Zenrabansho

A meditative system monitor

Only for Mac

Free · In‑App Purchases

Mac

Zenrabansho is a meditative system monitor that renders your Mac's state as a single mandala. The opposite of Activity Monitor, it visualizes CPU, memory, disk, and network as a radial geometric pattern. ■ What it does - Samples CPU usage, memory pressure, disk I/O, and network throughput every second - Maps each resource to mandala rings, petals, and rays - Animates the system as breath and pulse - Lets you sense your Mac's condition at a glance ■ Four display modes 1. Full — mandala plus metric cards and help 2. Mandala-only — pure visualization in a circular window 3. Wallpaper background — pinned at desktop level 4. Foreground overlay — translucent on top of all windows Opacity is adjustable from 1% to 100% so the visualization can sit gently at the edge of your attention without disturbing work. ■ Twelve visuals Four themes for the classic four-resource mandala: - Kongokai — traditional gold and vermilion - Taizokai — compassionate blue and indigo - Sumi-e — black-and-white Zen extreme - Neon — modern mandala glowing in the dark Eight styles for the eight-indicator mandala: - Samurai — blade strikes and indigo armor - Sakura — endlessly drifting cherry blossoms - Cosmic — galaxies and nebulae - Zen — a golden sanctum with a Buddha silhouette - Kintsugi — a black raku vessel where load leaves golden cracks - Unryu — an ink-and-gold dragon wrapped in distant thunder - Gekko — fireflies and moon phases in a night garden - Karesansui — a raked-sand rock garden that breathes The eight-indicator mandala renders CPU, memory usage, memory pressure, swap, disk capacity, disk I/O, network, and battery (or process pressure) in a single mandala. The menu bar icon itself is a 12-petal lotus that pulses at its center under CPU load. ■ Your data never leaves your Mac The app itself makes no network connections and collects no data. Optional tips are processed by Apple's App Store; the developer receives no personal data. Everything runs locally on your device. App Sandbox and Hardened Runtime are both enabled. ■ Tip Jar (optional) From the tip jar, you can send the developer an optional tip (Small Tip ¥300 / Generous Tip ¥1,000 / Grand Tip ¥3,000). It's a tip to support the developer — not a donation to any temple, shrine, charity, or third party. Nothing is unlocked. ■ Made for - Developers who want something contemplative to look at while builds and inferences run - Creatives who prefer to feel system load rather than read it - Anyone who loves screen-saver-like meditative visuals - People drawn to mindfulness and Zen aesthetics ■ Use cases - Watch your Mac "breathe" full-screen while a heavy build runs - Glance at the menu bar in the morning to sense how the machine feels - Leave the mandala painting your Mac's state as a desktop background while you are away - Use it as a tasteful background during presentations - Spot resource anomalies (memory spikes, runaway I/O) as visual disturbances ■ Requirements macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later. Universal binary for Apple Silicon and Intel. ■ From the developer This was built to fill the gap between numerical accuracy and the desire to keep looking. May this small tool help you observe your Mac — your tiny universe — with a little more stillness.

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The app icon has been refreshed to the standard macOS rounded-rectangle shape, so it sits beautifully alongside other apps in the Dock and Launchpad. No functional changes.

Version 1.2.1

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    Information

    Seller
    KEISUKE OIKAWA
    Size
    35 MB
    Category
    Utilities
    Compatibility
    Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
    Languages
    English and Japanese
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    • Grand Tip $19.99
    • Generous Tip $5.99
    • Small Tip $1.99
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    Copyright
    © 2026 Keisuke Oikawa
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