Netfox is live — and now on Product Hunt
The first native macOS network monitor is here — and we need your vote.
Hey there,
Welcome to the very first Netfox newsletter. If you’re reading this, you probably care about knowing what’s happening on your home network — without handing your data to someone else’s cloud. That’s exactly why Netfox exists.
What is Netfox?
Netfox is a native macOS network monitor. Open it, and you see every device on your local network — Apple gadgets, smart TVs, IoT sensors, printers, guest phones — in one live window.
It combines five discovery protocols (Bonjour, ARP, SSDP, NetBIOS, and active probing) so it catches devices that single-protocol scanners miss. Every device gets a full history: first seen, last seen, every online/offline transition, every IP or hostname change. That timeline persists across launches.
Five types of alerts keep you informed: new device, returning after long absence, risky arrival, port-state change, new service discovered.
And a one-click Security Scan checks common ports on every reachable device, with findings explained in plain English — no sysadmin log to decode.
It’s built 100% in SwiftUI for macOS 15+. No Electron, no web views. No cloud, no account, no telemetry. Your data stays on your Mac.
It’s free.
We’re on Product Hunt
This week I launched Netfox on Product Hunt, and the response has been incredible. We’ve already collected 86 upvotes and 68 followers — and the feedback from the community has been genuinely helpful.
If you haven’t yet, I’d really appreciate your support:
👉 Vote for Netfox on Product Hunt
Every upvote helps more people discover Netfox.
What’s in v0.3.2
The current release is v0.3.2. You can download it directly from the Netfox website or from the GitHub releases page:
🔗 https://netfox.app
🔗 https://github.com/gfazioli/netfox-website/releases/latest
What’s next
This is just the beginning. I’m actively working on new features and improvements — and this newsletter is where you’ll hear about them first.
Got ideas? Found a bug? I want to hear from you. Reply to this email or open an issue on GitHub:
🔗 https://github.com/gfazioli/netfox-website/issues
Thanks for being here from day one.