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GeekTool

GeekTool is an application for Mac OS 10.6+. Created by Tynsoe projects

Free
Mac

GeekTool is an application for Mac OS 10.6+. It lets you display various kinds of information on your desktop via 3 default plug-ins:

File plugin to monitor MacOS X activity with /var/log/system.log, or any file that you want to follow. Shell mode to launch custom scripts or commands like "df" to check space left on filesystems or "uptime" to monitor load on your machine. Finally, image mode helps you monitor bandwidth usage, CPU load, memory availability on your server with tools like MRTG or RRD. More Info »

Link to official GeekTool site

Official Website

Features

Applescript Hardware Monitoring Add a feature

Categories

OS & Utilities System & Hardware

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applescript hardware-monitoring

GeekTool was added by kn3pp in Apr 2009 and the latest update was made in Aug 2017. The list of alternatives was updated Jun 2017 There is a history of all activites on GeekTool in our Activity Log. It's possible to update the information on GeekTool or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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