Native macOS app that transforms system stats into interactive 3D objects. Monitor network speed, CPU usage, battery, and more through smooth, animated visuals that live on your desktop. Designed to feel fast, minimal, and alive - not like traditional widgets. More collections, animated objects, and new system modules for deeper insights are already in development and coming soon
Hey everyone - I’m the maker of Tell.
I’ve always been into 3D design and interactive visuals, and for the longest time I wished my desktop felt a bit more… alive. Everything felt flat, static, and honestly a bit boring. I wanted something that looked and felt cool, but was also actually useful day-to-day.
So I built Tell - a way to turn system data like CPU, network, and battery into interactive 3D objects that just sit on your desktop and move with you.
This is just the beginning. I’m already working on new object collections, themes, and more expressive ways to visualize different parts of your system. I want this to feel less like “widgets” and more like a living layer on your Mac.
Would genuinely love your feedback - what you like, what you don’t, and what you’d want to see next 🙏
Hehehe love this kind of widgets that makes our work funnier! It's a matter of enjoying the journey as well. Wish you all the best Will
Congrats on the launch! This is such a fresh take on system monitoring - the 3D object approach is genuinely delightful. I'm curious about performance impact: since these are animated visualizations running on the desktop, how optimized is Tell to avoid becoming a resource hog itself? Do you have any benchmarks on CPU/memory usage?
About Tell on Product Hunt
“Mac widgets, made fun. ”
Tell launched on Product Hunt on April 19th, 2026 and earned 106 upvotes and 5 comments, placing #7 on the daily leaderboard. Native macOS app that transforms system stats into interactive 3D objects. Monitor network speed, CPU usage, battery, and more through smooth, animated visuals that live on your desktop. Designed to feel fast, minimal, and alive - not like traditional widgets. More collections, animated objects, and new system modules for deeper insights are already in development and coming soon
Tell was featured in Menu Bar Apps (12.2k followers), Apple (15.4k followers) and 3D Modeling (1.9k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 8.2k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Tell?
Tell was hunted by Will G. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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