# max-mapper/monu

menubar process monitor mac app [ALPHA]

Repository: https://github.com/max-mapper/monu
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/monu
Homepage: https://github.com/maxogden/monu/releases
Language: CSS
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2018-01-28T06:09:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4184, "days_push": 3139, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1107, forks 69 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:36.586320+00:00)

## What it is
Monu is an open-source macOS menu bar application that launches configured processes on startup and automatically restarts them if they crash. It is built on Electron and the 'mon' process monitor, configured via a JSON file.

## Use cases
- keep local dev servers running and auto-restart them on crash
- run background processes on my mac from the menu bar
- supervise multiple node processes with automatic restarts
- launch a set of commands automatically when my mac starts
- get logs and pid files for managed processes on macOS

## When to choose
- you want a simple GUI menubar process supervisor on macOS
- you need automatic restart of crashed local processes with minimal setup
- you prefer JSON-configured process management without launchd plist editing

## When to avoid
- you need a production-grade or actively maintained supervisor
- you are on Linux or Windows since it is macOS-only
- you need features beyond basic start/restart such as health checks or clustering

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: monitoring, scheduling, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, monitoring, operating-systems
- platform: -
- tags: menubar-app, process-monitor, process-supervisor, electron-app, alpha, devops, macos, desktop, electron

## Member repositories
- max-mapper/monu (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:36.586320+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:44:02.519496+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/max-mapper/monu (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:36.586320+00:00, sha 5e8b6427cbbb)
  - homepage: https://github.com/maxogden/monu/releases (fetched 2026-08-29T12:47:30.652238+00:00, sha e683a3c3a230)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.