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NetPulse
A local Mac network monitor that lives in your menu bar
NetPulse is a native Mac utility for seeing how busy your connection is, which app is using it, and whether your VPN is active. It shows live speeds in the menu bar or a floating panel, HTTPS response time, request failure rate and latency stability across three targets—not ICMP packet loss—exit/local/real public IP, and per-app traffic. Daily, weekly and monthly totals stay on the Mac. No account, ads, analytics or subscription. $1.99 once on the Mac App Store.
Hi Product Hunt — I’m Yuxin, the solo developer behind NetPulse. I built it after getting tired of switching between Activity Monitor, browser IP checks, and heavier network tools just to answer a few simple questions: Is my connection slow? Which app is using it? Is the VPN actually active? What has used the most data this week?
NetPulse keeps those answers in the menu bar and a small panel. The optional Network Extension only counts bytes and allows every connection; it does not inspect content or destinations. Traffic history stays on the Mac.
It’s a one-time $1.99 purchase. I’d love to hear which network detail you check most often, and what still feels missing.
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About NetPulse on Product Hunt
“A local Mac network monitor that lives in your menu bar”
NetPulse was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #72 on the daily leaderboard. NetPulse is a native Mac utility for seeing how busy your connection is, which app is using it, and whether your VPN is active. It shows live speeds in the menu bar or a floating panel, HTTPS response time, request failure rate and latency stability across three targets—not ICMP packet loss—exit/local/real public IP, and per-app traffic. Daily, weekly and monthly totals stay on the Mac. No account, ads, analytics or subscription. $1.99 once on the Mac App Store.
NetPulse was featured in Productivity (658.2k followers), Privacy (11.3k followers) and Menu Bar Apps (12.2k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 163.8k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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