Live traffic
What's moving
Download and upload, every second. The last hour, day, week or month is one click away.
Current: Know when the internet is the problem.
Live download and upload in your menu bar. A warning when Wi-Fi says connected and the internet says otherwise. A speed test when you need proof.
macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Universal 2 (Apple silicon and Intel) · MIT licensed
Always in the menu bar
What you get
Three answers, one glance.
Measured on your Mac. When Current can't measure, it says so.
Internet and speed
Whether it's really online
Wi-Fi can be connected with no internet behind it. Current checks every 30 seconds, and the speed test tells you what the line can actually do.
Connections
Every link in use
Wi-Fi, Ethernet, hotspot, VPN and the rest, each with its own rate. Idle ones stay hidden.
A closer look
The rest of the app.
Rendered by the app itself, from sample data.
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A week at a glance
Hour, day, week, month or everything.
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Your colours
Five palettes. Light and dark set separately.
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Plain settings
Two switches, each saying what it does.
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In the menu bar
Online, offline, checking. The width never moves.
Connections
Eight kinds of link.
Each one shows up only while it's in use.
Wi-Fi
Your wireless link.
Ethernet
Any wired adapter or dock with a live link.
Hotspot
Phone tethering. Current asks before a speed test spends your data.
Thunderbolt Bridge
A cable between two Macs, counted once.
Bluetooth
Internet from a phone. Headphones don't count.
AirDrop & Continuity
Transfers to nearby Apple devices.
Tailscale
Your tailnet, kept out of the totals.
VPN
Any other tunnel, never counted twice.
Something missing?
Local first
Your history stays on your Mac.
No account, no server, no analytics.
- It counts bytes and never looks inside them, so it can't see where you browse.
- History is one local file. Export it, back it up or delete it.
- Internet checks call Google, then Cloudflare. They see your IP, like any website does. You can turn them off.
- The speed test runs only when you ask, against Apple's servers.
Installation
Thirty seconds to install.
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Download
Get Current.dmg from the button above.
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Drag to Applications
Open the DMG and drop Current on the Applications folder.
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Open it
Your rates appear in the menu bar. Click them for the rest.
Open source
MIT licensed, and readable end to end.
Native Swift, no dependencies. Read what it measures and who it talks to, or build it yourself with ./scripts/build-app.sh.
Questions
Frequently asked.
Can Current see what I browse?
No. It reads byte counters and never captures packets.
Why don't my totals match my bill?
Current counts your local network and VPN overhead, and nothing
while it's closed. Your provider counts its own network, for every device on your plan.
How much data does a speed test use?
Whatever 12 seconds at full speed costs: a few hundred MB on most
lines, a gigabyte or more on a fast one. On a hotspot, Current asks first.
Will it slow my Mac down?
It reads counters once a second, saves once a minute and checks
the internet every 30 seconds. Nothing else runs.
Does it start at login?
If you want it to. The first time you open Current, it asks, and it
changes nothing until you answer. Switch it any time in Settings > General >
Startup.
Know when the internet is the problem.
Free, open source, and your history stays on your Mac.
macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Universal 2 · MIT licensed