📡 Net Speed Monitor for macOS

A lightweight, premium network speed monitor for your macOS menu bar. Track your real-time upload and download speeds with a clean, minimalist interface.

✨ Features

• Smart Switching: Automatically displays whichever speed is currently higher (Upload or Download).
• Clean UI: Minimalist menu bar display with mono-spaced formatting for consistent layout.
• Customizable Intervals: Choose between 1, 2, or 5-second update frequencies.
• Lightweight: Built with Python and optimized for low resource consumption.
• No Dock Icon: Runs as a pure menu bar app for a clutter-free experience.

🚀 Installation

Option 1: Download the App (Recommended)

1. Go to the Releases page.
2. Download the latest NetSpeedMonitor.app.zip.
3. Drag NetSpeedMonitor.app to your Applications folder.
4. First Run (Security): Because this app is independently developed, macOS may block it. To open it:
   • Right-click (or Control-click) NetSpeedMonitor.app in your Applications folder and choose Open.
   • In the dialog that appears, click Open again.
   • Alternatively, you can run this command in Terminal to bypass the block:

     xargs xattr -cr /Applications/NetSpeedMonitor.app

Option 2: Homebrew (Recommended for Power Users)

You can install via Homebrew by tapping this repository directly:

brew tap nadesh00/netspeedmonitor https://github.com/nadesh00/netspeedmonitor
brew install netspeedmonitor

Option 3: Run from Source

If you prefer to run from source, you'll need Python 3 installed:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/nadesh00/netspeedmonitor.git
cd netspeedmonitor

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Run the app
python3 net_speed_monitor.py

🛠 Building for macOS

To build your own .app bundle:

python3 setup.py py2app

The compiled app will be in the dist/ directory.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Inspired by the need for a simple, non-intrusive speed monitor.
• Built with rumps and psutil.