Disk activity LED for macOS
Legendary Windows dev Dave Plummer (whom we have to thank for Windows XP activation) just released BlinkenDisk for macOS, a "tiny macOS utility that puts a red LED in your menu bar and lights it up whenever there's I/O activity on the local drives you choose to monitor." H/T
Swift source is provided, but the license is unusually restrictive for a vibe-coded app; it reads in part (emphases added):
To the extent this code works, it was written by Dave Plummer (davepl), and to the extent it doesn't, please blame Claude and Codex. I've still never written a line of Swift in my life, but here we are.
Permission is granted to any individual person to download, install, run, copy, and modify this software for personal, non-commercial use, subject to the terms below.
Commercial use is not permitted without prior written permission from the copyright holder. Commercial use includes, without limitation, use by or for a business, company, government agency, nonprofit organization, educational institution, or other organization; redistribution as part of a paid product or service; use to support paid work; internal business use; or use that is primarily intended for commercial advantage or monetary compensation.
You may share unmodified copies of this software with other individual persons for their personal, non-commercial use, provided that this license file and all copyright notices remain included. You may not sell, sublicense, rent, lease, host as a service, or commercially redistribute this software without prior written permission.
Modified versions may be created for personal, non-commercial use. Modified versions may not be distributed without prior written permission from the copyright holder.
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Tiny HDD activity monitors features similar Windows apps that are much smaller (e.g., 8k vs. 250k), more featureful, and, with one exception, open source with no apparent restrictions.
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❧ 2026-05-27