🎄 Festivitas

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Festivitas brings the holiday spirit to your Mac with festive lights for the dock and menu bar 🎄

🎵 🎄
Deck the dock with festive lighting,
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
Menu bar is so exciting,
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
String the apps with glowing cheer,
Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la!
Christmas comes to macOS here,
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
🎵 🎄

Festivitas automatically adds festive lights to your menu bar and dock upon launch and you can tweak their appearance to match your preferences ✨

Accessibility Permission

Upon the first launch, Festivitas will request access to accessibility features. Festivitas needs this permission to locate the dock on your screen and decorate it with festive lights.

You can enable or disable this permission anytime in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility. See the screenshot below for guidance.

Release notes

1.1.1

Published on December 8, 2024:

🌑 Adds an “Always Off” setting for those situtations where you’re in a festive mood but not really.
🐛 Addresses an issue where lights were not drawn when selecting the “Always On” option.
🫥 Prevents the lights from being hidden when hiding windows, e.g. when hiding Festivitas’ settings window.
🐇 Makes small tweaks to make Festivitas more performant.

1.1.0

Published December 7, 2024

🏎️ It’s getting cold outside, but how about we gather around the fireplace instead of booting up Festivitas? This update improves performance to reduce power consumption and heat dissipation.
💡 Light bulbs now face downward when the dock is placed on the left or right side of the screen. Gravity is a thing, after all.
🔙 Festive lights sometimes get in the way, so you now have the option to keep them on the desktop.
🎨 You can now configure the cable color to match your light bulbs.
👻 The opacity of the string lights is adjustable, making it easier to see content behind them.
⚙️ A new setting lets you choose if Festivitas should appear in the dock, menu bar, or both.