Glimmer Pond
A koi pond beneath your desktop icons. Watch, feed, or paint a fish of your own.
macOS 14+Mac中文 / English
A pond for MacOfflinePaint your own fish
Glimmer Pond
Koi glide through lily pads and shifting light as a breeze crosses the water. Give your Mac a watercolor pond, and take a quiet moment to watch the fish.
Available on the Mac App Store · Version 1.1 preview
Apps
Explore PickHue, AuraVideo, Still Stone, and Glimmer Pond in App Dock.
Offline, local, quiet
No account required. Fish and settings stay on your Mac. Control the pond from the menu bar and export or restore backups yourself.
Local artworkNo accountManual backups
A small pond with a rhythm of its own.
From swimming koi to dew resting on a lily pad.
Fish that respond to you
Click an empty area of your desktop or feed from the menu bar. Fish gather, eat, and gradually disperse. They swim together, chase, pause, and move away from the pointer.
Paint a fish of your own
Start with six templates, choose a base pattern, and paint your koi. Export an individual fish file to share it, or preview an imported fish before adding it. Existing fish are kept.
Save a favorite landscape
Choose Classic Pond, Stream Shallows, or Lotus Corner. Save landscape, lighting, weather, fish and sound settings, then apply them from the fish menu. Your custom fish and workshop drafts stay with you.
Changing light, six kinds of weather
Scenes are generated on your Mac without location access or live weather data.
Morning through night
Morning dew rests on lily pads and moves with the breeze. Fireflies appear at night as softer light settles over the water.
A changing sky
Choose clear, cloudy, mist, light rain, after rain, or snow. Pick a scene yourself or let the weather follow its natural cycle.
A breeze over the pond
Passing breezes move grasses, lily pads and floating leaves in turn. Nearby fish slow down to observe a leaf or hovering dragonfly, then swim away. Each landscape has its own routes and changing depths.
Store images and pond scenes
The pond, workshop, and saved settings shown here come from the version 1.1 preview.
Download and system requirements
Download from the Mac App Store. Check the store page for the currently available version.
Glimmer Pond
macOS 14 or later, with multiple display support. No account required; works offline.
Frequently asked questions
About the desktop pond, languages, and local data.
Where are the settings?
Click the fish icon in the menu bar and choose Settings. The pond appears beneath desktop icons. When windows cover it, use Preview Pond to take a look.
Does it need the internet or my location?
No. Fish, feeding, and weather run locally. Automatic time of day follows your system clock; weather is an artistic local scene.
Can I change the language?
The app follows the preferred language macOS supplies for it. Simplified Chinese uses Chinese; every other language uses English. Quit and reopen after changing the language.
Can I back up my own fish?
Yes. Export Fish Backup in Settings, or restore a JSON file you choose. Custom fish and workshop drafts stay on your Mac.