I kept opening Activity Monitor to check the same few things, whether it was the P-cores or E-cores getting hammered, why the fan ramped up, what was quietly eating my RAM, and then closing it again. I wanted those numbers living in the menu bar instead of in a window I have to dig for.

I’m a solo developer who built MenuBarMonitor for Apple Silicon because Activity Monitor felt too limited. My app shows detailed CPU (P/E cores), GPU, RAM, and temperature stats in the menu bar. It includes real memory pressure, thermal state, optional process affinity, and a widget. It’s lightweight, private, needs no root, runs on macOS 13+ Website: MenuBarMonitor.com

Live CPU, GPU, RAM, and thermal data directly in your macOS menu bar. Native for Apple Silicon, private by design, and built for fast first-glance insight.