Native macOS Menu Bar App
Before you close your laptop or switch machines.
Every developer leaves work behind by accident: a half-finished fix sitting uncommitted in an obscure repo, two commits ahead of origin you forgot to push, or an accidental detached HEAD from a bisect. GitMon surfaces them all in your menu bar with zero subprocess polling.
macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later • 14-day unrestricted trial • No account required
GitMon
Zero Friction, Zero Spurious Subprocesses
Built for developers with dozens of repositories.
Other tools loop git status across hundreds of folders in background shell scripts, pegging your CPU fans. GitMon directly reads Git index and ref data in single-digit milliseconds.
⚡ Direct Git Index Parsing
Reads .git/HEAD, packed refs, and binary index stat caches natively in Swift. Detects modified, untracked, and deleted files instantaneously without spawning bash or git processes.
🚀 Ahead & Behind Upstream
Traces commit graphs against upstream remote tracking branches so you always know when local commits need a git push before you close your laptop.
🧹 Stale Branch & Detached Auditing
Flags detached HEAD states immediately and surfaces branches that were merged weeks ago or untouched for 30+ days, keeping your tab completion clean.
Safety & Architecture
Completely rootless. 100% read-only.
GitMon requires zero elevated privileges, installs no background system daemons, and performs zero writes to your Git repositories. It will never run automated commits, rebases, or destructive pushes that could lose your code.
Jump directly into any repository in your favorite terminal (Terminal, iTerm, Ghostty, Warp), editor (VS Code, Cursor, Xcode), or Finder with one click.
Simple, Transparent Pricing
Own it forever.
Includes 12 months of updates • Optional $9/year renewal to extend updates
- Use on up to 3 Macs simultaneously
- Self-service activation reset portal
- Sub-millisecond status & unpushed detection
- Detached HEAD & stale branch audit
- 14-day fully-featured offline trial
- 14-day no-questions-asked refund guarantee
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know.
Will GitMon drain my battery or burn CPU in the background?
No. GitMon consumes zero CPU when the menu bar popover is closed. It does not run background polling loops or heavy filesystem crawlers. Scanning only occurs when you open the menu bar window or click refresh.
Does GitMon shell out to `git status`?
No. Shelling out to git hundreds of times in subprocesses is notoriously slow on macOS. GitMon parses Git metadata directly from the .git directory and compares working tree file modification times with the Git index in pure Swift.
Can GitMon commit or push my code automatically?
No. GitMon is strictly read-only by design. It will never perform automated commits, amends, stashes, or pushes that could accidentally clobber or alter your working tree.
How does GitMon find my repositories?
By default, GitMon scans common developer folders such as ~/personal, ~/Projects, ~/dev, ~/src, and ~/code. You can easily add or remove custom folders in Settings.