julienbordet / menuping

Simple Ping status bar app for MacOS

MenuPing

What it is ?

Quick Menu bar tool to ping internet at regular intervals and show the response time.

Written in Python, thanks to rumps and py2app

What does it do ?

Very basic :

• Pings every second www.google.com, this address is configurable
• Can be made persistant, that is launched at session startup

How to install ?

Have a look at binary and sources available on the release page

Tested on

• macOS Ventura, Apple M1
• macOS Monterey, Apple x86
• macOS Big Sur, Apple x86

Please report an issue if that does work on your system.

What is the current version

Star history

menuping's Issues

Use create-dmg to improve the installation process

https://github.com/create-dmg/create-dmg

Ability to change polling delay

Ability to change polling delay

Ability to change pinged address

Show timeout / no route to host

I love this little program, thank you!, and I have a suggestion for improvement:

When there is no network connection, regular 'ping' shows 'no route to host' and 'request timeout'. It would be nice if this could be reflected in the menu bar. Currently it just keeps showing the last successful ping's time, which is misleading.

Manage in case of not internet access available

Error message on start

Running MacOS Monterey latest version
M1 Mac Mini 16 Gb

there is nothing in the console.

Make icon in statusbar visible in dark mode

Update altool to notarytool

Warning message :

2023-01-16 15:40:27.945 *** Warning: altool has been deprecated for notarization and starting in late 2023 will no longer be supported by the Apple notary service. You should start using notarytool to notarize your software. (-1030) No errors uploading 'dist/MenuPing.zip'.