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24 alternatives to Simon

A powerful site monitoring application for Mac

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Simon launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Paddle Analytics for Mac▲116
The easiest way for developers to track Mac app usage.
2015 · paddle.com · its alternatives →
2
Cactus for Mac▲92
A better workflow for hand coding websites
2014 · its alternatives →
3
Pagekit 1.0▲137
A modular and lightweight open source CMS
2016 · its alternatives →
4
I ditched Grafana for my home server and built this instead▲9
Frustrated by the complexity and resource drain of multi service monitoring stacks, I built Simon. I wanted a single, lightweight dashboard to replace the heavy stack and the constant need for an SSH client for routine tasks. The result is a resource efficient dashboard in a single Rust binary, just a couple of megabytes in size. Its support for various architectures on Linux also makes it ideal for embedded systems and lightweight SBCs. It integrates: Comprehensive Monitoring: Realtime and historical metrics for the host system and Docker containers (CPU, memory, disk usage, and network…
Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
5
Thravik▲67
The native Mac browser that remembers
8d ago · thravik.app · its alternatives →
6
Beaker▲92
An experimental P2P browser
2016 · casinositeleri.me · its alternatives →
7
Markoff▲94
A free Markdown previewer for OS X
2016 · thoughtbot.com · its alternatives →
8
Hawk Eye▲78
A useful app for GitHub Notifications
2017 · harksys.com · its alternatives →
9
Counter – Simple and free web analytics▲169
Track website visitors with Counter, a privacy-friendly analytics tool. Get daily unique visitor counts, referrer information, and geographical locations. Our open source web analytics tool makes it easy to understand your web traffic. Get started today and pay what and when you want!
2023 · counter.dev · its alternatives →
10
Safari 10▲145
The best way to see the sites.
2016 · apple.com · its alternatives →
11
Visible▲126
Performance insights for startups and their investors.
2014 · visible.vc · its alternatives →
12
Cwiki▲130
A Command line interface for searching Wikipedia!
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
13
Boundary Free▲74
Server and App Monitoring
2014 · domaineasy.com · its alternatives →
14
Stackness▲92
Show your stack! The social home for your dev tools
Sep 2026 · stackness.dev · its alternatives →
15
Squints▲81
Design tools for the live web
22d ago · squints.app · its alternatives →
16
Glimpse▲70
The Diagnostics platform of the web
2015 · xcor.com · its alternatives →
17SW
Simple Website Monitoring Tool▲5
2014 · blog.insping.com · its alternatives →
18
urlscan.io▲56
Find out what your website is doing
2017 · urlscan.io · its alternatives →
19
FeedsBar▲73
A quiet, continuous news/media ticker for your Mac desktop
Aug 2026 · feeds.bar · its alternatives →
20
Web Metrics: Proven Methods for Measuring Web Site Success▲56
A classic book for web analytics geeks
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
21AA
An app that monitors websites▲6
2015 · eversitemonitor.com · its alternatives →
22
Bugtrackers.io▲20
Insights on the life of real people in web development
2015 · bugtrackers.io · its alternatives →
23
Forestry.io▲14
A lightweight CMS for Jekyll and Hugo sites
2016 · tina.io · its alternatives →
24
Monity▲2
An advanced System Monitoring Widget for OS X Yosemite
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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