Is there a good free VU Meter out there you'd recommend ?

[el-bo (formerly ebow)]

Not free (but pretty darn close) and worth the price from a quality developer:

https://klanghelm.com/contents/products/VUMT/VUMT.php

Also, VUMT is much more than just a meter

[Mr Arkadin]

Interesting! Could you elaborate a bit on the advantages and use cases for PPM metering compared ti VU meters?

Well a real VU's ballistics just aren't great with fast transients, so you're potentially hitting your headroom without realising on percussion-heavy music. Of course I'm referring more to hardware ones here, at least with software meters you can usually change the ballistics to show you other things, like peak programme. No reason you can't use both.

Sure they look all cool and old-school, but I'd rather have a modern PPM any day (supplemented by things like Youlean etc.).

[phaded]

No bells & whistles, but here is another free one:

https://www.lsraudio.com/lvlmeter.html

[Halonmusic]

Stereo Channel. Use it all the time.