diff --git a/MANUAL.md b/MANUAL.md
index 04671a5..f9d2c9b 100644
--- a/MANUAL.md
+++ b/MANUAL.md
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ The main window has three parts, stacked top to bottom:
 
   1. A **menu bar** at the top with four menus — _File_ , _Record_ , _Options_ and _Help_. See Menus.
   2. A **row of tabs** with three tabs — Connectivity, Audio inputs and outputs, Audio profile. Each tab has its own Alt+letter shortcuts that only work when that tab is the one showing — so the same letter can do different things on different tabs without clashing.
-  3. A **status line** at the bottom that updates once a second with how long you've been connected, how many peers you have, whether sound is flowing, and connection health.
+  3. A **status line** at the bottom that updates once a second with how long you've been connected, how many peers you have, whether sound is flowing, connection health, and RemSound's own CPU and memory usage.
 
 Tab| What it's for
 ---|---
diff --git a/readme.html b/readme.html
index 0a63e21..4154b2e 100644
--- a/readme.html
+++ b/readme.html
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ ul, ol { padding-left: 1.4em; }
 <ol>
 <li>A <strong>menu bar</strong> at the top with four menus &mdash; <em>File</em>, <em>Record</em>, <em>Options</em> and <em>Help</em>. See <a href="#menu-bar">Menus</a>.</li>
 <li>A <strong>row of tabs</strong> with three tabs &mdash; Connectivity, Audio inputs and outputs, Audio profile. Each tab has its own Alt+letter shortcuts that only work when that tab is the one showing &mdash; so the same letter can do different things on different tabs without clashing.</li>
-<li>A <strong>status line</strong> at the bottom that updates once a second with how long you've been connected, how many peers you have, whether sound is flowing, and connection health.</li>
+<li>A <strong>status line</strong> at the bottom that updates once a second with how long you've been connected, how many peers you have, whether sound is flowing, connection health, and RemSound's own CPU and memory usage.</li>
 </ol>
 
 <table>
diff --git a/src/RemSound.App/MainForm.cs b/src/RemSound.App/MainForm.cs
index 5c4947a..0c69d32 100644
--- a/src/RemSound.App/MainForm.cs
+++ b/src/RemSound.App/MainForm.cs
@@ -269,6 +269,10 @@ public sealed class MainForm : Form
     private DateTime? statusConnectedSinceUtc;
     // Time of the last "speak status" hotkey press, for double-press-to-copy detection.
     private DateTime lastSpeakStatusPressUtc = DateTime.MinValue;
+    // Process CPU-time at the last status sample, for the status box's CPU-usage line. Cached Process
+    // handle so the once-a-second status tick doesn't allocate a new one each time.
+    private TimeSpan lastStatusCpuTime;
+    private readonly System.Diagnostics.Process statusSelfProcess = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess();
     // Per-list state (used by sync helpers — was per-method in the old dialog).
     private bool suppressConnectedCheck;
     private bool suppressDiscoveredCheck;
@@ -3397,7 +3401,10 @@ public sealed class MainForm : Form
         var nowUtc = DateTime.UtcNow;
         var txBytes = sender.BytesSent;
         var rxBytes = receiver.BytesReceived;
-        double txKbs = 0, rxKbs = 0;
+        statusSelfProcess.Refresh();
+        var cpuTime = statusSelfProcess.TotalProcessorTime;
+        var workingSetBytes = statusSelfProcess.WorkingSet64;
+        double txKbs = 0, rxKbs = 0, cpuPercent = 0;
         if (lastStatusSampleUtc != DateTime.MinValue)
         {
             var elapsed = (nowUtc - lastStatusSampleUtc).TotalSeconds;
@@ -3405,11 +3412,17 @@ public sealed class MainForm : Form
             {
                 txKbs = (txBytes - lastStatusTxBytes) / 1024.0 / elapsed;
                 rxKbs = (rxBytes - lastStatusRxBytes) / 1024.0 / elapsed;
+                // CPU as a share of the whole machine (the Task Manager number): the process CPU-time
+                // delta over wall-clock, divided by the logical-core count.
+                var cpuDelta = (cpuTime - lastStatusCpuTime).TotalSeconds;
+                cpuPercent = cpuDelta / elapsed / Math.Max(1, Environment.ProcessorCount) * 100.0;
+                if (cpuPercent < 0) cpuPercent = 0;
             }
         }
         lastStatusSampleUtc = nowUtc;
         lastStatusTxBytes = txBytes;
         lastStatusRxBytes = rxBytes;
+        lastStatusCpuTime = cpuTime;
 
         // Healthy peers from heartbeat. Map each to its display label (the user-friendly
         // name from selectedPeerLabels, falling back to the address).
@@ -3473,7 +3486,8 @@ public sealed class MainForm : Form
         }
 
         sb.AppendLine($"Receiving {rxKbs:0.0} kB/s; sending {txKbs:0.0} kB/s.");
-        sb.Append($"Total received {FormatDataSize(receiver.BytesReceived)}; sent {FormatDataSize(sender.BytesSent)}.");
+        sb.AppendLine($"Total received {FormatDataSize(receiver.BytesReceived)}; sent {FormatDataSize(sender.BytesSent)}.");
+        sb.Append($"CPU usage {cpuPercent:0}% and memory {FormatDataSize(workingSetBytes)}.");
         return sb.ToString();
     }