MenuMeters

Name: MenuMeters
Rating: 4.7586 (29 reviews)

MenuMeters overview

MenuMeters is a set of CPU, memory, disk, and network monitoring tools for Mac OS X. Although there are numerous other programs which do the same thing, none had quite the feature set I was looking for. Most were windows that sat in a corner or on the desktop, which are inevitably obscured by document windows on a PowerBook's small screen. Those monitors which used the menubar mostly used the NSStatusItem API, which has the annoying tendency to totally reorder my menubar on every login.

The MenuMeters monitors are true SystemUIServer plugins (also known as Menu Extras). This means they can be reordered using command-drag and remember their positions in the menubar across logins and restarts.

MenuMeters is open source freeware released under the GNU General Public License version 2.

What’s new in version 2.1.6.1

Updated on Nov 17 2021

Version 2.1.6.1:

Fixes a bug in the menu of the memory meter which I introduced while refactoring. I am sorry for the mess.

View older MenuMeters updates

Information

License

Free

Size

1.8 MB

Developer’s website

https://member.ipmu.jp/yuji.tachikawa/MenuMetersElCapitan/

Downloads

388843

App requirements

Intel 64
Apple Silicon
OS X 10.11.0 or later

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xyzmsian

Feb 22 2021

2.1.4

5.0

Version: 2.1.4

Been using menumeters since PPC days and several generations later it's still going strong and it is definitely one of the first apps installed after buying a new mac. Thank you for taking the reigns and updating this.

webhasan24

Jan 21 2021

2.1.2.2

Version: 2.1.2.2

The best solution I have ever found!

LeMerlot

Nov 3 2020

2.0.8.3

Version: 2.0.8.3

I replaced my paid iStat Menus with MenuMeters since MM needs less CPU resources :)

anonymous-wallaby-5682

Nov 2 2020

Fantastic little free app. I've used it since forever! Shows you at a glance key operating information in an unobtrusive way. Many thanks to the programmer who picked up the threads when it looked like it wasn't going to make the OS cut, and continues to develop it.

theomails

Oct 29 2020

2.0.8

Version: 2.0.8

Brilliant app. I wish I had found this long back. I started looking now as I had an anti-virus eating too much network bandwidth with huge weekly updates.

Mark Hennon

Sep 26 2020

2.0.7

Version: 2.0.7

Always been excellent, and even better in 2020!

ChaarlesJeong

Jul 8 2020

Incredibly easy to use, variable functions. Just the right App what I looking for. Thanks!!

Derekcurrie

May 22 2020

If the above link FAILs, try this one: https://member.ipmu.jp/yuji.tachikawa/MenuMetersElCapitan/zips/MenuMeters_latest.zip

enersoldnah

May 4 2020

2.0.6.1

Version: 2.0.6.1

Great app works fine here under Catalina 10.15.4 on Imac but why are horizontal rows and graph greyed out

Aeschylus

Mar 17 2020

2.0.3

Version: 2.0.3

This is an incredible and extremely useful free app. It is one of those rare gems we should all be grateful to the programmer for creating for us. Thank you!

Mar 3 2020

MenuMeters is my perfect and flexible new system monitoring solution for my Mac's menu bar – after having bought and used iStat Menus for many years. iStat Menus – while having a beautiful visual design – just used a bit too much CPU resources for me as a system monitoring tool running all the time in the background.

Brooklyn-Al

Jan 25 2020

Great program but I have a question the "used" ram on menumeters does not agree with the "used" ram in activity monitor.........why? Or am I reading it incorrectly?

Cam-Mac

Jan 16 2020

This utility has staying power! I've been using versions of MenuMeters since I first moved from Classic macOS (9) to MacOS X 10.2 and beyond. It provides a nice balance of cleanly-presented info and configurability. There are other similar utilities that have more bells and whistles (like iStatMenus, which I also have), but I've stuck with MenuMeters because it already does more than enough for me. Thank you for porting it to work with newer macOS versions. The early versions were a bit of a hack to function as MenuExtras. Now that it's evolved into an app instead of a PreferencePane, I'm more confident that new versions can still work on future macOS versions. Long live MenuMeters!

joelbrugger

Dec 27 2019

I could't function without MenuMeter. It gives me the information I need to monitor the behaviour of my mac - always visible and up-to-date. The configurations are great. Amazing job, thanks for keeping up to date!

artie505

Dec 16 2019

A venerable GEM!!! We all owe Yuji a big THANKS!

dewoude

Dec 13 2019

2.0

Unfortunately I did not manage to get it working under Catalina on my new MacBook Pro 16

hmfwic47

Oct 13 2019

1.9.8

3.0

Version: 1.9.8

This app needs to be updated to show GB vice thousands of MB.

Jvhvr

Oct 12 2019

Nice discrete app, most useful all the time !

Just-Fred

Sep 21 2019

I've found MenuMeters to be a very useful utility, although it can use up precious menubar real estate -- that's the price one pays for system monitoring, I guess. An interesting note: On my system (Mojave, 10.14.6) I was asked if I wanted to replace my existing installation, and I said yes. After restarting System Preferences, I saw the 1.9.8 version number, but it quickly reverted to 1.9.7! It seems the install didn't replace it completely, but installed it "sideways," so that only one icon showed in System Preferences. I dragged the icon out of the panel, and saw it was immediately updated with the 1.9.8 version. I've never seen that behavior before.

This app works perfectly and has a very low footprint. It's just what Apple never thought to add. Thanks to the author for the updates to keep this running in Catalina!