SpaceEye
SpaceEye
Free
Live satellite imagery for your Mac or Windows desktop background.
Your desktop background updates throughout the day
New images are downloaded every 20 minutes to 1 hour (depending on the image size), giving an up-to-date view of the Earth on your desktop.
10 views from 3 satellites
There are currently 10 views from 3 different weather satellites: Himawari-8, GOES-17 (West), and GOES-16 (East).
High resolution imagery
Each satellite view can be downloaded in 4K resolution (if supported by the monitor) for crystal clear background pictures of the Earth.
Cross-platform
Can be installed on both macOS and Windows.
Free and open source
SpaceEye is 100% open source and provided free of charge. Contributions are welcome!
Install on Mac
Download from the Mac App Store (US and Canada only)
or download from the latest GitHub release (available everywhere).
Install on Windows
Recommended: Download from the Microsoft Store (US and Canada only)
or follow the installation instructions to download and run the installer from the latest GitHub release (available everywhere).
Note: You will have to dismiss warnings about the download being potentially dangerous with this method.
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to NOAA STAR and the Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch (RAMMB) of NOAA/NESDIS (located at Colorado State University) for hosting the satellite imagery.