Mectrics
Lightweight system monitoring tool resident in the macOS menu bar
About Mectrics
Mectrics is a lightweight system monitoring tool that stays in the macOS menu bar. The official page says “Nothing leaves your Mac” and supports choosing the numbers to watch and setting thresholds for anomaly alerts. It also states that the tool can read configured rules and integrate with cron or existing monitoring checks; its headless mode does not change settings or make network requests.
Best for
Best use cases
View system metrics in the menu bar
Set thresholds for metrics and receive anomaly alerts
Integrate configured rules with cron or existing monitoring checks
Features
Menu bar monitoring
Officially described as a lightweight system monitoring tool that stays in the macOS menu bar.
Metrics and thresholds
Choose the numbers to watch and set thresholds for alerts when anomalies occur.
Headless integration
Officially states that it can read configured rules and integrate with cron or existing monitoring checks.
Privacy and CLI behavior
Officially states that data never leaves your Mac, and that this mode does not change settings or make network requests.
Pros
- Lightweight interface resident in the macOS menu bar
- Choose the metrics to watch and set threshold alerts
- Officially states that data never leaves your Mac
- Officially states that the command-line mode does not change settings or make network requests