A living, wind-blown atmosphere for your desktop

Your desktop,
with weather.

Brezy drifts rain, wind, autumn leaves, spring petals, fireflies, birds, snow, fog, stars, rainbows, and sunlight across your screen - in one-tap scenes that can follow the real sky outside, with opt-in scene-aware ambient sound. Calm by default, endlessly customizable.

Free to download · macOS 14+

Brezy - Turn your Mac desktop into a living weather scene | Product Hunt

A 3-minute tour, muted - tap the speaker for sound. The real app runs natively over your desktop.

A whole sky, in layers

Every element is its own toggle with its own controls - mix them, or let a scene do it for you.

Rain
Soft rain with adjustable drop width and height, and a splash that scales to match - or flip on dynamic mode and the drops swell and soften on their own, sound and all.
Rain on glass
New - raindrops bead up on the “glass” and trickle down the front of the screen, like looking out a rainy window.
Wind
A shared breeze that sways the rain and carries the leaves, petals, fog, and dust - set it to dynamic and the whole scene gusts and eases as one.
Drifting leaves
Autumn leaves that tumble and flutter down on the wind, then collect into a soft litter along the bottom that a strong gust can scatter.
Spring petals
Cherry-blossom petals that drift and sway on the breeze for a soft spring scene.
Fireflies
A soft, pulsing glow (with adjustable size) that wanders the lower screen at dusk.
Birds
New - distant birds glide across the sky on the breeze, and every so often one drifts down to perch on your Dock before flapping off.
Clouds
Slow, translucent clouds drifting across the upper sky - and they can sit behind your windows for a real sense of depth.
Stars
A faint twinkling night sky with the occasional shooting star.
Aurora
Slow, shimmering northern-lights curtains that sway across the upper night sky.
Rainbow
New - a soft, translucent rainbow arcs over the sky after the rain (lovely paired with the spring-bloom scene).
Sun rays
Warm light shafts that slant and sway across the desktop - and like the clouds, they can float behind your windows.
Moon rays
Cool moonlight shafts for the night scenes, aligned to the moon in the matching wallpaper.
Snow
Slow flakes that drift and swirl with the wind, settling into a soft drift along the bottom while it falls.
Fog
Low, slow mist drifting along the bottom of the screen.
Dust motes
Tiny specks floating in the light - lovely with the sun rays.
Thunderstorm
Distant, soft lightning - off by default, never a strobe. Dynamic mode rolls it in and out like a passing storm.
Ambient sound
Opt-in - synthesized rain, wind, thunder, daytime birdsong, night crickets, rustling leaves & rolling ocean surf, wrapped in soft spatial reverb. Off by default, gentle, and matched to what's on screen - a stormy night is loud, calm scenes stay quiet, and the surf plays only when the sea is in the picture.
Drift through scenes
Opt-in - let the weather drift slowly from one scene to the next over time, so your desktop sky is never static.
Live weather
Opt-in: match the scene to your real local sky, automatically.
Matching wallpapers
Opt-in: every scene brings three 4K photo wallpapers and gently rotates through them on a pace you pick (or pin one, or import your own) - and the live effects retune to each picture, so the rays land on that photo's sun or moon. Your own wallpaper is saved and restored the moment you turn it off.
Multi-monitor
Renders per display, floats above or below windows (clouds & light rays can sit behind them), and never steals a click.
Signature feature

Your desktop, synced to the real sky

Flip on match live weather and Brezy checks your local forecast, then sets the scene to match - automatically, refreshing every hour:

Clear & sunny → sunny day, with dust dancing in the light
Rain → a cozy rainy night
Snow → drifting snowfall
Fog → a soft foggy morning
Storms → wind, heavy rain, and distant lightning

Opt-in & private - it uses your device location only with your permission, and nothing leaves your Mac until you turn it on.

Live weather → Brezy switches scenes as your local sky changes.

One-tap scenes

Set a whole mood in a click - all 13 of them - or turn on match live weather and let Brezy follow your real local sky.

Sunny day Golden hour Autumn breeze Spring bloom Foggy morning Overcast Rainy night Storm Snowfall Moonlit night Starry night Northern lights Focus

Every scene dresses your desktop from its own trio of 4K wallpapers - on every display, rotating at a pace you pick (or pin a favorite, or import your own) - and the living layer retunes to each picture, so the rays land on that photo's sun or moon. Your own wallpaper is saved first and restored the moment you turn it off.

