WireStat · macOS
WireStat keeps your connection type and live up/down throughput in the menu bar, and runs a latency check the moment you want one — no window to open, no app to launch.
Requires macOS 13 Ventura or later. Menu-bar only — no Dock icon.
WireStat answers one question well — “how’s my connection right now?” — and stays out of the way the rest of the time.
Wi-Fi, Ethernet, or another link — WireStat shows what carries your traffic and updates the instant it changes. Drop offline and the menu bar switches to a clear offline glyph, so a dead link is never mistaken for an idle one.
Real-time download and upload speeds sit right in the menu bar, refreshing every couple of seconds and auto-scaling from Kbps to Gbps — the same bits-per-second a speed test or your ISP plan uses.
Type any host and WireStat measures real-world latency by timing a
TCP handshake (port 443 by default, or set host:port),
averaged over a few attempts — so you know whether the lag is your
connection or the other end.
No Dock icon, no extra window. WireStat sits quietly in the menu bar and opens a tidy popover the instant you click it. Pick what the bar shows: throughput, connection, or both.
Built in SwiftUI with Apple’s own Network framework. It sips CPU and memory, launches at login if you like, and feels like it came with the system.
Everything is measured on your Mac. No analytics, no accounts, no data leaves your device — the only network request WireStat makes is the latency check you ask for. Read the privacy policy.
