Install while you’re connected.
Download Kilobat on your Mac and open it before leaving. Try the diagnostics and find the controls you’ll want on arrival.
Taking your Mac to China
China bound?
Bring Kilobat.
Sort out hotel Wi-Fi, see what your proxy is doing and save hotspot data for the work that matters.
Sound familiar?
- “The hotel Wi-Fi connects. My work apps don’t.”
- “Which app just used half my hotspot data?”
- “Is it the Wi-Fi, the proxy or the website?”
From the arrivals hall to your first demo.
Keep Kilobat in your menu bar as you move between hotel Wi-Fi, the venue and your phone.
- Check in
Find the Wi-Fi sign-in page.
If the usual sign-in checks keep failing while other internet probes work, Kilobat offers a one-time alternative check using Xiaomi. If it works, you can remember it for that Wi-Fi.
Free - Get to work
Find out where the connection breaks.
Use connection diagnostics for a website that won’t load. Inspect your system proxy and VPN, and see each app’s node and rule when your proxy exposes a Clash-compatible API.
Free - Switch to your phone
Keep updates off your data plan.
Mark your hotspot Metered and choose the apps allowed to connect. Set a data budget so a background download doesn’t use the allowance you need for your stay.
Pro - Before the demo
Check for stutters, not just speed.
Test latency and short connection drops before a call or presentation. Run a speed test when you have data to spare; it uses Cloudflare and measures that route.
Free - Find a good spot
Share the café with your friends.
Make a This place card with the café, your measured connection and useful tags. For a troublesome hotel connection, export a report with recorded outages and speed tests instead.
Free
A few minutes before you fly.
Set up your backup connection.
Connect your Mac to your phone at home. With Pro, mark it Metered, choose your allowed apps and set a budget that matches your plan.
Keep the travel guide handy.
Read the China internet guide for local Wi-Fi, roaming and connectivity planning. Arrange any VPN or proxy service separately.
What’s free, and what Pro adds
Free, for good
- Wi-Fi sign-in detection and the optional Xiaomi check
- Website connection diagnostics
- Per-app traffic and proxy inspection
- Speed, latency and stutter tests
- This place cards and connection reports
Pro, $29 once
- App blocking and allowed-app profiles
- Hotspot data budgets
- Usage history by app
- VPN kill switch for new connections
Pro is $29 once for two Macs, with a 7-day free trial and 14-day refunds. Free for students.
Questions
Is Kilobat a VPN?
No. It helps you understand and manage your Mac’s connection, including an existing proxy or VPN. It does not supply a tunnel or proxy nodes.
Does the China Wi-Fi check run automatically?
The suggestion itself makes no request to Xiaomi. Click Try alternative check to run it once, then choose Use on this network to remember it. You can also enable the China sign-in check in Settings → Network. Xiaomi receives your public IP when its check runs.
Does it work with my proxy?
Kilobat inspects system proxies and VPN connections. Per-app node and rule information needs a reachable Clash-compatible controller. See proxy support.
Can I start for free?
Yes. Traffic monitoring, diagnostics and sharing are free. Pro adds blocking, profiles, budgets and history for $29 once, with a 7-day free trial.
Pack a little less Wi-Fi guesswork.
Download for Mac ↓
brew install seifip/kilobat/kilobat