Stats menu bar system monitor
Hacker ApprovedRanked 4 of 8 system monitors by recommenders
People recommend Stats as a free, open source menu bar app for watching CPU, power and system activity on a Mac.
People recommend Stats as a free, open source menu bar app for watching CPU, power and system activity on a Mac.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 91%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 10 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Free open source Mac menu bar monitor
“the new open source "Stats" is a brilliant use of the menu bar”
Comment from 3 Apr 2026 in “Tailscale's New macOS Home” “Stats is the open source version I use”
Comment from 6 Jul 2026 in “Fast Software, the Best Software” Shows CPU and power usage
“I have CPU and total system wattage up there so I always know if something weird is going on.”
Comment from 28 Dec 2025 in “Building a macOS app to know when my Mac is thermal throttling” “Fits in nicely with Stats, which I use for fan control and monitoring power consumption.”
Comment from 18 Oct 2026 in “Apple ML Research: Muse Spark Open with MLX on Mac Studio”
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| Utilyze | 11 | 2 | 85% | 2 | — | — |
| Stats menu bar system monitorThis page | 10 | 1 | 91% | 5 | — | Approved |
| nvidia-smi | 5 | 4 | 56% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Fits in nicely with Stats, which I use for fan control and monitoring power consumption.”
“Stats is the open source version I use”
“you can use an app like Stats if you want to see that info while actively using the computer”
“I got my PR closed without comment”
“the new open source "Stats" is a brilliant use of the menu bar”
“apps like iStat Menus, Stats, Sensei etc (for macOS at least) are very useful”
“I have CPU and total system wattage up there so I always know if something weird is going on.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.