Script Monitor is a lightweight and extensible macOS menu bar applet written in AppleScript. It periodically executes a user-defined shell script and displays its output in the menu bar, making it ideal for monitoring system stats, weather, custom metrics, and more.
- 🖥️ Displays shell script output directly in the macOS menu bar
- 📝 Easily editable script and preferences via menu items
- 🔄 Auto-refreshes output at configurable intervals
- ⚙️ Stores config in
~/.config/script-monitor/ - 🧩 Written using native AppleScript and Cocoa frameworks
Upon first run, Script Monitor automatically creates the following files:
- Script file
~/.config/script-monitor/script
This shell script will be executed periodically, and its output will be displayed in the menu bar.
- Preferences file
~/.config/script-monitor/preferences
Example contents:
interval=5To install the menu bar applet run:
cd /tmp
git clone [email protected]:rnsavinelli/script-monitor.git
cd script-monitor
./install.shIn order to move the newly built application to the /Applications folder the script will prompt you to write your password as that commands need to be run as root.
The default script content is:
echo "Welcome to Script Monitor!"You can replace it with any shell command. For example:
echo "CPU: $(top -l 1 | grep 'CPU usage' | awk '{print $3}')"This would display the current CPU usage in the menu bar.
- Edit Script – Opens your script in TextEdit
- Edit Preferences – Opens the preferences file
- About Script Monitor – Displays author and support info
- Quit – Exits the applet
Roberto Nicolas Savinelli
📧 Email the developer: [email protected]
❤️ Support the developer: @rnsavinelli
If you find this project useful, consider supporting the developer by visiting the GitHub link above.
This project is released under the MIT License.