.com/exelban/stats is an excellent macOS system monitor in your menu bar

comment by nyantaro1 · 2024-06-10 · in Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend?

…* Stats: Puts various meters in your menu bar (CPU, fans, network etc) https://github.com/exelban/stats * Spotify Notifications: Uses standard notifications to show latest spotify track playing etc https://www.spotify-notificatio

comment by rswail · 2024-06-10 · in Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend?

its not a terminal app like bottom or nvtop but I use https://github.com/exelban/stats and it has iGPU stats

comment by itsgrimetime · 2024-03-13 · in Nvtop: Linux Task Monitor for Nvidia, AMD and Intel GPUs

…a great open source alternative to the iStat Menus system monitor app mentioned in the article. [1] https://github.com/exelban/stats

comment by barnabee · 2024-01-05 · in Hard disk LEDs and noisy machines

https://github.com/exelban/stats is a solid open-source alternative to istat.

comment by remlov · 2024-01-05 · in Hard disk LEDs and noisy machines

…this app need a lot of ping around all the world. Curiosity. Exelban developper explain this in: https://github.com/exelban/stats/issues/1444#issuecomment-15... "Hi. Thanks for the feedback. Network connectivity is a mechanism that uses…

comment by nessuswz · 2023-07-27 · in Rare Git Dev Behavior

…as for example the cpu/ram/net/disk usage thing in the Gnome top bar. This is an option for Mac: https://github.com/exelban/stats

comment by ask_b123 · 2023-02-24 · in Linux 6.2: The first mainstream Linux kernel for Apple M1 chips arrives

…more stuff to it's servers than iStat Menu is doing (or saying it does) For Exelban Stats it's: https://github.com/exelban/stats/issues/714

comment by holigot · 2022-12-10 · in A curated directory of 700 Mac menu bar apps

Stats is open source & free: https://github.com/exelban/stats Works on Apple Silicon with no issues. I used to pay for iStat Menus but Stats is totally fine for my needs, so I do not use iStat Menus anymore.

comment by andrewmunsell · 2022-11-28 · in A curated directory of 700 Mac menu bar apps

open source alternative that i've been using: https://github.com/exelban/stats

comment by abdusco · 2022-09-29 · in HDD Clicker – HDD Sound Simulator

Some alternatives: An IStats like: https://github.com/exelban/stats very nice looking, highly configurable. Lulu instead of LittleSnitch: https://objective-see.com/products/lulu.html and a lot of others tools from the same developer.

comment by Tracnac · 2022-04-12 · in Impressions from a first-time Mac user

…https://github.com/Hammerspoon/hammerspoon - MeetingBar: https://github.com/leits/MeetingBar - Stats: https://github.com/exelban/stats - Syncthing: https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-macos - Bitwarden: https://github.com/bitwarden

comment by luckman212 · 2022-02-02 · in Ask HN: What are some good open-source Mac apps you can't live without?

I thought that my fan never turned on. I was curious so I installed a fan meter ( https://github.com/exelban/stats ). If I'm playing a game and running a windows VM, it does sometimes turn on around 2,000 RPMs. I can't hear it even if I…

comment by mdasen · 2022-01-05 · in Intel claims new i9 is faster than M1 Max

In addition to that I also use https://github.com/exelban/stats

comment by PikachuEXE · 2021-07-19 · in An app for M1 Macs that plays the sound of a fan as CPU usage goes up

Or for the free open source equivalent, I like and use Stats: https://github.com/exelban/stats (Though I really wish it had a more Googleable name...)

comment by crazygringo · 2021-07-18 · in An app for M1 Macs that plays the sound of a fan as CPU usage goes up

…like to add stats[0] to the list, which is a great open source replacement for iStat Menus [0] - https://github.com/exelban/stats

comment by avinassh · 2021-03-20 · in Xbar: The BitBar reboot. Put anything in your macOS menu bar