Vitals launches app-first Mac monitor

Vitals makes a smart UX decision by organizing around the question developers actually ask—“which app is causing this?”—instead of exposing another wall of processes. It is not an AI product, but its local-first focus fits developers running browsers, IDEs, containers, and coding agents on resource-constrained Macs.

• –App-level rollups make Chrome, VS Code, Slack, and similar helper-heavy apps immediately understandable while retaining process-level drill-down.
• –30-day history and behavioral alerts turn performance debugging from a live scavenger hunt into proactive monitoring.
• –Project and port grouping is especially useful for finding forgotten dev servers, Docker workloads, and local agent infrastructure.
• –Native execution, no telemetry, and one-time pricing create a clear contrast with subscription-heavy Mac utilities, though macOS 15+ limits its audience.