diatoming / mxstatusmenu

MXStatusMenu shows the cpu and network load in the menubar of OS X similar to iStatMenus. Written in Swift.

MXStatusMenu shows the cpu and network load in the menubar of OS X similar to iStatMenus. Written in Swift.

Details

• Implements the menubar item using NSStatusBar and a NSView with a dynamic width
• Reads the cpu load using host_processor_info / PROCESSOR_CPU_LOAD_INFO
• Reads the network load using sysctl / NET_RT_IFLIST2
• Shows how to alloc and dealloc Swift pointers of type UnsafePointer and UnsafeMutablePointer
• Includes a timer implementation using Grand Central Dispatch / DISPATCH_SOURCE_TYPE_TIMER
• Does not require third-party code to compile. The only dependencies are import Cocoa and import Darwin.

Parameters

Visual parameters, update intervals, and the maximum network load can be set in the file App.swift

Compatibility

Tested on OS X 10.10.3 (14D131). Compiles without errors or warnings using Xcode 6.3 (6D570).

Disclaimer

This is a simple app to test the capabilities of Swift and not intended to be used in production environments. If you are looking for a real app that monitors your Mac, i highly recommend iStatMenus.

Please notice that i'm not affiliated in any way with Bjango, the developer of iStatMenus.

Author

Maximilian Götzfried (@mgoetzfried, maximiliangoetzfried.com)

License

MXStatusMenu is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more information.