Festivitas brings the festive lights to your dock and menu bar 🎄

❤️ TechCrunch: Holiday app Festivitas puts Xmas lights on your Mac
🧡 Forbes: Hang Christmas Lights On Your Mac With This Cheap App
💛 Daring Fireball: Festivitas — Holiday Lights for Your Mac Menu Bar and Dock
💚 MacRumors: Festivitas Lets You Add Holiday Lights to Your Mac Desktop
🩵 9to5Mac: ‘Festivitas’ brings holiday cheer to your Mac’s dock and menu bar
💙 MacStories: A Fun Way to Add Holiday Cheer to Your Mac

Get ready to celebrate any occasion as Festivitas decks out your menu bar and dock with festive lights the moment you launch it. Customize to your heart’s content with these merry features:

✨ Choose from enchanting holiday effects like Twinkle, Wave, and Chase.
💡 Customize your lights with a variety of designs: oval, circle, diode, heart, star, snowflake, bat, ghost, pumpkin, clover, egg, leaf, beer, champagne, cocktail, wine, 2025, and lantern.
🎨 Select from pre-made festive color palettes like Frosty White, Candy Cane Red, or Evergreen, or craft your own custom combination for that personal touch.
🔢 Control the number of lights and their spacing to create the perfect cozy ambiance.

🐢 From calm and peaceful to lively and energetic, adjust the animation speed to match your preference.
🐭 Let the lights react to your mouse. Watch them fade or move as you hover nearby, adding a playful touch to your festive display.
🖥️ Show your lights in the dock, under the menu bar, or both.
📍 Pin your lights under the menu bar to the desktop or let them float above all windows.
🎁 ...and more!

Light Bulb Shapes and Color Presets

Festivitas comes with a range of light bulb shapes and color presets. You may also create your own color presets and export them to share with your family and friends.

Accessibility Permission

Upon the first launch, Festivitas will request access to accessibility features. Festivitas needs this permission to locate the dock on your screen and decorate it with festive lights.

You can enable or disable this permission anytime in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility. See the screenshot below for guidance.

Release notes

Below are the release notes from the most recent updates.

1.7.0

Published on January 2nd, 2025.

💡 Adds 10 new bulb designs: Bat, Ghost, Pumpkin, Clover, Egg, Leaf, Beer, Champagne, Cocktail, and Wine.
🐛 Resolved an issue where string lights in the menu bar were misaligned after waking the computer from sleep.

1.6.0

Published on December 29th, 2024.

🎆 The new “2025” design spells “2025,” with each light bulb representing its own digit. 
🪩 The “2025 (Stacked)” design displays “2025” on each light bulb.
🏮 Celebrate Lunar New Year in style with the new "Lantern" string lights!
⚙️ Settings will now open automatically when you launch the app.
🙈 You can now hide both the dock icon and the menu bar icon at the same time

1.5.0

Published on December 24, 2024.

💡 New Light Bulb Shapes! Customize your lights with a variety of shapes: oval, circle, diode, 2025, heart, star, and snowflake

1.4.0

Published on December 23, 2024.

🎨 Export and import color presets to easily share your favorite colors with others.

1.3.2

Published on December 23, 2024.

🚀 Performance Improvements: Significant reductions in resource usage and power consumption for a smoother and more efficient experience.
🐛 Bug Fixes: Resolved several minor issues to enhance stability and reliability.

1.3.1

Published on December 21, 2024.

Addresses a regression introduced in 1.3.0

1.3.0

Published on December 21, 2024.

🎨 New Color Presets: Store multiple sets of colors and easily switch between them in settings.

💅 Settings Redesign: The settings window has been reorganized from top to bottom to make it easier and faster to find what you need.

🎄 Enhanced Patterns: The “Chase” and “Every Nth” patterns now support longer configurable distances.

🏎️ Performance Boost: Reduced memory usage to enhance overall performance.

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