SpeedTickr

A tiny live network speed meter for your taskbar, menu bar, and panel.
Your real-time download & upload usage, always in view — on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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Features

• Live speed where you can see it — the Windows taskbar, the macOS menu bar, or the Linux top panel. Download and upload, side by side.
• Your unit — bps, Kbps, Mbps, Gbps, or Tbps.
• Readable — Small, Medium, or Large text (Windows).
• Always on — starts when you sign in, and you can turn that off.
• Featherlight — a few MB of memory and almost no CPU. One small file — no installer, no admin.
• Private & accurate — measures locally, sends nothing anywhere, and never double-counts on a VPN.

Install

One command. It picks the right build for your system, verifies its checksum, installs it for your user only (no admin), and launches it — the meter appears right away and starts at login automatically. There's nothing else to set up, and no installer left behind.

Windows 10 & 11

PowerShell:

irm https://speedtickr.com/install.ps1 | iex

Command Prompt (cmd):

curl -fsSL https://speedtickr.com/install.cmd -o install.cmd && install.cmd && del install.cmd

Your speed appears on the taskbar, next to the clock.

macOS & Linux

curl -fsSL https://speedtickr.com/install.sh | sh

Your speed appears in the menu bar (macOS) or the top panel / tray (Linux).

_{Pin a version with SPEEDTICKR_VERSION=v1.0.0, or change where it installs with BIN_DIR=… (macOS/Linux) or SPEEDTICKR_DIR=… (Windows). Prefer to do it by hand? Download a binary and its SHA256SUMS from the releases page.}

To uninstall, right-click the meter → untick Start at login → Quit, then delete the binary. Nothing else is touched.

Using it

Right-click the meter (or its tray icon) to open the menu:

Option	What it does
Units	bps · Kbps · Mbps · Gbps · Tbps
Update interval	0.5 s · 1 s · 2 s · 5 s
Font size	Small · Medium · Large (Windows)
Start at login	on by default — untick to disable
Quit	close SpeedTickr

Hover over the meter for the exact figures. Your choices are saved automatically.

Good to know

• Why a slim bar instead of inside the Windows 11 taskbar? Microsoft removed taskbar add-ons in Windows 11, so SpeedTickr draws its own bar right on the taskbar — the closest thing that still works on Windows 10 and 11.
• On a VPN? The numbers stay correct — it follows whichever connection actually reaches the internet.
• GNOME tray missing? GNOME needs the AppIndicator extension once for the meter to show in the top bar. KDE, XFCE, Cinnamon, and MATE work as-is.
• Downloaded by hand instead? A browser-downloaded build is unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen (More info → Run anyway) or macOS Gatekeeper (right-click → Open) may prompt once. The install command above isn't affected, because a curl/irm download isn't quarantined.
• Moved the file? If you relocate it after enabling auto-start, toggle Start at login off and on again.

Build from source

Requires Go 1.26+:

go build -ldflags="-H windowsgui" -o speedtickr.exe ./cmd/speedtickr   # Windows
go build -o speedtickr ./cmd/speedtickr                                # macOS / Linux

The build is pure Go (CGO_ENABLED=0), so every target cross-compiles from any OS — e.g. CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=darwin GOARCH=arm64 go build ./cmd/speedtickr. No C toolchain or SDK needed.

License

MIT — see LICENSE. Issues and pull requests welcome.