Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Downlink
Real-time satellite imagery on your desktop
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Downlink launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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For HTML Day 2025 [1], I made a web service that displays the current sky at your approximate location as a CSS gradient. Colours are simulated on-demand using atmospheric absorption and scattering coefficients. Updates every minute, without the use of client-side JavaScript. Source code and additional information is available on GitHub: https://github.com/dnlzro/horizon [1] https://html.energy/html-day/2025/index.html
2025 · sky.dlazaro.ca · its alternatives →
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Load a gorgeous satellite image in every new Chrome tab
2014 · its alternatives →
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Weather Screen▲113Bring Real-time Weather Effects to your Mac Screen
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Beautiful Earth▲113More than 1,500 stunning Earth desktop pictures for your Mac
2015 · its alternatives →
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I love the sunlight and dread the long, dark winter evenings of Northern Europe. I often look up sunrise / sunset times and count off the days until the darkness is gone. Now I've written a terminal app for this (Mac/Linux) Features: a colorful summary of daylight times for your location; projected change over the coming days; handles NO_COLOR and a ---short flag if you dislike the output format. The location is IP-based but you can override this if you're on a VPN. Just create a terminal alias with the --loc flag. The app supports areas in the arctic / antarctic circle too.…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Watch time unfold and witness 40 years of planetary change
2021 · its alternatives →
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Satellite Eyes▲131Changes your Mac wallpaper to a satellite map of your local
2014 · its alternatives →
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Live NASA solar imagery in 12 wavelengths, the moon phase tonight for 200+ cities, and real space weather. Free on iOS and Android. No ads, no signup.
Apr 2026 · lumara-space.app · its alternatives →
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One Dot▲151Visualize your life in dots with a daily-updating wallpaper
Jan 2026 · onedot.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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DayCity▲23The world's "now" as living art on your home screen.
Feb 2026 · theday.city · its alternatives →
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Moody▲119Your Mac wallpaper that listens to your music & weather
May 2026 · moody-wallpapers.pages.dev · its alternatives →
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AstroAlert▲113Know exactly when satellites pass above you.
Nov 2025 · astroalert.app · its alternatives →
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