Mac menu-bar traffic attribution

See which processes and which Wi-Fi ate your hotspot data this month

Problem

Remote development over a phone hotspot can burn nearly 10 GB a day, but the carrier only tells you the total, not where it went — remote desktop, dev tools, browser, or background downloads? macOS built-in tools can't attribute traffic clearly by process or by Wi-Fi network name, leaving users guessing.

Solution

A ~1MB macOS menu-bar app showing today / yesterday / this-month total up and down traffic, per-process rankings with search and sort, network differentiation by real Wi-Fi name (e.g. phone hotspot), and live speed in the menu bar. Fully local, no server required.

Users

Mac users doing remote dev on phone hotspots or metered networks, home-office developers tracking data usage

MVP

Live up/down speed in the menu bar; today / yesterday / month totals; per-process traffic ranking and search; distinguish networks by Wi-Fi name; minimal resource footprint

Revenue

Free basic tier plus one-time Pro purchase (history trends, export, threshold alerts)

Why now

Remote work and hotspot tethering are now common while macOS traffic attribution remains missing; single-machine collection makes this a weekend-shippable indie project