Comparison
Blinken vs Lexicon
A factual side by side of two tools in Analytics & Privacy. Figures come from each product’s own site.
Blinken
ListedA macOS menu bar utility that resurrects the HDD activity LED of pre-2010 personal computers. Quietly alive in your menu bar. Free, local-only, MIT licensed.
Lexicon
ListedLexicon is a free, open-source Grammarly alternative and local-first writing app for Windows, macOS & Linux with offline grammar checking, local AI rewrites, and clean PDF...
| Blinken | Lexicon | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Analytics & Privacy | Analytics & Privacy |
| Pricing model | Open Source | Open Source |
| Starting price | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Platforms | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Techavy score | Not rated yet | Not rated yet |
About Blinken
A macOS menu bar utility that resurrects the HDD activity LED of pre-2010 personal computers. Quietly alive in your menu bar. Free, local-only, MIT licensed. A small red lamp in your menu bar, brightening when your disk is working. Adaptive sampling means it's responsive when your disk is busy and quiet when your Mac is at rest. Warms toward orange when your Mac is leaning on the swap file. Open the dropdown for read & write totals since boot, RAM in use, swap on disk, and the kernel's pressure level.
About Lexicon
Lexicon is a free, open-source Grammarly alternative and local-first writing app for Windows, macOS & Linux with offline grammar checking, local AI rewrites, and clean PDF export. No accounts. Proofreading, Lex, and export are built in, not bolted on. Run inline checks for spelling, grammar, and style with 1-click Apply. Built-in checks run on your CPU; external AI servers are optional and user-configured. Use a downloaded local model on supported builds or a server that you configure.
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