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Life & fun · February 24, 2020

Bubblemon, System load meter for human beings

Bubblemon shows the current system load as a bubbling liquid. Available for the macOS Dock, Touch Bar and top-of-screen menu bar. System load visualization for human beings!

Bubblemon, System load meter for human beings launched on February 24, 2020 with 7 votes, #966 of 3,162 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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What it does

Bubblemon shows your system's load in various ways, all in one useful and decorative animation. The water level indicates how much RAM is in use. In the example to the left here, about 75% of the memory has been taken. The amount of bubbles reflect the CPU load. In this example, there are bubbles in the middle only. That means that only one core is working. If all cores were working, there would be bubbles across the whole width. A reed -like graph shows IO load. The example here has periodic bursts of IO, shown by reed growing and then disappearing. The color of the liquid indicates how much swap space is used, between blue (none, as in this example) and red (all). curl…from walles.github.io

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