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Your Mac's vital signs,
one click away.

CPU, memory, disk, network, and battery โ€” all in your menu bar. Smart alerts when something needs attention. No Activity Monitor required.

macOS 14 Sonoma or later ยท Free

Five vitals. Always visible.

Everything important about your Mac, without opening a single window.

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CPU

Per-core usage, user vs system load, and process count at a glance. Live history graph.

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Memory

Active, wired, compressed breakdown. Memory pressure indicator with auto-clear.

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Disk

Used vs available for every mounted volume. APFS purgeable space support.

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Network

Real-time upload/download throughput. Connection type, interface, and local IP.

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Battery

Charge level, health percentage, cycle count, time remaining, and power source.

Why Pulse

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Live Dashboard

Real-time graphs and gauges that update every second. Swift Charts with smooth catmull-rom curves.

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Smart Alerts

Notifications for sustained high CPU, memory pressure, or low disk space. Configurable thresholds with cooldowns.

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Menu Bar Native

Lives in your menu bar with 7 display modes. One click to see everything, zero dock clutter.

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Fully Accessible

VoiceOver labels and values on every element. Respects Reduce Motion. Keyboard navigation throughout.

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13 Languages

English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional).

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Lightweight

Under 5 MB. ~3,000 lines of Swift. Zero external dependencies. Minimal CPU footprint.

Alerts that matter

Set thresholds. Get notified. No noise.

High CPU

CPU above 90% for 60 seconds

Usage95%

5 min cooldown

Memory Pressure

Memory pressure: critical

UsageCritical

10 min cooldown

Low Disk

Boot disk above 90% full

Usage92%

1 hr cooldown

Up and running in seconds

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Install

Download from the Mac App Store. Under 5 MB, zero setup.

2

Glance

Check your Macโ€™s vitals from the menu bar icon. Pick your display mode.

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Explore

Click to open the dashboard with live graphs, gauges, and details.

Privacy isn't a feature. It's the architecture.

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Tracking
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On-device

Pulse reads system metrics using public macOS APIs. It never connects to the internet, never phones home, and never collects any data. Everything stays on your Mac.

Know your Mac. At a glance.

Ready when you are.

macOS 14 Sonoma ยท Version 1.1.1