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Lumen Widgets

Widgets that wear your wallpaper

Lumen Widgets gives you interactive Mac desktop widgets that adapt to your wallpaper, for keeping everyday information and controls visible without a mismatched desktop.

by Richard Rogerse

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Helps you Add widgets to your desktop 41 Customize how your Mac looks 44 Monitor CPU, memory & temperature 16 Control music from anywhere 29

What you get

Keep useful information on your desktop, styled to match your wallpaper.

You get a desktop where reminders, weather, calendar events, and system activity stay visible in widgets that match your background. Lumen’s 51 widgets adjust their glass-like colors when you change wallpapers, so you don’t have to restyle them individually. You can also apply your preferred numeral style, accent color, surface, and glow across every widget at once.

You can check off reminders, start a focus timer, control Apple Music playback, and log water without opening another app. For quick checks, you can follow up to three stocks or view CPU, memory, GPU, and storage activity. When you need more detail on your calendar, reminders, or weather, you can open Apple’s apps from the widgets.

You also get 55 included 5K wallpapers and can import your own images. Your widgets keep running after you close Lumen’s window, and you don’t need an account or send your data off your Mac.

  • Keep your desktop coordinated

    Your widgets adapt to wallpaper changes automatically, and you can apply a consistent style to all of them at once.

  • Handle small tasks in place

    You can complete reminders, start focus sessions, log water, and control Apple Music without opening another app.

  • Check information at a glance

    You can see weather, upcoming events, up to three stocks, and your Mac’s resource usage directly on your desktop.

  • Keep your data local

    You can use the app without an account, with processing and data kept on your Mac.

Best for

  • You want widgets that match your wallpaper
  • You prefer desktop controls for quick everyday actions
  • You want system activity and daily information visible while working

Skip it if

You don’t need it if you prefer a bare desktop or already have widgets that cover your needs.

Screenshots

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From the developer

Lumen — desktop widget app for Mac. It puts 51 interactive widgets on your desktop, each styled as a pane of glass that reads your actual wallpaper and adjusts its colors to match. Change the wallpaper, and every widget re-tunes itself — no manual tweaking needed.
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