AppPolice/AppPolice
MacOS app for quickly limiting CPU usage by running applications observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4661
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1092
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1136 stars · 87 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
AppPolice is a macOS application with a minimalistic UI that lets users quickly throttle down the CPU usage of any running process. It is a native Objective-C app distributed as a .dmg, requiring OS X Lion 10.7 or newer.
Use cases
- limit cpu usage of a runaway process on mac
- throttle an app that is overheating my laptop
- reduce cpu consumption of background applications
- slow down a game to keep the fan quiet
- cap process cpu usage without terminal commands
When to choose
- you need a simple GUI to throttle CPU on macOS
- you want a lightweight native app rather than CLI tools like cgroups or cpulimit equivalents
- you are on OS X 10.7 or newer
When to avoid
- you are on Linux or Windows
- you need per-thread or fine-grained resource control
- you need an actively developed tool with recent updates
Facets
application · maturity maintenance
gui developer-tools desktop-applications developer-tools operating-systems cpu-throttling process-management system-utility objective-c macos desktop
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/AppPolice/AppPolice · fetched 2026-08-28 · 6be6d1478e58
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| AppPolice/AppPolice | main | 23 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="AppPolice/AppPolice")
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