A string of lights for every festival
Every clip below is recorded straight from the app.
Change it from the menu bar
Click the lights icon in the menu bar to switch theme, lamp shape and effect in one click.
- 9 themes and 15 lamp shapes
- Steady, Glow, Twinkle and Chase effects
- Settings for string length, number of lamps, sag, size and speed, with a live preview
Made to stay out of your way
Festive, without slowing you down.
15 lamp shapes
Classic bulbs, globes, Chinese lanterns, pumpkins, stars, snowflakes and hearts, plus seven fruits.
Themes for every festival
Lunar New Year, Halloween, Winter, Valentine’s Day, New Year and more. One click sets the shape and colors.
Gentle animation
Lamps sway softly on the wire. Animations pause when Reduce Motion is on.
Any display
Show the lights on your main screen, a particular one, or all of them. Keep them above or behind your windows.
Light on resources
Drawn with Core Animation, so it uses almost no CPU. Clicks pass straight through the lights to the apps below.
Always up to date
New shapes and themes arrive through built-in updates. Signed and notarized by Apple.
Install in a minute
No account, no setup.
- Open the downloaded disk image and drag Festival Lights into Applications.
- Launch it from Applications. The app lives in the menu bar, so there’s no Dock icon.
- Click the lights icon in the menu bar to switch themes, shapes and effects, or open Settings for more options.
Free · macOS 15.1 or later · Apple silicon and Intel · English and Chinese