BeatAlive turns the music already playing on your Mac into living light along the edges of your screen. 7 effects, 7 palettes, all in real time. Your work stays front and centre and clicks pass right through. Audio never leaves your Mac. No subscription.

Hey Product Hunt 👋 I listen to music while I work. All day, every day. And at some point it hit me that my Mac had absolutely no idea - the sound was in my headphones and the screen just sat there, completely dead. So I built BeatAlive. Press play in Spotify, Apple Music, or a YouTube tab, and your screen comes alive. No importing, no connecting, no setup - it just reacts to whatever is already playing. The part I’m proudest of: it never gets in your way. The centre of your screen stays completely clear and your clicks pass straight through the effect. It runs alongside your work, not on top of it. That was the hard part, and the reason I rebuilt it more times than I’d like to admit. A couple of things that mattered to me: 🔒 Your audio never leaves your Mac. It reads system audio locally. No microphone, nothing recorded, nothing uploaded. 💜 No subscription, ever. Two effects are free forever. Pro is a single one-time purchase that unlocks everything - including whatever I add later. Family Sharing included. 7 effects, 7 palettes, 4 intensity levels. Tell me which effect you end up leaving on - and what’s playing right now. I’m reading every comment today 🎧 - Morad

One detail I'm proud of: the hardest part wasn't the visuals. It was making them never steal your attention.

You can code, drag windows, type - the light just lives in your peripheral vision.

And agin - working smoothily with @Apple Music, @Spotify and @YouTube

Quick update - @BeatAlive had already hit #1 in Music on the Mac App Store in Israel! 🎉

One detail I'm proud of: the hardest part wasn't the visuals. It was making them never steal your attention.

You can code, drag windows, type - the light just lives in your peripheral vision.

And agin - working smoothily with @Apple Music, @Spotify and @YouTube

Quick update - @BeatAlive had already hit #1 in Music on the Mac App Store in Israel! 🎉

BeatAlive

Turn music into living art on your Mac

Turn music into living art on your Mac