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 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Downlink▲74
Real-time satellite imagery on your desktop
2021 · its alternatives →
2TC
The current sky at your approximate location, as a CSS gradient▲788
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 →
3
Google Earth▲672
The new Google Earth 🌎
2017 · earth.google.com · its alternatives →
4
WLPPR▲428
Beautiful mobile wallpapers made from satellite imagery
2015 · its alternatives →
5
Dailypapers▲70
A new landscape Chrome wallpaper from Reddit every day
2020 · its alternatives →
6
Earth View (Google Maps)▲84
Load a gorgeous satellite image in every new Chrome tab
2014 · its alternatives →
7
Dark Sky for Web▲262
Hyperlocal weather information, now on the web ⛈
2016 · its alternatives →
8DT
Daylight – track sunrise / sunset times in your terminal▲79
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 →
9
Redpapers▲64
Updates your phone wallpaper to top posts from Reddit daily.
2019 · its alternatives →
10
Rainpaper▲88
Live wallpaper with simulated rain and reddit backgrounds
2019 · its alternatives →
11
DailyWall 2.0 (Mac + iOS)▲104
Start every day with a new wallpaper
2020 · its alternatives →
12
One Dot▲151
Visualize your life in dots with a daily-updating wallpaper
Jan 2026 · onedot.vercel.app · its alternatives →
13
Dynaimage▲113
Instantly transform all remote images in just 3 seconds
2024 · its alternatives →
14
Weather Screen▲113
Bring Real-time Weather Effects to your Mac Screen
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
15
Desktopr▲144
Make any website your Mac wallpaper
2016 · its alternatives →
16
Satellite Eyes▲131
Changes your Mac wallpaper to a satellite map of your local
2014 · its alternatives →
17
Live Sun and Moon Dashboard with NASA Footage▲224
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 →
18
Daylight▲113
Capture special moments with your friends
2022 · its alternatives →
19
DayCity▲23
The world's "now" as living art on your home screen.
Feb 2026 · theday.city · its alternatives →
20
Beautiful Earth▲113
More than 1,500 stunning Earth desktop pictures for your Mac
2015 · its alternatives →
21
Circa▲84
Location based community for students
2022 · its alternatives →
22
Chronoscape▲3
Your wallpaper follows your day.
9d ago · chronoscape.app · its alternatives →
23
SunTimes▲85
See the time of sunrise and sunset all around the world.
2019 · its alternatives →
24
Hologram▲95
Amazing widgets and wallpapers for your Mac desktop!
2020 · its alternatives →

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