NetGlance

NetGlance brings the clean, detailed, macOS-style network monitoring experience (similar to iStat Menus) directly to the Windows taskbar.

It features a lightweight, persistent taskbar overlay showing live upload and download speeds, paired with a modern, frameless pop-up dashboard for detailed analytics, historical graphs, and connection details.

✨ Features

• Taskbar Overlay: Real-time upload and download speeds embedded directly over your Windows taskbar.
• System Tray Icon: A proper notification area icon with quick-access context menu, following Windows conventions.
• macOS-Style Dashboard: A frameless, beautifully styled pop-up triggered via the system tray.
• Real-Time Analytics:
  • Live historical usage graphing (powered by pyqtgraph).
  • Total data usage tracking per session.
  • Local IP, physical MAC address, and active interface details.
  • Live latency (ping) and jitter monitoring.
• 2× Faster Updates: 0.5s polling interval for near-instant speed readings.
• Highly Optimized: Uses vectorized data processing to ensure near-zero CPU footprint.
• Theme Adaptive: Blends natively with Windows light and dark modes.

📸 NetGlance Demo

🚀 Installation & Usage

Get it from Microsoft Store (Recommended)

The easiest way to install and stay updated is through the Microsoft Store:

Using WinGet (Fastest CLI)

Go to windows terminal and run:

winget install sowmiksudo.Netglance

Manual Download

You do not need to install Python to use this app.

1. Go to the Releases page.
2. Download the latest NetGlance-Setup.exe or the portable .zip.
3. Run the executable. The widget will automatically appear in your taskbar!

For Developers (Build from Source)

If you want to run the code directly or contribute to the project:

1. Clone the repository:

git clone [https://github.com/sowmiksudo/NetGlance.git](https://github.com/sowmiksudo/NetGlance.git)
cd NetGlance

2. Create and activate a virtual environment:

python -m venv venv
venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install the dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run the application:

python src/monitor.py

🛠️ How it Works

• Double Left-Click the system tray icon to toggle the detailed Analytics Dashboard.
• Right-Click the system tray icon to access Settings or Exit the application.
• Click and Drag the taskbar overlay to reposition it if needed.

🙏 Acknowledgements & Credits

This project was built to expand upon the fantastic work done by the open-source community.

A massive thanks to erez-c137. The core network monitoring engine, Z-order taskbar positioning logic, and high-performance data vectorization in this application are heavily based on his brilliant NetSpeedTray project. If you are looking for a purely minimalist network monitor, I highly recommend checking out his original repo!

📜 License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPLv3). See the LICENSE file for details.

As a copyleft license, this guarantees that the software remains free and open-source forever. Any modifications or derivative works distributed from this codebase must also be open-source and licensed under GPLv3.

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Created by Shayer Mahmud Sowmik