Your globe. Right on your desktop.
A live globe that renders everywhere you've been. Powered by your travel history.
Free to start · No account needed · macOS 13+
Your desktop knows where you've been.
Every city you've visited. Every country you've explored. Rendered live on your Mac.
Engineered with care and the user in mind.
Cities & countries
Each city becomes a pin; visited countries glow. Add places from the Command Center — updates instantly.
Major city labels
See major cities (500k+ pop) as text labels on the globe. Adjust font size and population filter.
Physics & rotation
Smooth 24fps rotation. Set speed (10–300s per turn), direction, zoom. Pause or autopilot through themes.
Live cursor tracking
Parallax tilt follows your mouse. Adjust sensitivity. The globe responds to where you look.
Multiple themes
Original, Dark Space, Vintage Atlas, Neon Grid, Frosted, Terminal, Ocean, Sunset, Aurora, Meridian, Holographic, Death Star, Mars, Moon.
Pin customization
Pin shape (sphere, cone, disc), color (theme, red, blue, green, gold, purple, coral, cyan), and size.
Multi-monitor
One globe per screen. Per-display enable/disable. Adapts when you plug or unplug monitors.
Built for Mac
Native Swift app. Metal-accelerated. Energy-efficient. Day/night theme follows system.
Multiple themes. One globe.
Visual Theme
Theme
Travel, fluid motion, and engineering — built into one globe.
The founder has visited over 100 cities across 24 countries. That journey is what sparked Orbit. There's a paper map pinned to the wall, every place marked, every trip remembered. But paper stays in one room. He wanted something he could carry everywhere: a living map as his desktop and screen saver. Always there. Always his.
Orbit lives at the intersection of engineering and design. Obsessed with UI/UX, he kept asking: what if your map wasn't static? What if it could be visualized, interactive, and beautiful? That question led to Orbit. A background in software engineering and physics shaped how the globe is built: real projections, fluid motion, and rendering that makes it feel alive. A globe that turns your travel history into something you can see, spin, and live with every day.
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Frequently asked questions
Everything stays on your Mac. Your cities and countries are saved locally — nothing is synced or sent to any server. Your travel history never leaves your device.
Click the Orbit icon in the menu bar, then Open Command Center. Use the search field to find a city, pick your visit date (month/year), and add it. Countries appear automatically from the cities you add. Updates show on the globe instantly.
Yes. Orbit runs as a menu bar app and renders your globe as a live desktop wallpaper. It's built to be smooth and energy-efficient so it won't drain your battery.
Yes. Orbit shows one globe per screen. You can enable or disable the globe on each monitor individually. It adapts when you plug or unplug displays.
Free forever: up to 5 cities, 1 globe theme, and all core features (cursor tracking, fluid motion, countries, major cities, multi-monitor). No account required to start.
Pro is a one-time $10 lifetime purchase — pay once, unlock Pro forever on this license. No subscription. Your cities and data always stay on your Mac.
Orbit requires macOS 13 (Ventura) or later.
Only if you use the global shortcut (⌘⇧P) to pause or resume the globe from anywhere. That shortcut needs it to work when Orbit isn't in the foreground. The permission is optional — you can use the menu bar or Command Center without it.
A screen saver version is a possible future addition. Right now Orbit runs as a desktop wallpaper. Stay tuned for updates.
No. You can download and use Orbit without signing up. The free tier works immediately. Pro is a one-time purchase on our site; you only need an email at checkout for your license key.
You can reach the founder directly for help, feature requests, or feedback. Email andrew@alphaportfolioventures.com — we read every message and respond.