Know if your VPN
is on. Always

A tiny macOS app that lives in your menu bar and tells you — at a glance — whether your VPN is active.

Download How it works

Everything you need. Nothing you don't

Instant detection

Reacts to VPN changes in under a second via live network interface monitoring — no polling delay.

Drop alerts

Get notified immediately when your VPN unexpectedly disconnects — or when it reconnects.

Public IP display

See your current public IP address in the menu when connected, so you can verify the tunnel is routing correctly.

Zero data collection

No accounts, no analytics, no tracking. The only network request is to fetch your IP from ipinfo.io — and only when connected.

Truly lightweight

Pure AppKit, ~6 Swift files, no dependencies. Negligible CPU and memory footprint.

Launch at login

Set it once and forget it. VPN Status starts silently with macOS and stays out of the way.

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VPN Status

Free — macOS 12 Monterey or later

macOS 12+ Apple Silicon & Intel No account required
Mac App Store ↗ Direct Download

Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 2026

VPN Status does not collect, store, or share any personal data. It runs entirely on your device.

What the app does

VPN Status monitors your Mac's network interfaces to detect whether a VPN tunnel is active. When a connection is detected, it makes a single network request to display your current public IP address in the menu.

Data collected

None. VPN Status does not collect, transmit, or store any personal information, usage data, analytics, crash reports, or identifiers of any kind.

Network requests

The only outbound request made by VPN Status is:

GET https://ipinfo.io/json

This request is made solely to retrieve your current public IP address for display in the menu. It is sent to ipinfo.io, a third-party IP lookup service. VPN Status does not control ipinfo.io's data practices — refer to their privacy policy for details.

Local storage

VPN Status stores one preference locally on your device using macOS UserDefaults: whether to launch at login. No IP addresses, network data, or personally identifiable information is ever written to disk.

No third-party SDKs

VPN Status contains no third-party SDKs, advertising frameworks, analytics libraries, or crash reporting tools.

Contact

Questions? Reach out via 100k31d.co.

Terms of Use

Last updated: April 2026

Acceptance

By downloading or using VPN Status ("the App"), you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the App.

License

VPN Status is provided for personal and commercial use. You may not reverse-engineer, modify, resell, or redistribute the App without explicit written permission from the developer.

No warranty

The App is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied. VPN Status indicates whether a VPN interface is active on your device — it does not guarantee that your VPN provider is functioning correctly, that your traffic is encrypted, or that your connection is private.

VPN Status is a status indicator, not a security tool. Always verify your VPN connection through your VPN provider's own app or dashboard for security-critical use cases.

Limitation of liability

The developer shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from the use or inability to use the App, including but not limited to data loss, security incidents, or reliance on the App's connection status indicator.

Third-party services

The App uses ipinfo.io to display your public IP address when connected. Use of that service is subject to ipinfo.io's own terms and privacy policy, which are independent of VPN Status.

Changes

These terms may be updated from time to time. Continued use of the App after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

Contact

For questions about these terms, contact us at go@100k31d.co.