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Growth · October 20, 2026

Snitch – my Mac talked to 347 servers in one idle hour, so I built this

Real-time network traffic visualizer — see every connection your computer makes. Privacy-first, 100% local. / Visualiseur de trafic réseau en temps réel, 100% local. - aixisstudio/Snitch

Snitch – my Mac talked to 347 servers in one idle hour, so I built this launched on October 20, 2026 with 12 votes, #536 of 3,079 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.

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In plain words

Snitch is a real-time network traffic visualizer for Mac that displays every connection a computer makes. Designed for users curious about their system's network activity, it operates entirely locally without sending data elsewhere. The tool was created after the developer observed their idle Mac communicating with 347 servers in one hour and wanted transparency into what their computer was doing behind the scenes.

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