Silicon Info

January 3, 2021 · View on GitHub

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Silicon Info is a tiny menu bar application allows the user to quickly view the architecture of the currently running application.

Useful for quickly determining if an application is running natively on Apple Silicon or running via Rosetta 2.

Update: Now on the Mac App Store

ARM

Installation

Download from Mac App Store

Download from Homebrew

  • brew install --cask silicon-info

Download release from Github

  • Download zip from repo
  • Move .app file to Applications folder
  • Open application
  • If “Silicon Info.app can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software" appears, open Systems Preferences to the Security and Privacy window. ARM
  • Select "Open Anyway"

Screenshots

Indicator icon in status bar

Indicator-icon

Example of a native ARM application

ARM

Example of an application running using Rosetta

x86