Alternatives to Stats
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. Stats itself: install Stats.
MonitorControl
🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the
Retroactive
Run Aperture, iPhoto, and iTunes on macOS Golden Gate, macOS Tahoe, macOS Sequoia, macOS Sonoma, macOS Ventura, macOS Monterey, macOS Big Sur, and mac
Mac Monitor
"The missing ProcMon for macOS": Mac Monitor records Endpoint Security events and displays them for analysis
btop
A monitor of resources
MeetingBar
🇺🇦 Your meetings at your fingertips in the macOS menu bar
gotop
A terminal based graphical activity monitor inspired by gtop and vtop
somo
A human-friendly alternative to netstat for socket and port monitoring on Linux and macOS
ddcctl
DDC monitor controls (brightness) for Mac OSX command line
spdlog
Fast C++ logging library
BitBar
Put the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar (the BitBar reboot)
nvtop
GPU & Accelerator process monitoring for AMD, Apple, Huawei, Intel, NVIDIA and Qualcomm
WhatCable
macOS menu bar app that tells you, in plain English, what each USB-C cable plugged into your Mac can actually do
redshift
Redshift adjusts the color temperature of your screen according to your surroundings. This may help your eyes hurt less if you are working in front of
Gitify
Git notifications on your menu bar. Available on macOS, Windows & Linux
hubble
Hubble - Network, Service & Security Observability for Kubernetes using eBPF
git-sizer
Compute various size metrics for a Git repository, flagging those that might cause problems
findomain
The fastest and complete solution for domain recognition. Supports screenshoting, port scan, HTTP check, data import from other tools, subdomain monit
VibeProxy
Native macOS menu bar app to use your Claude Code & ChatGPT subscriptions with AI coding tools - no API keys needed
sjk
Small set of tools for JVM troublshooting, monitoring and profiling
gyb
Got Your Back (GYB) is a command line tool for backing up your Gmail messages to your computer using Gmail's API over HTTPS
quill
Ultra-low-latency asynchronous C++17 logging and metrics library for performance-critical applications
plog
Portable, simple and extensible C++ logging library
zlog
A reliable, high-performance, thread safe, flexsible, clear-model, pure C logging library
kapacitor
Open source framework for processing, monitoring, and alerting on time series data
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than Stats — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
Stats is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.