iStat Menus AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Network Monitors

The best Network Monitor alternative to iStat Menus is Activity Monitor, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to iStat Menus and 17 are Network Monitors so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Network Monitor alternatives to iStat Menus are MacBar, Atmonitor, Stats Panel and XRG.

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  1. Provides real-time statistics for CPU, memory, disk, and network usage on macOS, allows users to view, organize, and terminate processes, analyze system resource consumption, view data in graphs and tables, check current transfers, and monitor system health.

    38 Activity Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  2. MacBar icon
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    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)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. Atmonitor icon
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    Mac OS X System Monitor and Process Explorer Tool atMonitor is the most advanced monitoring tool for Mac OS X that displays system activity in real-time. It is designed to allow quick assessment of computers state and it is powerful enough to make it a core utility in anyones sys.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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  4. Stats Panel icon
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    Lightweight macOS menu bar utility providing live CPU, memory, disk, network, battery, and thermal state monitoring, supporting Apple Silicon and Intel hardware, with customizable interface options, low resource usage, and strong privacy protections.

    71 Stats Panel alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  5. XRG icon
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    XRG is an open source system monitor for Mac OS X. XRG allows you to monitor CPU activity, memory usage, battery status, machine temperature, network activity, disk I/O, current weather, and stock market data.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  6. 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.

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    • Mac
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  7. Offers modular monitoring of CPU, Memory, Network, Disk, Battery, GPU, Bluetooth, Temperature, and Fans, each configurable and reorderable, with menu bar integration, notifications for low battery or storage, keyboard shortcuts, and color theme adaptation.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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  8. Opsview Monitor Mobile allows you to monitor what's important, anywhere, anytime. You can manage the health of your physical, virtual and cloud based systems all from the comfort of your mobile. Get the free app and make monitoring easy again.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  9. MoStats icon
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    MoStats is a free, open-source macOS system monitor that lives in the menu bar. It shows live system stats and helps you inspect running processes without opening a larger monitoring tool. The app is built for quick checks: CPU, memory, disk, network, and process activity are...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  10. MiniUsage icon
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    MiniUsage displays various data like CPU usage, amount of network flow, battery status and process names which uses much CPU time in a menubar. It takes little space and can display various data, so it's suitable for notebook.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  11. Loading icon
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    Your iPad and iPhone show you when apps are using your network. So why can't your Mac? Sure, there's always the Network section in Activity Monitor, but that's far from ideal. At best you can group by All Processes, Hierarchically, sort by Rcvd Bytes, and check the...

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    • Mac
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  12. The Remote Linux Monitor's graphical user interface is similar to and inspired by Gnome's System Monitor. All connections are made using a secure shell and there is no agent software to install on the remote server.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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