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Does anyone have recommendations for a system monitor that works on Apple silicon? I just want to see ethernet activity, RAM usage, and processor usage.

jreese 4y ago
iStat Menus is the venerable favorite: https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/ https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/
- varenc 4y ago
  Another vote for iStat Menus. It costs money, but it's my favorite and a bit superior to the open source alternatives like Stats, IMHO, which is somewhat influenced by iStat Menus' design. (though I like Stats's graph view more). iStat has a very flexible customization system and pulls in more data then all the alternatives I've found. Stats for example doesn't show you the per-process disk activity like iStat Menus. I split a family license with a friend to save some $$.
dewey 4y ago
The most popular one for many years is https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/ https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/, have you tried that? It says it's compatible with Apple Silicon.
12baad4db82 4y ago
There is also https://github.com/gao-sun/eul https://github.com/gao-sun/eul
jibbers 4y ago
RunCat! https://kyome.io/runcat/index.html?lang=en https://kyome.io/runcat/index.html?lang=en
andrewmunsell 4y ago
Stats is open source & free: https://github.com/exelban/stats 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.
- holigot 4y ago
  Why don't you use iStat Menus as you paid it? For me iStat Menus is looking much better than Exelban Stats. As far as I understand stats is reporting 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 https://github.com/exelban/stats/issues/714
ace2358 4y ago
My favourite one, Menu Meters, stopped working with 10.11 El Cap. RIP my first favourite mac software. https://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/ https://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/
- gnicholas 4y ago
  Yes, this is the one I used for many years! I just tried Stat but am not thrilled with the scaling options (or am doing it wrong). Basically, it always appears like there is lots of network activity, even if it is just a few KB. I tried logarithmic, cube, and square scaling, but none of them fixed it. With MenuMeters, it scaled based on prior down/up transmissions, which was very handy.
  - ace2358 4y ago
    Oh noe! You’re not motivating me much to try stat! Haha I kind of gave up of stat monitoring after menu meters which is sad. I don’t remember it scaling, but I do remember setting mine to cubic for network speed. Wonder if it’s possible to get menu meters up to modern working order
    - gnicholas 4y ago
      See @ramg's reply above — MenuMeters lives!
      - ace2358 4y ago
        I had no idea that the torch had been carried for so many years. Probably because I only started reading HN about 2020 or so. Never would have found out otherwise!
- ramg 4y ago
  Take a look here: https://github.com/yujitach/MenuMeters/releases https://github.com/yujitach/MenuMeters/releases I'm using this on my M1 Mac.
vicnov 4y ago
I’ve been using this for almost a decade https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/ https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/
kitsunesoba 4y ago
Have used iStat Menus in the past and it's been good, but recently have been using Cindori's Sensei[0]. [0]: https://cindori.com/sensei https://cindori.com/sensei

jreese 4y ago

iStat Menus is the venerable favorite: https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/ https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/

varenc 4y ago
Another vote for iStat Menus. It costs money, but it's my favorite and a bit superior to the open source alternatives like Stats, IMHO, which is somewhat influenced by iStat Menus' design. (though I like Stats's graph view more). iStat has a very flexible customization system and pulls in more data then all the alternatives I've found. Stats for example doesn't show you the per-process disk activity like iStat Menus. I split a family license with a friend to save some $$.

dewey 4y ago

The most popular one for many years is https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/ https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/, have you tried that? It says it's compatible with Apple Silicon.

12baad4db82 4y ago

There is also https://github.com/gao-sun/eul https://github.com/gao-sun/eul

jibbers 4y ago

RunCat! https://kyome.io/runcat/index.html?lang=en https://kyome.io/runcat/index.html?lang=en

andrewmunsell 4y ago

Stats is open source & free: https://github.com/exelban/stats 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.

holigot 4y ago
Why don't you use iStat Menus as you paid it? For me iStat Menus is looking much better than Exelban Stats. As far as I understand stats is reporting 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 https://github.com/exelban/stats/issues/714

ace2358 4y ago

My favourite one, Menu Meters, stopped working with 10.11 El Cap. RIP my first favourite mac software. https://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/ https://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/

gnicholas 4y ago
Yes, this is the one I used for many years! I just tried Stat but am not thrilled with the scaling options (or am doing it wrong). Basically, it always appears like there is lots of network activity, even if it is just a few KB. I tried logarithmic, cube, and square scaling, but none of them fixed it. With MenuMeters, it scaled based on prior down/up transmissions, which was very handy.
- ace2358 4y ago
  Oh noe! You’re not motivating me much to try stat! Haha I kind of gave up of stat monitoring after menu meters which is sad. I don’t remember it scaling, but I do remember setting mine to cubic for network speed. Wonder if it’s possible to get menu meters up to modern working order
  - gnicholas 4y ago
    See @ramg's reply above — MenuMeters lives!
    - ace2358 4y ago
      I had no idea that the torch had been carried for so many years. Probably because I only started reading HN about 2020 or so. Never would have found out otherwise!
ramg 4y ago
Take a look here: https://github.com/yujitach/MenuMeters/releases https://github.com/yujitach/MenuMeters/releases I'm using this on my M1 Mac.

vicnov 4y ago

I’ve been using this for almost a decade https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/ https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/

kitsunesoba 4y ago

Have used iStat Menus in the past and it's been good, but recently have been using Cindori's Sensei[0]. [0]: https://cindori.com/sensei https://cindori.com/sensei