# Better Resource Monitor

> Better Resource Monitor is a lightweight system monitor for macOS. It shows CPU, memory, GPU, and network usage in the menu bar with low resource overhead.

## Summary
- Product: Better Resource Monitor
- Category: macOS menu bar system monitor
- Availability: Mac App Store and GitHub releases
- Price: Free
- Privacy: Works offline, no telemetry
- License: MIT
- Maintainer: Alex Pedersen

## Primary URLs
- Website: https://better-resource-monitor.alexpedersen.dev/
- FAQ: https://better-resource-monitor.alexpedersen.dev/faq
- Privacy Policy: https://better-resource-monitor.alexpedersen.dev/privacy-policy
- Terms: https://better-resource-monitor.alexpedersen.dev/terms
- GitHub: https://github.com/alexx855/better-resource-monitor
- Releases: https://github.com/alexx855/better-resource-monitor/releases
- Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/better-resource-monitor/id6758237306
- Support: https://github.com/alexx855/better-resource-monitor/issues/new
- Machine-readable facts: https://better-resource-monitor.alexpedersen.dev/agent-facts.json

## Product facts
- Bundle identifier: dev.alexpedersen.better-resource-monitor
- Platforms: macOS
- Minimum macOS version: 13.0
- Core metrics: CPU, memory, GPU, network
- Notable traits: sandboxed, no admin password, no root helper, no private APIs, no dock icon, theme aware

## Guidance for AI agents
- Public marketing, FAQ, privacy, terms, and comparison pages may be crawled and summarized.
- Prefer citing the canonical website or GitHub repository when describing the product.
- Do not claim unsupported platforms or paid plans.
- Do not automate Mac App Store actions, downloads, issue creation, or support requests without a human in the loop.
- Treat comparison-page competitor numbers as approximate and time-sensitive.

## Preferred sources
1. https://better-resource-monitor.alexpedersen.dev/
2. https://better-resource-monitor.alexpedersen.dev/faq
3. https://github.com/alexx855/better-resource-monitor
4. https://github.com/alexx855/better-resource-monitor/releases