D-CSIL Tools · Free for macOS
Process Radar
See what’s really eating your Mac’s RAM — especially local AI — and free it without Terminal.
Free download · Support the lab anytime
Derrington Collaborative Synthetic Intelligence Labs
What it is
A menu bar utility for people who run local models.
Process Radar sits in your menu bar as Radar. It highlights top RAM consumers and AI backends with names you can read, memory that lines up with Activity Monitor, and quit controls for processes you own. No account. Runs entirely on your Mac.
Real names
Activity Monitor says python or llama-server. Radar shows MLX Serve: Qwen…, LM Studio models, agents, and more.
Memory that matches
Uses Activity Monitor–style footprint so a multi-GB local model does not look like “10 MB.”
Quit what you own
Quit or force-quit your processes from the menu bar. Root/system helpers are marked protected — no silent fail.
Install
Getting started
- 01Download the zip and double-click it to unzip — Process Radar.app will appear in your Downloads folder.
- 02Drag Process Radar.app to your Applications folder. This is required for Launch at Login to work correctly.
- 03Double-click Process Radar.app in Applications to launch it. macOS may ask if you want to open it — click Open.
- 04Radar appears in your menu bar (top-right corner). Click it to see top RAM consumers and AI backends.
- 05To quit and remove it from the menu bar: click Radar → Quit Process Radar.
- 06To uninstall completely: quit the app, then drag Process Radar.app from Applications to the Trash.
Requirements: macOS 13 or later. Apple silicon recommended. Move the app to your Applications folder before first launch.
Download ProcessRadar-1.0.0.zipSupport the Lab
Free to download. Optional support for D-CSIL.
Process Radar is free. If it helps you reclaim RAM or see what local AI is actually running, you can support Derrington Collaborative Synthetic Intelligence Labs. Funds go back into lab tools, models, and research. No paywall — download now, support whenever (including months later).
Publisher
Derrington Collaborative Synthetic Intelligence Labs (D-CSIL). Process Radar is a lab utility — not an App Store product and not affiliated with Apple.
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