whatcable

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What it does

An editorial selection.

Mac menu-bar app that tells you in plain English what each USB-C cable can do (speed, wattage) and why charging is slow.

Why it is listed

Settles "which cable is which" in seconds.

GitHub describes it as: macOS menu bar app that tells you, in plain English, what each USB-C cable plugged into your Mac can actually do

Counts were observed on 27/10/2026, 23:15:40 UTC. Observations older than 36 hours are excluded from current movement rankings.

Repository at a glance

Stars: 9,034
Forks: 279
Open issues: 35
Merged PRs: 136
Commits, last 30 days: 32
Stars, 7 days: unavailable
Stars, 30 days: unavailable

Counts observed on 27/10/2026, 23:15:40 UTC. Growth uses complete dated windows; see Methodology.

History

History: 2 observations, 2026-10-27 to 2026-10-28. Dots are observations; lines connect consecutive daily observations only.

Project details

Language: Swift
Licence: Other licence — check terms
Created: 1 May 2026
Last push: 13 Oct 2026
Latest release: v1.5.0 · 13 Oct 2026
Category: Desktop & Device Utilities
Topics: apple-silicon hardware-info iokit mac-app macos menubar menubar-app swift swiftui thunderbolt
Observed: 2026-10-27 23:15:40 UTC

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Development context

These are observations of work in the repository. They do not establish quality, security or support commitments.

Total commits on default branch: 1,116
Open pull requests: 4
Closed issues, lifetime: 407
Median time to close an issue: 47.4 days
Median time to merge a pull request: 0.1 days

Close and merge times use up to 20 most recently updated closed issues or merged pull requests. They omit unresolved work and are context, not a maintenance score. Sample limits.

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