NetPulse

A local Mac network monitor that lives in your menu bar

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A local Mac network monitor that lives in your menu bar

7 followers

NetPulse is a native Mac utility for seeing how busy your connection is, which app is using it, and whether your VPN is active. It shows live speeds in the menu bar or a floating panel, HTTPS response time, request failure rate and latency stability across three targets—not ICMP packet loss—exit/local/real public IP, and per-app traffic. Daily, weekly and monthly totals stay on the Mac. No account, ads, analytics or subscription. $1.99 once on the Mac App Store.

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Launch tags:Productivity•Privacy•Menu Bar Apps

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Hi Product Hunt — I’m Yuxin, the solo developer behind NetPulse. I built it after getting tired of switching between Activity Monitor, browser IP checks, and heavier network tools just to answer a few simple questions: Is my connection slow? Which app is using it? Is the VPN actually active? What has used the most data this week? NetPulse keeps those answers in the menu bar and a small panel. The optional Network Extension only counts bytes and allows every connection; it does not inspect content or destinations. Traffic history stays on the Mac. It’s a one-time $1.99 purchase. I’d love to hear which network detail you check most often, and what still feels missing.

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2mo ago

What’s your first signal when a connection feels busy?

When my connection feels busy, I usually check three things in order: which app is moving data, whether the VPN or proxy exit IP changed, and whether HTTPS response time is unstable across more than one target. Raw bandwidth alone rarely tells the full story.

I built NetPulse around that workflow, but I m curious how others diagnose it. What is your first signal per-app traffic, latency, request failures, DNS, Wi-Fi signal, or something else? And which metric has misled you most often?

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