Problem
I routinely run out of RAM, CPU or GPU resources and wanted to know when it happens and what app was causing it. But, I didn't want my menu bar to turn into a row of numbers.
I just wanted a single line that tells me when something interesting happens (e.g. an electron app starts eating up all my RAM).
Comparison
iStat Menus and Stats have lots of depth, details and modules.
ActivityLine is deliberately the other extreme: one clean line with app icons showing what app is responsible.
In auto mode, it switches to whatever is being used most (e.g. jumps to Network when something is suddenly sending or receiving data). You can also click it to change metrics or hover for a detailed breakdown.
Pricing
It's $14 USD once, with a 24-hour free trial that needs no account or card.
Trust/Transparency
I'm Jake Manger, a solo developer. I've launched a few other apps here: How to Convert and ShotGlass.
The app runs completely locally, is Apple notarized, only 2.3MB in size and is built with native swift.
The app: activityline.app
Hey HN, I routinely run out of RAM, CPU or GPU resources and wanted to know when it happens and what app was causing it. But, I didn't want my menu bar to turn into a row of numbers.
I just wanted a single line that tells me when something interesting happens (e.g. an electron app starts eating up all my RAM).
Comparison:
iStat Menus and Stats have lots of depth, details and modules.
ActivityLine is deliberately the other extreme: one clean line with app icons showing what app is responsible.
In auto mode, it switches to whatever is being used most (e.g. jumps to Network when something is suddenly sending or receiving data). You can also click it to change metrics or hover for a detailed breakdown.
I routinely run out of RAM, CPU or GPU resources and wanted to know when it happens and what app was causing it.
But, I didn't want my menu bar to turn into a row of numbers.
I just wanted a single line that tells me when something interesting happens (e.g. an electron app starts eating up all my RAM).
So, I built ActivityLine. The app runs completely locally, is Apple notarized, only 2.3MB in size and is built with native swift.
The app: activityline.app
I routinely run out of RAM, CPU or GPU resources and wanted to know when it happens and what app was causing it.
But, I didn't want my menu bar to turn into a row of numbers.
I just wanted a single line that tells me when something interesting happens (e.g. an electron app starts eating up all my RAM).
So, I built ActivityLine. The app runs completely locally, is Apple notarized, only 2.3MB in size and is built with native swift.
The app:
