Feature
Every Mac desktop widget, living on your wallpaper
Orbl gives you mac desktop widgets that sit on the wallpaper behind your windows — clock, weather, focus, stats and more, each always-on, reveal-only or off.
Apple's widgets hide on a sidebar you have to swipe in, and most third-party ones float in a layer you keep covering up. Orbl puts mac desktop widgets directly on your wallpaper, behind your windows, so they're there the instant you clear your screen — calm, glanceable, and never in the way.
A full set of built-in widgets, free forever
Every widget below is built in and free. Drop the ones you want onto the wallpaper and leave the rest off:
- Clock & date — pinned bottom-left, always readable.
- Weather with a sunrise/sunset countdown, plus live air quality (AQI via Open-Meteo, no key needed).
- Deep work / focus session to mark when you're heads-down.
- Rhythm — app switches, keystrokes, cursor travel and screen time.
- Machine stats — CPU, memory, disk and Wi-Fi.
- Device batteries — AirPods, mice, keyboards, even non-Apple earbuds.
- Month & year progress bars so the year doesn't slip by unnoticed.
- Desktop tidiness nudge, a gentle prompt when icons pile up.
- Quote of the day with an offline fallback.
- On this day, opening straight to the archives.
- Sticky notes you can edit, check off and restyle right on the wallpaper.
A few widgets are part of Orbl Premium — meetings & tasks, app-usage ranking, and the live ISS tracker — but the core set above costs nothing.
Always-on, reveal-only, or off
Every widget is yours to control. Set each one to always on, tuck it behind a reveal shortcut (default ⌃⌥⌘A), or switch it off entirely. That means you can keep a clean wallpaper most of the day and summon your full dashboard with one keystroke.
Sized to fit your desktop
Each widget renders at small, medium or large, so a quick clock can stay tiny while your rhythm chart gets room to breathe. Let Orbl's fluid auto-grid arrange everything, or drag widgets into a custom order. The clock stays pinned bottom-left so you always know where to look.
Calm by design, light on your Mac
These aren't busy little panels fighting for attention. The palette drifts with the time of day, or you pick a custom background color and the whole theme adapts around it. Orbl idles near 0% CPU, stays under 100 MB of memory, and runs an adaptive 8–12fps ambience that pauses when you step away — so a desktop full of widgets never costs you battery.
Everything is 100% local. No account, no server, no analytics. Permissions are requested lazily, only when you enable a feature that needs them.
Start with a blank wallpaper and build up
Download the free app, open it once, and add widgets one at a time until your desktop feels right. When you're ready for meetings, tasks and the live integrations, Orbl Premium is a one-time purchase — never a subscription.
See how the live wallpaper dashboard works, or explore the full feature list to plan your layout. Then download Orbl and make your desktop useful.
Frequently asked questions
Which widgets are free and which are Premium?+
The core set is free forever: clock & date, weather with sunrise/sunset and air quality, deep work / focus, rhythm, machine stats, device batteries, month & year progress, desktop tidiness, quote of the day, on this day, and sticky notes. Meetings & tasks, app-usage ranking and the live ISS tracker are part of Orbl Premium.
Where do the widgets appear?+
Directly on your wallpaper, behind your windows, so they're there the instant you clear your screen — calm, glanceable and never in the way.
Can I control which widgets show and how big they are?+
Yes. Set each widget always-on, tuck it behind the reveal shortcut (default ⌃⌥⌘A), or switch it off. Each renders small, medium or large, and Orbl's fluid auto-grid arranges them — or you can drag them into a custom order.
Is my data kept private?+
Yes. Everything is 100% local — no account, no server, no analytics. Permissions are requested lazily, only when you enable a feature that needs them.
Do a lot of widgets drain my battery?+
No. Orbl idles near 0% CPU, stays under 100 MB of memory, and runs an adaptive 8–12fps ambience that pauses when you step away, so a full desktop never costs you battery.
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