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Vitals 1.0

Windows 10 and 11, and macOS 13 or later. There are no dated plans for Linux.

Ways to install

1. Microsoft Store — Vitals: System Monitor. No SmartScreen warning, and the Store keeps it updated. The Store build leaves out the built-in updater, the Task Manager replacement and the optional sensors service.
2. winget — winget install Vitals.Vitals
3. Scoop — scoop bucket add vitals https://github.com/dragoscv/scoop-vitals, then scoop install vitals/vitals
4. Installer — the files below. SmartScreen warns on first run; see why.
5. Chocolatey — choco install vitals. The 1.0 package is pending moderation; until it is approved only an old 0.9 pre-release is listed.

winget and Scoop update with every release automatically.

Files

File	Platform	Status
Vitals_x64-setup.exe	Windows, x64	Stable
Vitals_arm64-setup.exe	Windows, ARM64	Preview
Vitals_universal.dmg	macOS 13+, Apple silicon and Intel	Preview
SHA256SUMS.txt	Checksums for all files	—

These links always point at the latest release. Older versions and release notes are on the releases page.

Phone, watch and TV

Every GitHub release carries three Android APKs: Vitals_<version>_android.apk for phones, _wear.apk for Wear OS and _tv.apk for Android and Google TV. Each monitors the device it runs on and can watch paired Windows PCs on your local network. Android asks you to allow installs from your browser or file manager the first time. Google Play listings are coming later.

The iPhone app, Vitals: System Monitor, watches paired PCs and Macs on your local network. It is in Apple’s review; the App Store link appears here once it is approved.

macOS

The disk image is signed with a Developer ID and notarised by Apple, so it opens without a warning. Drag Vitals to Applications. It reads processor, memory, swap, disks, network, temperatures and every process of your user, and can end, pause or reprioritise them. Readings a Mac does not report — committed memory, per-process graphics use — show as a dash, never as zero.

System requirements

• Windows 10 version 1809 or later, or Windows 11.
• An x64 or ARM64 processor.
• Microsoft Edge WebView2. It ships with Windows 11 and current Windows 10; the installer adds it automatically if it is missing.

Verify the download

Every release is built by a public GitHub Actions workflow and carries a signed build attestation. With the GitHub CLI installed:

gh attestation verify .\Vitals_x64-setup.exe --repo dragoscv/vitals

A successful result proves the file was built from this repository by its release workflow, and names the exact commit. To compare checksums instead:

Get-FileHash .\Vitals_x64-setup.exe -Algorithm SHA256

and look for the same value in SHA256SUMS.txt.

Windows SmartScreen

The first time you run the installer, Windows may show “Windows protected your PC”. That is expected.

• Why: the installer is not signed with a commercial code-signing certificate. Those cost several hundred euros a year, and SmartScreen trusts a file only after many people have run it. An unknown publisher is warned about by default.
• What to do: select More info, then Run anyway.
• How to be sure it is safe: verify the attestation or checksum above before you run it. That is a stronger guarantee than a certificate, because it ties the file to the public source code that produced it.

Silent install

The installer asks one question: install for you only, or for everyone on this PC. To script it:

.\Vitals_x64-setup.exe /S /CurrentUser

/CurrentUser installs to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Vitals with no administrator prompt. /AllUsers installs to Program Files for everyone and needs administrator rights.

Updates

The installer build checks for a new version in the background shortly after it starts. When one is found it is downloaded, its signature is verified, and it is installed when you quit the app, or after ten minutes away from the PC while Vitals is only in the tray. It is never started while Windows is restarting or signing you out, which would cut the setup off. An update with a missing or wrong signature is refused. You can turn the check off in Settings → About. The Microsoft Store build is updated by the Store instead.

Installed for you only, an update needs no administrator approval. Installed for everyone, Windows asks an administrator to approve each update, so Vitals does not install it on quit, where nobody would see the prompt. Choose Restart to update in Settings → About or in the tray menu instead. Copies installed by Vitals 1.0.3 or earlier move to a per-user install on their next update, and Settings → About then offers to remove the old copy in Program Files.

Uninstall

Open Settings → Apps → Installed apps in Windows, find Vitals and choose Uninstall. Your settings and history in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Vitals are kept, so a reinstall picks up where you left off. Delete that folder to remove them too.