Observed arrival · 2026-10-01
Goblin puts a goblin in your Mac’s menu bar
Goblin is a free Mac app presented as a menu-bar monitor for system performance, disk space, network activity, and more.
○Open
⊠Login
$Paid
†Ads
✦Pretty
●Pro
◎Niche
◉Human
⚑Risk
ƒJS
- For
- Mac users monitoring performance and disk space
- Worth noticing
- Its examples distinguish three idle dev servers from active work and show their held memory and freed ports.
Field notes
The page groups helper processes under the app that started them, with a separate Processes view for users who want the full list. It also describes per-app connection histories and a firewall that starts off, asks about new destinations, and supports rules, blocklists, and profiles. The download is listed for macOS 15 or later on both Apple silicon and Intel.
Observed signals
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○OpenPublic substance visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use
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