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Displays macOS CPU thermal throttling, temperature, scheduler limit, available CPUs, and system thermal pressure with color-coded alerts. Offers real-time sensor graphs and at-a-glance hardware health feedback for both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs from the menu bar.

Cost / License

Free
Open Source (MIT)

Application type

System Information Utility

Origin

Switzerland

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Discontinued

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Discontinued

The project seems no longer developed. Last version, 1.9.4, released in July 2024, can be still downloaded from Github

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Temperature Monitoring
Sits in the menu bar
Hardware Monitoring
CPU Monitoring
CPU temperature

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Developed by
DigiDNA Sàrl
Licensing
Open Source (MIT) and Free product.
Written in
Swift
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Supported Languages
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System & Hardware, OS & Utilities

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123 Forks
32 Open Issues
Updated Jul 27, 2024

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Hot was added to AlternativeTo by Danilo Venom on Aug 30, 2021 and this page was last updated Apr 15, 2026.

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What is Hot?

Hot is macOS menu bar application that displays the CPU speed limit due to thermal issues.

Differences between the Intel and Apple Silicon versions

On an Intel machine, Hot will display the CPU temperature, CPU speed limit (throttling), scheduler limit and number of available CPUs. By default, the menu bar text will be colorized in orange if the CPU speed limit falls below 60%.

On Apple Silicon, these informations are not available. Along with the CPU temperature, Hot will display the system's thermal pressure. The menu bar text will be colorized in orange if the pressure is not nominal.

A graph view for all sensors may also be displayed on Apple Silicon.

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