iPulse Alternatives

Apps similar to iPulse include Rainmeter, which is free and open source. Other options are Process Explorer, htop, System Informer and Stats. System Information Utilities like iPulse are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and iPad.

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  1. Pachtop icon

    Pachtop

     7 likes

    Pachtop is a lightweight, performant, and opensource system monitor that provides real-time monitoring of your system's performance, application monitoring, and detailed system information. Built with Rust and Tauri

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • PH flagPhilippines
    Dashboard Real-time Metrics The dashboard shows real-time metrics of your system. Metrics include CPU usage, RAM usage, Swap usage, Disk usage, and Network usage.
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  4. Uwidgets icon

    Uwidgets

     12 likes

    Offers MacOS 15-style customizable, interactive widgets for Windows, including weather, calendar, notes, reminders, and a comprehensive system monitor. Features real-time blur, resizable widgets, grid snapping, multiple themes, accent colors, and offline local operation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • KZ flagKazakhstan
    Uwidgets screenshot 1
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  5. MacBar icon

    MacBar

     8 likes

    Lightweight macOS and Windows menu bar system monitor for Apple Silicon. Shows CPU, temperature, network, and benchmarks. Compiles from source on your Mac. No telemetry, no subscriptions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • CA flagCanada
    The app in MacOS
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  6. XWidget icon

    XWidget

     38 likes

    XWidget is a free desktop customization platform. It’s light, handy with powerful visual widget editor and very subtle animations. The Android page is found here: http://android.xwidget.com/

    38 XWidget alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Steam
    • CN flagChina
    XWidget screenshot 1
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  9. gtop icon

    gtop

     4 likes

    System monitoring dashboard for terminal.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    gtop screenshot 1
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  10. Ctop icon

    Ctop

     3 likes

    Top-like interface for container metrics. ctop provides a concise and condensed overview of real-time metrics for multiple containers as well as a single container view for inspecting a specific container.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Docker
    App in action
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  11. Vitals for macOS icon

    Vitals for macOS

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    Native Apple Silicon monitoring for macOS with CPU, GPU, Neural Engine, memory, SMC sensors, processes, disks, SMART data and network views. It adds menu bar modules, floating panels, health alerts, disk treemaps, CSV exports and CPU, memory, disk and Metal benchmarks.

    33 Vitals for macOS alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Vitals for macOS screenshot 1
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  12. macmon icon

    macmon

     3 likes

    Get real-time Apple Silicon performance data without sudo, including CPU, GPU, RAM usage, power and temperature metrics, per-cluster utilization, RAM and swap stats, historical charts, color themes, and detailed system information directly via CLI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    macmon screenshot 1
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  13. GeekTool icon

    GeekTool

     25 likes

    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
    • Shell mode to launch custom scripts or commands
    • Image mode
    23 GeekTool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU
    GeekTool screenshot 1
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