Sunny day desktop wallpaper
Sunny day
Golden hour desktop wallpaper
Golden hour
Autumn breeze desktop wallpaper
Autumn breeze
Spring bloom desktop wallpaper
Spring bloom
Foggy morning desktop wallpaper
Foggy morning
Overcast desktop wallpaper
Overcast
Rainy night desktop wallpaper
Rainy night
Storm desktop wallpaper
Storm
Snowfall desktop wallpaper
Snowfall
Moonlit night desktop wallpaper
Moonlit night
Starry night desktop wallpaper
Starry night
Northern lights desktop wallpaper
Northern lights
Focus desktop wallpaper
Focus

Previews rotate through each scene's three wallpapers - exactly what Brezy does on your desktop.

Questions

What is Brezy?+

A lightweight macOS menu-bar app that paints a calm, living weather scene over your desktop - rain, wind, autumn leaves, spring cherry-blossom petals, fireflies, birds, snow, stars, shimmering aurora, rainbows, fog, light rays, and dust motes drifting on a shared breeze.

Will it distract me while I work?+

It's built to be ambient. Effects are gentle and low-opacity by default, the thunderstorm is off by default and never strobes, and there's a max-FPS cap to keep it light.

Is there ambient sound?+

Yes, but it's off by default and entirely opt-in. Brezy synthesizes gentle rain - re-voiced as a long, steady, soothing wash with soft droplets - plus wind, thunder, daytime birdsong, night crickets, dry-leaf rustle, and rolling ocean surf, wrapped in soft spatial reverb. It's matched to the scene and even to the wallpaper on screen: a stormy night is loud, calm scenes stay quiet, and the surf plays only when the sea is in the picture.

Can I adjust the rain?+

You can set the raindrop width and height, and the water splash scales to match - splashing on your Dock and along the screen's bottom edge.

What is dynamic mode?+

Turn wind, rain, or thunder to “dynamic” and the scene breathes on its own - gusts rise and fall, rain swells and softens, storms roll in and out, and the ambient sound follows along. It makes the whole sky feel alive without touching a single slider.

Can I save my own scenes?+

Yes - mix the elements exactly how you like, then save it with a name and any emoji you want. A saved scene captures everything you changed, not just the elements but settings like “match desktop wallpaper” too, so re-applying it restores your look exactly. Keep up to 20, and rename, re-apply, or delete them anytime.

What's new?+

Every scene now brings three rotating 4K photo wallpapers, and the living layer retunes itself to each picture - moon rays land on the photo's moon, the lake shimmer stays on the water, the golden-hour dolphin leaps right on the horizon, and each sky gets its own cloud mood. The rain sound was re-voiced to be truly soothing, autumn breeze now whispers with rustling leaves instead of a wind whoosh, and Brezy is now on the Mac App Store. Earlier: living scenes with real-time water, birds that perch on your Dock, rain-on-glass, soft rainbows, and “drift through scenes.”

Can Brezy set my desktop wallpaper?+

Yes - opt-in. Turn on “match desktop wallpaper” in Settings and each scene dresses your desktop from its own trio of 4K wallpapers, across every display - rotating on a schedule you pick, or pinned to a favorite, or swapped for an image of your own. Brezy saves your existing wallpaper first and puts it back the moment you turn the feature off.

How does the free trial work?+

Download Brezy free from the Mac App Store and you get a 3-day trial with full access to every scene and element - no account, no card. After the trial, the one-time Brezy Full Unlock in-app purchase keeps everything forever.

Is it a subscription?+

No. Brezy Full Unlock is a single one-time purchase made right inside the app through the App Store. It's tied to your Apple ID, so you can restore it on any of your Macs with the Restore Purchases button.

I bought a license key on this website - is it still valid?+

Yes. Keys bought here before Brezy moved to the Mac App Store keep working forever in the version you downloaded. You can retrieve a lost key anytime at brezy.app/license, or email support@brezy.app. New purchases are App Store only.

Which macOS do I need?+

macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later. It's a tiny menu-bar app with no Dock icon.

Is my data private?+

Nothing leaves your Mac unless you turn on “match live weather”, which uses your device location - only with your permission - to fetch the local forecast. You can leave it off entirely.

Installing

1
Get it from the App Store
Open Brezy on the Mac App Store and click Get - it installs straight into Applications.
2
Launch
Open Brezy from Applications or Launchpad - it's from the App Store, so it just opens.
3
Look up
Brezy lives in your menu bar - click the wind icon to set the mood, or right-click it to toggle Brezy on and off.

Requires macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later.

Bring your desktop to life

A tiny menu-bar app · macOS 14+ · free to try.