Hot

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    "iStat Menus",
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    "Activity Monitor"
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  "desc": "Menu bar application that displays the CPU speed limit due to thermal issues",
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  "github_last_commit_at": "2024-07-27T21:51:36Z",
  "github_readme_excerpt": "Hot\n===\n\n[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/macmade/Hot/ci-mac.yaml?label=macOS\u0026logo=apple)](https://github.com/macmade/Hot/actions/workflows/ci-mac.yaml)\n[![Issues](http://img.shields.io/github/issues/macmade/Hot.svg?logo=github)](https://github.com/macmade/Hot/issues)\n![Status](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-active-brightgreen.svg?logo=git)\n![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-mit-brightgreen.svg?logo=open-source-initiative)  \n[![Contact](https://img.shields.io/badge/follow-@macmade-blue.svg?logo=twitter\u0026style=social)](https://twitter.com/macmade)\n[![Sponsor](https://img.shields.io/badge/sponsor-macmade-pink.svg?logo=github-sponsors\u0026style=social)](https://github.com/sponsors/macmade)\n\n### About\n\nHot is macOS menu bar application that displays the CPU speed limit due to thermal issues.\n\n#### Differences between the Intel and Apple Silicon versions\n\nOn an Intel machine, Hot will display the CPU temperature, CPU speed limit (throttling), scheduler limit and number of available CPUs.  \nBy default, the menu bar text will be colorized in orange if the CPU speed limit falls below 60%.\n\nOn Apple Silicon, these informations are not available.  \nAlong with the CPU temperature, Hot will display the system\u0027s thermal pressure.  \nThe menu bar text will be colorized in orange if the pressure is not nominal.\n\nA graph view for all sensors may also be displayed on Apple Silicon.\n\n![Intel Menu](Assets/menu.png \"Intel Menu\")\n![Apple Silicon Menu](Assets/menu-arm.png \"Apple Silicon Menu\")\n![Sensors](Assets/sensors.png \"Sensors\")\n\nLicense\n-------\n\nProject is released under the terms of the MIT License.\n\nRepository Infos\n----------------\n\n    Owner:          Jean-David Gadina - XS-Labs\n    Web:            www.xs-labs.com\n    Blog:           www.noxeos.com\n    Twitter:        @macmade\n    GitHub:         github.com/macmade\n    LinkedIn:       ch.linkedin.com/in/macmade/\n    StackOverflow:  stackoverflow.com/users/182676/macmade\n",
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    "cpu",
    "limit",
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    "menubar",
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  "why_use_this": "Useful for monitoring thermal performance and detecting when your Mac is throttling CPU speed due to heat. Open-source and lightweight, running in the menu bar so it doesn\u0027t consume much system resources. Different info for Intel vs Apple Silicon Macs."
}