# Install macmon with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix Sudoless performance monitoring for Apple Silicon processors. Version 0.7.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-02. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:macmon ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install macmon ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install macmon ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/macmon/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#macmon ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ma/macmon/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:macmon - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.7.2 - **Source summary:** Sudoless performance monitoring for Apple Silicon processors - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-02T15:41:40Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - macmon (cli) - macmon (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.7.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-02 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/vladkens/macmon - Upstream latest detected: v0.7.2 (current) ## Project history and usage macmon is a Rust system-monitoring CLI and TUI for Apple Silicon Macs. Its README emphasizes sudoless access to live power, temperature, CPU, GPU, ANE, memory, and fan metrics. ### Project history The official repository was created in June 2024. The README states that the project was motivated by a need to observe Apple Silicon power consumption while testing local LLM models, without relying on `powermetrics` workflows that require root privileges. macmon expanded beyond a simple terminal display into JSON output, an HTTP metrics server, Prometheus-format metrics, a Grafana example, launchd service installation for `macmon serve`, and a Rust library API for embedding the sampler in other programs. ### Adoption history The README documents installation through Homebrew, MacPorts, Cargo, and Nix, and the batch input also records Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix packages. Repository metadata captured during this run showed more than one thousand GitHub stars within roughly two years of creation, suggesting fast adoption among Apple Silicon power users and monitoring hobbyists. ### How it is used Interactive use runs the TUI at a configurable interval. Scripted use centers on `macmon pipe` for JSON samples, while monitoring-stack use centers on `macmon serve`, which exposes `/json` and `/metrics` endpoints and can install a launchd agent at `~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.macmon.plist`. ### Why package nerds care macmon is notable because Apple Silicon telemetry is useful to developers running local AI models, compilers, benchmarks, and long-lived services, but official user-facing tools expose only part of that picture. A package-manager-installable TUI plus Prometheus endpoint makes Mac hardware metrics fit into Unix-style pipelines and observability stacks. ### Timeline - 2024: Official GitHub repository created. - 2024: 0.4.x releases published late in the year. - 2025: 0.6.x releases added to the release stream. - 2026: 0.7.x releases published, with docs covering HTTP metrics and library use. ### Related projects - The README explicitly compares the motivation with `asitop` and `powermetrics`, and documents integration with Prometheus and Grafana. ### Sources - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** macmon - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Requirements:** arch, macos - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - macmon: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ma/macmon/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - MacPorts - macmon: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/macmon/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [asitop](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/asitop/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: apple-silicon, cli, macos, monitoring, system. - [devcockpit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/devcockpit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: apple-silicon, cli, macos, monitoring, system. - [mactop](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mactop/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: apple-silicon, cli, macos, monitoring, system. - [osx-cpu-temp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/osx-cpu-temp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, macos, monitoring, system. - [ansiweather](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ansiweather/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, system. - [bottom](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bottom/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, system. - [bpytop](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bpytop/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, system. - [btop](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/btop/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, system. - [m1ddc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/m1ddc/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: apple, apple-silicon, cli, macos, silicon. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/macmon.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/macmon.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph