Integration
Keep a coin's price on your desktop
Add the CoinGecko crypto integration to Orbl and show a coin's price and 24h change on your macOS wallpaper. Local, read-only, and private — no exchange login.
Checking a coin's price shouldn't mean opening an exchange — Orbl puts the number, and its 24h move, right on your wallpaper where a glance is enough.
Orbl turns your macOS desktop into a calm, living dashboard. Connect the crypto integration, powered by CoinGecko, and a coin's price sits quietly behind your windows, updating on its own. No login, no app switching — just the figure you wanted, where you already look.
What Orbl shows
With the crypto integration connected, Orbl can display:
- A coin's price
- Its 24h change
These are read-only market values. Choose a size for the widget — small, medium, or large — and set it to always-on, reveal-only, or off. Keep the price large during a volatile week, then shrink it to a quiet corner when you want a calmer desktop.
How to connect crypto to Orbl
- Open Settings → Integrations in Orbl.
- Select the Crypto (CoinGecko) integration and choose the coin you want to follow.
- Add the price and 24h-change widgets to your wallpaper and pick a size and visibility for each.
That's the whole setup. Orbl reads public market data, so there's no exchange account to connect and nothing about your holdings is involved.
Private by design
Orbl is 100% local. Your settings live on your Mac, and prices are fetched directly from your Mac to CoinGecko — there is no Orbl server in between, and nothing is collected or stored remotely. Orbl shows public prices, not your portfolio. Read the full story on our privacy page.
What's on your wallpaper is just market data. Orbl never sees a wallet, a balance, or a trade.
Pairs well with
If you watch numbers that move, the crypto widget fits beside the rest of your markets view. Add the exchange rate integration for live FX between any two currencies, and see how a coin sits against the currencies you care about — all on one live wallpaper dashboard. Browse everything on the integrations page.
One price, kept forever
The crypto integration is part of Orbl Premium — a one-time $29 for the first 50 customers, then $49. Lifetime license, no subscription. Full details on the pricing page.
Once you have your key, paste it into Settings → License Key and every integration unlocks at once.
Let the price come to you instead of the other way around. Get Orbl Premium and keep your coin on the wallpaper.
Frequently asked questions
Is the crypto widget private, and does it need my exchange or wallet?+
No exchange account or wallet is involved. Orbl reads public market data from CoinGecko, so there's no login to connect and nothing about your holdings is used. Your settings live on your Mac and prices are fetched directly from your Mac to CoinGecko with no Orbl server in between and nothing stored remotely — Orbl never sees a wallet, a balance, or a trade.
How often does the coin's price update on my wallpaper?+
The price and 24h-change widgets refresh on their own in the background, so the figure stays current during a volatile week without you opening an exchange or switching apps.
Is the crypto integration free, or does it need Orbl Premium?+
It's part of Orbl Premium, a one-time purchase with no subscription — $29 for the first 50 customers, then $49, lifetime. Paste your key into Settings → License Key and every integration unlocks at once.
What does the crypto widget show?+
A coin's price and its 24h change, as read-only market values. Pick the coin you want to follow, then size each widget small, medium, or large and set it to always-on, reveal-only, or off.
Do I need an API key to use the crypto integration?+
No. The integration is powered by CoinGecko and reads public prices, so you just choose the coin in Settings → Integrations — there's no exchange account to connect and no key to manage.
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