QPet

Fun desktop effects for macOS, with memory and system load visible at a glance in your menu bar

Free Lightweight Resource Monitor Secure
macOS
Build 261008.0712 · 3.9 MB
Requires macOS 13.0+
* App Store version does not support keyboard effects due to sandbox restrictions

Features

Bring fun and vitality to your macOS desktop

Particle Effects

Snow, leaves, sakura, bubbles, meteors and more beautiful particle effects to enhance your desktop atmosphere

Desktop Pet

Cute butterfly pet that chases your cursor and wanders freely, keeping you company while you work

Multi-Display

Perfect support for multi-monitor setups, each screen enjoys independent effects

System Monitor

The menu bar icon shows memory and system load directly; click it for CPU, memory pressure, swap, disk and QPet's own footprint

Lightweight

Optimized rendering engine with low CPU and memory usage, won't affect your daily work

Updates & Feedback

Frequent updates with new effects, built-in feedback feature to hear your voice

PERFORMANCE STATUS

See your Mac's health at a glance

One compact menu bar icon shows memory and system load. Click it to see CPU and the other resource metrics you use most.

68% Memory 42% Load
Normal 48% memory
Warning 82% memory
Heavy 205% load
1

The outer circle is memory

The fill starts at 12 o'clock and moves counterclockwise. One full turn means 100% memory used. Only memory controls the circle color: yellow at 80%, red at 90%, with macOS memory pressure able to raise it immediately.

2

The center bar is system load

The vertical bar shows normalized 1-minute load. It is full and yellow at 100%, red at 200%, and stays full above 100% while color shows severity.

3

CPU stays in the dropdown

CPU still shows current whole-machine use, but it does not consume a second tiny bar or trigger icon colors by itself. Brief spikes remain visible in the menu.

MENU PREVIEW

Your key metrics in one place

CPU usage
42%
1-minute load
205%
Memory
10.9 / 16 GB · 68%
Memory pressure
Normal
Swap
0 B / 8 GB
Disk
482 / 500 GB · 96%
QPet memory
92 MB

Warning load, memory, and disk rows add 🟡/🔴 at the end, so they remain clear even when macOS menu text cannot be reliably recolored. Disk space above 20 GB stays normal, 3–20 GB is yellow, and below 3 GB is red; disk warnings do not recolor the menu bar icon.

Designed to stay lightweight

Core metrics sample every 5 seconds on a background utility queue with 1 second of leeway. The slower disk check runs at most once per 60 seconds. While the menu is closed, values are cached and the icon redraws only when a 5% step or alert state changes.

  • No subprocesses
  • No extra permissions for monitoring
  • Available in both macOS editions

Effects Gallery

Choose from a variety of beautiful effects

Snow
Sakura
Leaves
Bubbles
Meteor
Ember
Fog
Stardust
Matrix
Rain
Rain on Screen
Firework
Fountain