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Life & fun · August 3, 2026

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Mstat a temperature and stat tracker for macOS in Zig and SwiftUI

Turns out it's weirdly hard to quickly check cpu temp on M series macs so whipped this up, also has cpu usage, memory, and lets you show multiple or just an icon for the popover.

Mstat a temperature and stat tracker for macOS in Zig and SwiftUI launched on August 3, 2026 with 13 votes, #880 of 23,274 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.

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In plain words

Mstat is a macOS menu bar application that displays system temperature and statistics for M series Macs. Built in Zig and SwiftUI, it shows CPU temperature, CPU usage, and memory information in a compact popover that users can customize to display full details or just an icon. The tool addresses the difficulty of quickly accessing thermal data on Apple silicon Macs.

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