Speedify — Network Speed Monitor

A minimal, always-on-top network speed monitor that sits quietly on your desktop as a sleek, borderless pill-shaped overlay — showing real-time download and upload speeds at a glance.

🌐 Landing Page  ·  Releases  ·  Report Issue

[!NOTE] Click the button above to download the latest Windows installer directly. No Python installation required.

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✨ Features

• 📊 Real-time monitoring — Live download (↓) and upload (↑) speeds, updated every second
• 🧮 Adaptive units — Automatically switches between KB/s, Mbps, and Gbps
• 💊 Pill-shaped overlay — Borderless, transparent glassmorphism-style window
• 🎯 Always on top — Stays visible above all other applications (toggleable)
• 🖱️ Draggable — Click and drag to reposition anywhere on screen
• 💾 Persistent position — Remembers where you left it between sessions
• 🎨 Dynamic color tinting — Colors intensify as speeds increase
• ⚡ Lightweight — Minimal CPU and memory footprint

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📸 Preview

Demo shows real-time speed updates, drag-to-reposition, and transparency effect. (Replace docs/preview.gif with an actual screen recording to display the demo.)

Element	Detail
Window Size	Auto-sizing pill (~32px tall)
Download color	Teal #00D4AA
Upload color	Coral #FF6B6B
Background	Dark #1e1e1e with chroma-key transparency
Font	Segoe UI Bold 10pt

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🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Python 3.6 or higher
• pip

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/aswin-blix/speedify2
cd speedify

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

Run

python speedify.py

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🎮 Usage

Action	How
Move the window	Click and drag anywhere on the pill
Close	Click the × button
Toggle Always on Top	Right-click → Always on Top
Reset Position	Right-click → Reset Position

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📋 Requirements

psutil>=5.8.0

Tkinter is included with Python's standard library — no extra install needed.

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🔧 Technical Details

Component	Technology
GUI Framework	Tkinter (Python standard library)
Network Stats	psutil
Threading	threading.Thread (daemon)
Transparency	Windows chroma-key via wm_attributes
Speed Averaging	8-sample sliding window
Config Storage	JSON in %APPDATA%\Speedify\config.json

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📁 Project Structure

speedify2/
├── speedify.py        # Main application
├── installer.py       # Installer script
├── build.bat          # Build script (PyInstaller)
├── speedify.spec      # PyInstaller spec
├── installer.spec     # Installer PyInstaller spec
├── network_icon.ico   # App icon
├── requirements.txt   # Python dependencies
├── CONTRIBUTING.md    # Contributor guide
├── docs/
│   └── preview.gif    # Demo screen recording (placeholder)
├── .github/
│   └── ISSUE_TEMPLATE/
│       ├── bug_report.md
│       └── feature_request.md
└── README.md

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🏗️ Building an Executable

A build.bat and PyInstaller spec are included to package the app as a standalone .exe.

build.bat

The output will be in the dist/ folder.

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📄 License

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.

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Made with ❤️ using Python + Tkinter