ServerCat - SSH Terminal — Mac download

If you treat Terminal like a blank notepad, ServerCat is more like a structured dashboard. It takes the same SSH account you already use and layers live server metrics on top, reading data directly from the /proc file system rather than relying on extra agents.

• Live memory usage, network traffic, network speed, and TCP statistics pulled from the server
• Docker container status and resource usage, shown alongside host metrics
• A built-in SSH client so you can switch from dashboards to a terminal session in the same window
• No third-party tools or daemons installed on the Linux boxes you connect to
• Available in English, Vietnamese, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Japanese

It works on macOS 14.1 and later, on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs. The latest update sorts a memory reporting bug and adds support for the newer operating system versions.

Extend session timeouts and speed up metrics refresh

• Background SSH timeout. Default is short. Extend it under Preferences > Terminal if you flip between containers and need the session alive.
• Metrics refresh interval. The out-of-box rate is fine for idle servers, but drop it to 5 seconds for boxes under load. Found in the dashboard panel gear icon.
• CPU core view. Per-core graphs are off by default. Turn them on. A single pinned core tells you more than a flat average.
• Credential encryption passphrase. The AES key defaults to device-only storage. Set a separate passphrase if you plan to sync credentials later.

Workflow: chasing a noisy container

1. Open ServerCat and tap the server tile. The dashboard loads CPU, memory, and disk IOPS at a glance.
2. Switch to the Docker tab. Sort containers by CPU %. One container sits at 90% — that is your suspect.
3. Tap the container name to pull its live stats: memory curve, network throughput, block I/O.
4. Long-press the container and choose Terminal. A shell opens inside the container, same window, no separate app launch.
5. Run top -n1 to confirm the offending process, then docker logs --tail 200 on the container to scan the last lines.
6. Decide: restart, kill the process, or adjust a resource limit. Everything you need is inside one session.

• Added support for iOS 27 and macOS 27.
• Fixed a bug where memory usage was shown as 100% on some Macs.

• macOS 14.1 or later
• Apple Silicon or Intel 64-bit