System stats, out of the menu bar.
On notched MacBooks — and especially after macOS 26 and 27 changed how the menu bar renders — cramming CPU graphs, network speeds and battery meters into the top-right corner means half of them disappear behind the camera housing. Dockspace (getdock.space, by JBer) moves 32 native system monitors and your AI coding limits down to a Liquid Glass Dock bar where there is room to read them.
Dockspace, iStat Menus and Stats compared
| Feature | Dockspace (getdock.space) | iStat Menus 7 | Stats (open source) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where live stats sit | Liquid Glass Dock bar (bottom, left or right edge — zero notch) | macOS top menu bar items & dropdown panels | macOS top menu bar modules (open source) |
| MacBook notch & macOS 26/27 | Never touches menu bar layout; nothing hides behind the camera | Competes for space beside the notch; often paired with an icon hider | Wide graphs can vanish behind the notch when app menus grow |
| System & hardware widgets | 32 widgets: CPU (top-5 apps), GPU, Memory Pressure, Network, Thermal, Power watts, Battery Health, Latency | Deep per-core CPU, GPU, memory, disk, network, per-sensor temps & fan curves | Modular CPU, GPU, memory, disk, network, battery & sensor readouts |
| Built-in disk cleaner & clipboard | Free Sunburst Disk Doctor (Trash-only) + free Notch Clipboard Shelf (⌥⌘V) | Disk space & activity monitors (no cache cleaner or clipboard manager) | Disk utilization readout only |
| Developer & AI coding quotas | 18 Dev widgets + live Claude Code, Codex & Antigravity limits and spend | None | None |
| Free tier & license | 10 widgets free forever (CPU, Disk, Battery, Weather, Clipboard); Pro from $19.99 once | 14-day trial; paid single or family license | Free and open source (MIT) |
Why menu bar monitors hit a wall on modern Macs
On a 14-inch or 16-inch MacBook Pro or notched MacBook Air, open Xcode, Figma or Chrome and the app’s menus claim the entire left side of the top bar. Every status icon and sparkline graph has to fight for a few inches to the right of the camera cutout — and macOS silently drops whatever does not fit.
Many people install a menu bar manager such as Ice, Thaw, Hidden Bar or Bartender just to tuck away overflow icons, only to run into new breakage whenever macOS 26 or 27 changes menu bar window rendering. Dockspace takes the opposite path: it does not hide third-party menu bar icons. Instead, it moves your live readouts down to the notch-free Dock row so your top bar stays clean on its own.
32 native system widgets, quiet at rest
Dockspace ships 32 System widgets built natively in Swift and AppKit. Click the free CPU tile to see the five apps using the most processor time right now (with helper processes summed up, sampled every two seconds only while open). Click the free Disk tile to launch Disk Doctor, complete with an interactive Sunburst folder map and Trash-safe cache cleanup.
In Pro, add live 1-minute CPU Chart, GPU and Network Chart sparklines, Memory Pressure with swap used, Thermal throttling state, Power adapter watts and charging time, Battery Health cycles, Disk Activity, Wi-Fi signal, Latency to 1.1.1.1, AirPods Battery, Volumes with one-click eject, Public IP and VPN status. All widgets pause automatically when your display sleeps or locks.
One bar instead of six background apps
Because Dockspace replaces or sits beside your Dock (or attaches as a compact vertical side Dock that expands hovered tiles), one lightweight native app covers jobs that usually take half a dozen utilities: system gauges, a Notch Clipboard Shelf on ⌥⌘V, 4K live wallpapers, Localhost Ports, Git and CI status, and Claude Code, Codex and Antigravity quotas.
Ten widgets free forever, clear Pro plans
Download Dockspace free on macOS 14 Sonoma or later (Apple silicon and Intel). Ten core widgets — including CPU, Disk Doctor, Battery, Weather, Clock, Date, Folders, Wallpaper, Clipboard and Dock Buddy — stay free forever with no account.
Unlock all 174 widgets, display profiles and AI coding limits with Dockspace Pro: $11.99/year, Lifetime from $19.99 once, or Forever Edition at $49.99 (14-day refund).
Common questions
- Does Dockspace hide existing third-party menu bar icons like Bartender, Ice or Thaw?
- No. Dockspace does not manipulate or collapse third-party NSStatusItem icons in the top bar. Instead, it replaces the stat meters, timers, weather items, clipboard managers and AI quota bars that crowd the menu bar in the first place by moving them to the Dock row.
- Which system monitors are free in Dockspace?
- CPU (including the click-to-open top-5 CPU processes panel), Disk (including the full Disk Doctor analyzer and cache cleaner), Battery, Weather, Clock, Date, Folders, Wallpaper, the Notch Clipboard Shelf and Dock Buddy stay free forever with no trial timer.
- When should I still pick iStat Menus or TG Pro instead?
- If you need manual fan-curve overrides or individual die and voltage sensor readouts, dedicated hardware diagnostics like iStat Menus or TG Pro go deeper. Pick Dockspace when you want glanceable CPU, GPU, memory pressure, thermal state, power watts, network speed and AI quotas without crowding your menu bar.
Free to start. Yours to keep.
macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon and Intel. Download the disk image and try ten widgets free forever, or unlock all 174 with Pro.