Missed DU Meter So Hard I Built My Own โ Free, Open-Source
DU Meter in 2008: perfect. Every modern alternative: paid, ad-laden, or buried in a bloated โsuite.โ
So I wrote the widget I actually wanted. NetMon. Thatโs the whole product.
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.NET 8 ยท WinForms ยท ~46 MB ยท MIT-spirit ยท no admin
๐๏ธ What's Inside
Live โ compact up/down readout, always-on-top
Graph โ real-time mini chart in the same bar
History โ daily + monthly usage, CSV export
Alert โ optional data-cap warning
VPN-aware โ no double-count under WARP, WireGuard, OpenVPN, Tailscale
Snap-to-edge โ drag near a screen edge, locks in
Transparency โ solid, gradient, or see-through
Hotkey โ โ Win + โง Shift + N to show/hide
Single-instance โ wonโt launch twice
Autostart โ optional, off by default
๐ซ What It's NOT
Not a network-monitoring suite. Not a packet sniffer. Not a firewall. Not a per-app bandwidth breakdown.
Just. The. Widget.
If you want the full stack โ use GlassWire or NetLimiter. If you want the 2008 DU Meter feeling โ use this.
๐ฅ Grab It
Download โ v1.4 release
Source โ github.com/aungkokomm/NetMon
Bugs / ideas โ Issues
Runs on Windows 10 / 11. Installs per-user, no UAC prompt. Free forever. Fork it if you want.
Quick Hits
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Built for myself. Shared because I canโt be the only one who missed it.
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