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Alan MOUHLI

Mnara - Live Mac metrics in your menu bar

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Hey Product Hunt šŸ‘‹ I built Mnara because I was tired of opening Activity Monitor every time my Mac slowed down What makes Mnara different: ā€¢ Disk Inspector ā€¢ Battery health ā€¢ Startup Impact ā€¢ Network Inspector ā€¢ Menu bar customization The first 30 customers get 30% off with code EARLY30. Would love your honest feedback. What would you add? What's missing? Thanks for hunting us šŸ™ šŸ‘‰ https://elixidra.com/mnara

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Alan MOUHLI
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Hey Product Hunt I built Mnara because I was tired of opening Activity Monitor every time my Mac slowed down. It's overwhelming and not designed for everyday use. Mnara lives in your menu bar and tells you exactly what's happening with your Mac in one click. I shipped 14 versions over 3 months ā€” fixing bugs, adding inspectors for CPU, RAM, Network, and Disk, and making it as beautiful as I could. The hardest part: fan RPM on Apple Silicon M4 is completely inaccessible to sandboxed apps. Spent 2 weeks on it. Sometimes you ship without the feature. It's $24.99 ā€” first 30 customers completely free with code EARLY30. Would love your honest feedback. What would you add? Thanks for hunting us
Qifeng Zheng

activity monitor is the app i open at 11pm to figure out why my fans sound like a 737. the menu bar approach is the right shape for it. one ask ā€” does it surface cpu temp + fan rpm? istat has it, but istat hasn't shipped a real refresh in years.

Alan MOUHLI
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@qifengzhengĀ Hey! Great question ā€” and honestly one of the hardest parts of building Mnara.

CPU temperature is currently estimated based on thermal state + CPU load (shown with an "estimated" label so it's honest). Fan RPM on Apple Silicon M1/2/3/4 is completely locked behind private APIs for sandboxed apps ā€” Apple locked it tight on M1/2/3/4.

Both real CPU temp and fan RPM are planned for v1.5 via some helpers ā€” same approach iStatMenus uses. It requires a separate installation step but gives real sensor data.

Really appreciate the feedback ā€” this is exactly what helps prioritize the roadmap! šŸ™

Qifeng Zheng

@alan_mouhliĀ  the 'estimated' label is the part i didn't expect ā€” most apps just show a number and pretend. the v1.5 helper path is the one i'd want ā€” istatmenus's installer is fine but feels 2014. any plan to wrap the helper install in a one-click signing flow?

Alan MOUHLI
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@qifengzhengĀ Yes, that's exactly the plan ā€” a proper signed helper with a one-click install flow, not a 2014-era pkg drop. The iStatMenus approach works but the UX friction is real and I don't want that for Mnara. Adding this to the v1.5.