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BusyCat

Your CPU, but it's a sprinting cat in your menu bar.

A menu-bar cat that runs faster the harder your Mac works.

Lite arrives in your inbox · enter your email at checkout, $0, no card.

Fully local · the app sends nothing home · no telemetry, no analytics SDKs.

macOS 13+ · Universal · ~12mb
#menu bar#cpu#monitor#cat

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Lite stays free.
Pro is a one-time tip.

All the cats, plus an actual usage chart.

Tier 01Free forever

BusyCat Lite

$0

No trial · No expiry · No nag

  • Default pixel cat
  • Live CPU reactivity

Email-gated · the .dmg arrives in your inbox right after.

Fully local · the app sends nothing home · no telemetry, no analytics SDKs.

Tier 02One-time · $3

BusyCat Pro

$3

Buy once · Keep forever

Everything in Lite, plus:

  • Full skin pack (ghost cat, neon cat, mecha cat)
  • 24-hour CPU history graph
  • RAM + thermals readout
  • Custom run-speed curves

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/// about

BusyCat is a tiny pixel cat that lives in your menu bar and reacts to system load in real time — slow stroll on idle, full sprint when your fans kick in. The cutest CPU monitor you'll ever leave running.

BusyCat team

/// BusyCat · what's new

Changelog.

See every update
  1. v1.0.0new
    • Initial release. Hello, MacBook.

Try BusyCat Lite. Stay if you love it.

Free Lite, no trial timer. Pro is a one-time tip.

Lite arrives in your inbox · enter your email at checkout, $0, no card.

Fully local · the app sends nothing home · no telemetry, no analytics SDKs.