Snowhush Brings Interactive Snow, Leaves, Rain and Petals to Mac, Windows and Linux Desktops

Snowhush is a small, source-available desktop utility designed to overlay animated weather effects such as falling snow, autumn leaves, rain, and cherry blossoms onto computer screens. According to public documentation, the application sits in the macOS menu bar and in the system tray on Windows and Linux, offering interactive physics where particles settle on windows, the Dock, and taskbars, and part or slide away when users move their cursors or manipulate windows.

Platform Support and Requirements

The software supports macOS 14 or later, Windows 10 or 11, and specific Linux environments utilizing Wayland compositors including KDE Plasma 6, Hyprland, Sway, and niri. Linux releases provide AppImage files alongside .deb and .rpm packages, while Arch Linux users can utilize an AUR package build script. Developers report that resource consumption sits around 6% of a single processor core and approximately 65 MB of memory, reducing usage further during battery operation, Low Power Mode, or when the screen is locked, sleeping, or covered.

Customization Modes and Visual Effects

Users can switch between multiple modes via the menu bar or system tray:

• Snow: Flakes drift downward, pile up at the bottom of the screen or on windows, and can optionally melt slowly over time.
• Autumn Leaves: Leaves fall, turn, sway, and gather in visible heaps, with an optional setting to wither.
• Rain: Raindrops beat down, spatter surfaces, run down glass, and leave trails or wet films without accumulating.
• Cherry Blossom: Pink petals and occasional flowering stalks fall, accumulating similarly to leaves, with an optional browning effect.
• Halloween: A seasonal mode featuring glowing jack-o'-lanterns and ghosts within the snow drifts.

Settings also control intensity, opacity, accumulation, window interaction, performance limits, and whether the animations appear in screenshots.

Licensing and Verification

The project is distributed under the PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 license, permitting free use, sharing, and modification for non-commercial purposes, while prior versions up to 0.6.1 used the MIT License. Users can review the original source code, packaging instructions, and download links directly on the official GitHub repository maintained by mbezruchko.