Alternatives

Products that do what Pulse — Your internet, in real time does

A tiny native macOS network monitor. Lives in your menu bar.

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   Watch Net Speed▲212

   Simple, Realtime Network Bandwidth Monitor for your Mac.

   2019

2. 2
   MacMonitor▲106

   Real-time Apple Silicon system monitor for your menu bar

   Mar 2026 · github.com

3. 3
   Pulse▲75

   A simple tool to monitor your servers and sites

   2019

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   Network Connection Information▲59

   View Wi-Fi & ethernet details from the menubar

   Feb 2026

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   Pulsetic▲412

   Know when your site is down before your customers do

   2020

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   NetPing Monitor▲4

   Live ping, latency & uptime monitor for macOS

   Feb 2026 · networkmonitor.chama.pro

7. 7PA
   PingStalker – A macOS tool for network engineers▲77

   Hi HN - I’m the developer of PingStalker, a macOS utility I built to see what’s really happening on the LAN/WLAN. I live in the CLI, but when it came to discovery and monitoring, I found it limiting. So I built a GUI that brings my favorite tools together in one place. PingStalker started because I wanted to know if something on the network was scanning my machine. I also wanted quick access to core details—external IP, Wi-Fi data, and local topology. Then I wanted more: fast, reliable scans using ARP tables and ICMP. As a Wi-Fi engineer, I couldn’t stop there. I kept adding ways to…

   Nov 2025 · pingstalker.com

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   Netfox▲95

   A native local macOS network monitor

   May 2026 · netfox.app

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   SimplePing▲108

   macOS Menu Bar one-click ping utility

   2018

10. 10
    Pulse.red▲195

    A powerful time tracker for those who appreciate simplicity

    2018

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    Stats▲179

    macOS system monitor in your menu bar

    2020

12. 12
    Netler▲107

    Tiny network monitor for menu bar & notification center 🖥📡

    2018

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    Ping Man▲178

    Monitor your ping in your Mac menu bar

    2018

14. 14
    PulseKit▲141

    Your key metrics, as widgets across your Apple devices

    Feb 2026 · pulsekit.io

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    mectrics▲268

    Your Mac's vitals in the menu bar. Free and open source.

    Jul 2026 · mectrics.app

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    Sensei Monitor▲163

    A brand new Mac system monitor, built completely in SwiftUI

    2021

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    ActiveStat▲78

    Performance. Simplified.

    Mar 2026 · lucidbit.app

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    Pulsetic▲204

    Status pages and website uptime checker—no expert needed!

    2024

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    Pulse▲90

    Lightweight real-time polls - open source & self-hosted

    Mar 2026 · demo.pulse.kartikeybhardwaj.com

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    Time▲241

    Time Zones and Meetings in your macOS menu bar

    Dec 2025

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    Bandwidth+▲120

    Track your internet usage in the menubar

    2015

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    Pulse Island▲109

    A living island for your Mac's notch

    Jul 2026 · pulseisland.club

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    Pulse - Automatic Status for Slack▲127

    Status that updates with your cal, work hours, apps, & more.

    2022

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    Network Monitor – a GUI to spot anomalous connections on your Linux▲156

    A real-time network connection monitoring tool built with Rust and GTK4, displaying active connections with live I/O statistics in a modern graphical interface. https://github.com/grigio/network-monitor

    Nov 2025

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