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Work · March 9, 2026

Cadran

Turn your Mac wallpaper into a live clock face

Cadran launched on March 9, 2026 with 10 votes, #1,177 of 23,380 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.

What it does

Cadran renders customizable clock faces directly on your Mac wallpaper, behind your icons. It also works as a native screen saver, supports multi-monitor setups.

Cadran is a clock wallpaper app for Mac that renders live clock faces behind your icons, across every Space and display. Screensaver mode included.

Cadran draws clock faces on the wallpaper layer, behind your icons, across every Space and display. No widgets. No windows. Download Cadran, control everything from the menu bar. Setup takes under a minute. 6 categories: Numeric, Analog, Data, Abstract, Matrix, and Spectrum. Pick a preset or switch to transparent mode to keep your own wallpaper. Cadran lives in the menu bar, not the Dock. Set it to launch at login and it stays out of your way. A clock that sits on your wallpaper, matches your setup, and barely uses any resources. Cadran renders on the wallpaper layer using lightweight compositing. You won't even notice it's running, and it stays that way all day. Overlay live data on…from cadranapp.com

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