Every widget here is a real recording from the app, at the size it runs.
Net SpeedA taskbar widget for Windows 10 and 11Pro
Net Speed puts the two numbers you check during a download on the taskbar, and draws them the way network traffic has always been drawn: received above the line, sent below it, one axis between them. That convention is why the graph needs no labels — you can see a download arrive, level off and finish without reading anything. The scale follows the last minute and comes back down slowly, so a steady transfer stays a steady shape instead of surging every time the graph rescales. Idle is a real state and looks like one, rather than like a widget that has stopped. Click it for peak speeds, the adapter's own received and sent totals, and how much has moved since you opened it. Set it to bits if you think in the numbers your ISP quotes.
Where it runs
What it does
- Received above the line, sent below — the router-graph convention, at strip size
- A minute of history that rescales slowly, so steady traffic looks steady
- Download and upload in cyan and magenta, distinguishable at three pixels
- Idle reads as idle instead of as a broken widget
- Flyout with peak down and up, adapter totals, and traffic since you opened it
- Bytes or bits, because ISPs quote one and file managers the other
- Follows the taskbar's own colour, and re-matches when the theme changes
- Redraws correctly when moved to a display with different scaling
What you can change
- Units
Put it on your desktop
Free download — this one needs Pro to run.