Open source alternatives to iStat Menus

One project on starwire does the same job. Ranked by how much of what iStat Menus does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.

What iStat Menus does

CPU and memory stats in the menu barcore
Network and disk activitycore
Temperatures and fans
Battery details
GPU usage
Weather and clock

Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this

Project	Covers	Stars	Commits, 12 weeks	Last release	Closed vs opened	Setup	License
airstatsMenu bar app showing CPU, memory, GPU, network, disk, battery and thermals on macOS	Replaces it81%	505+9	69	30 days ago	70%	Install like an app	MIT
Covers all 2 core jobs. Partly: Temperatures and fans. Not shown: Weather and clock.See the evidence CPU and memory stats in the menu barcoreYesthe menu bar itself, a panel that drops down Network and disk activitycoreYesPer core load, memory pressure, GPU, network, disk Temperatures and fansPartlybattery, temperature and top processes Battery detailsYesbattery, temperature GPU usageYesPer core load, memory pressure, GPU Weather and clockNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.

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