Does it work on Apple silicon and Intel?

Yes. Liquid Glow is a universal Metal app and runs on both Apple silicon and Intel Macs.

Will it drain my battery?

It is locked to a calm 30fps and is designed to stay light on the GPU. Low-power presets reduce the simulation load further.

Is the screen saver included?

The Mac App Store download is the app. The .saver companion is a separate, free, optional direct download from the Screen Saver page.

Do I need an account?

No. There is no sign-in and no account. Your settings are stored locally on your Mac.

Does it support multiple displays?

Yes. Each connected display can render its own independent current.

Ambient visuals · macOS

Liquid Glow

An ambient Mac app and screen saver. Quiet, local-first, and beautiful in the dark.

Download on the Mac App Store View screen saver

Native Metal · Apple silicon and Intel · macOS 14+

Liquid Glow - Live

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Ambient Mac app

Made to sit behind everything you do.

Liquid Glow renders glowing ink moving through dark liquid natively in Metal. It runs as a desktop ambient layer and as a macOS screen saver, then gets out of the way.

Native Metal

GPU-accelerated dye, vortices and light. No web views, no Electron, just Metal.

Presets

Aurora, Deep Current, Nebula and more. Tune palette, flow speed and depth.

30 fps, low power

Locked to a calm 30fps. Light on the GPU, with reduced activity modes for laptops.

Companion screen saver

Install the optional .saver and your idle Mac becomes the same living liquid.

Local-first and private

No account. No tracking by default. Your settings stay on your Mac.

Every display

Spans multiple monitors, each one carrying its own independent current.

Presets

A current for every mood.

Each preset is a different palette and flow. Switch instantly from the menu bar.

Aurora

Bright cyan ribbons over deep black. The default.

Deep Current

Slow electric-blue vortices. Calm and oceanic.

Nebula

Violet and white dye, drifting like deep space.

Preset previews are placeholders for real Metal captures.

Performance

Calm by design, thirty frames a second.

30fps

A deliberately gentle frame rate: ambient, never frantic.

Metal

Rendered on the GPU, so the CPU stays free for your work.

Quiet

Tunable brightness, speed, trail persistence and quality presets.

Companion

Your idle Mac, still glowing.

Install the optional companion screen saver and the same liquid takes over when you step away. It is a free direct download: set it once in System Settings.

View screen saver

Liquid Glow - Live

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Local first

No account. No cloud. No visual history.

Liquid Glow is a visual app, not a service. Presets and settings live locally on your Mac. The app does not need a login and does not upload what you do.

Read our privacy approach

Questions

A few practical details.

Make the dark useful.

Liquid Glow turns idle space into slow-moving colour, without demanding attention.

Download on the Mac App Store