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Network Monitor

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A small widget for Windows that keeps your live latency, download, and upload speeds on the desktop.

Network Monitor ticking through live latency, download, and upload

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Hover for a 60-second sparkline and the stats behind it: min/avg/max, jitter, packet loss, and session totals.

Hover tooltip showing a latency sparkline with min/avg/max, jitter, and packet loss

Light, dark, or auto

Network Monitor in dark mode

Vertical or horizontal

Network Monitor as a horizontal strip

✨ Features

  • Three live readings: round-trip latency (ping), download speed, and upload speed, updated every second.
  • Hover for history: a 60-second sparkline with min/avg/max, jitter, packet loss, and session totals.
  • Pick your adapter: measure every network adapter combined, or single one out from the menu.
  • Bits or bytes: switch between Mb/s and MB/s; units auto-scale from K to T as traffic changes.
  • Vertical or horizontal: a slim column or a wide strip, so it fits any edge of your screen.
  • Light, dark, or auto: pick a theme, or let Auto follow the Windows light/dark mode and accent color.
  • Resize instantly: drag the size slider, or hold Ctrl and scroll over the widget to scale it.
  • Stays where you want: keep it on top of other windows, drag it anywhere, and it remembers where you left it.
  • Copy on demand: double-click, or right-click → Copy, to grab the current numbers.
  • Starts with Windows: optionally launch on sign-in, and check for updates in one click from the menu.
  • Honest numbers: stale readings dim, lost pings show as gaps, and it recovers on its own after drops.
  • Light on resources: one tiny reading per second, published exactly when the system clock ticks.

🚀 Install

Option 1: Installer (recommended)

  1. Download Install.Network.Monitor.msi from the latest release.
  2. Run it, then launch Network Monitor from the Start menu.

Option 2: Portable

  1. Download Network.Monitor.exe from the latest release.
  2. Run it — no installation needed.

🕹️ Using it

  • Move it: drag the widget anywhere on screen.
  • Resize it: hold Ctrl and scroll over it, or use the Size slider in the menu.
  • Hover it: hold the cursor over any reading for a sparkline and detailed stats from the last minute.
  • Options: right-click for network adapter, bits/bytes, orientation, theme, stay-on-top, etc.
  • Latency is measured by pinging 8.8.8.8 (Google DNS); download and upload count all adapters, or one you pick.

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