Playing on
TIDAL
Favorites, share link, exact track
macOS 14+ · TIDAL · Spotify · Apple MusicYour music,
Your music,
always in view.
NowWave is a floating mini player for your Mac. See what is playing, heart it, share it, scrobble it to Last.fm, tell Slack and Discord about it, and pick the look that fits your desk.
- Completely free
- No account needed to start
- Runs entirely on your Mac
Finder File Edit View1:18 / 3:34
Now playing on TIDAL
Theme: Glass
TIDALSpotifyApple MusicLast.fmListenBrainzSlackDiscordTIDALSpotifyApple MusicLast.fmListenBrainzSlackDiscord
One widget, every player
Whatever is playing, NowWave shows it.
macOS tells NowWave what is playing, from any app. The playing app's icon sits on the cover, and service features like the heart appear only while that service plays.
Playing on
Spotify
Liked Songs, share link, exact track
Playing on
Apple Music
Cover, controls and progress
Features
Everything a mini player should do.
And a few things you did not know you wanted.
Midnight Tide
Neon Harbor
Click the heart
One-click favorites
Sign in once. The heart tells you whether the track is already in your collection and toggles it instantly, on TIDAL and Spotify.
A Dock that plays along
Optionally the Dock icon becomes the cover and fills up with the track's progress.
FinderFileEditMidnight Tide — Neon Harbor100%13:16
Click the item
Right in the menu bar
Turn it on and the menu bar carries the cover and the track. Click it and your theme opens under it, with the heart, sharing and controls. Long titles can scroll or shorten, your choice.
Hides when quiet
Nothing playing? The widget fades away and comes back with the next track.
{{title}}{{artist}}{{album}}{{url}}{{app}}
tidal.com/browse/track/…
MessagesMailAirDropNotesXCopy Link
Share anything
Messages, Mail, AirDrop, Notes and your social apps, straight from the widget. Your own message template with live variables.
Stays where you put it
Drag it anywhere, or pin it to a corner of the screen you choose. Above every window, or quietly on the desktop.
Midnight Tide
Neon Harbor
Slow Signal
Neon Harbor
Paper Lanterns
Neon Harbor
Last.fm ListenBrainz
Keeps your listening history
Every track you play, from any app, recorded on Last.fm or ListenBrainz. Favorites can become loved tracks on Last.fm too.
Speaks your language
English and Italian today, switchable on the fly. More on the way.
| Direct download | Mac App Store | |
|---|---|---|
| Any player (TIDAL, browsers…) | ✓ | – |
| Apple Music & Spotify | ✓ | ✓ |
| Favorites, sharing, themes | ✓ | ✓ |
| Last.fm, ListenBrainz, Slack | ✓ | ✓ |
| Discord Rich Presence | ✓ | – |
Two editions, one app
Direct download has everything. The Mac App Store edition is sandboxed: Apple Music and Spotify now-playing, favorites, scrobbling, Slack, but no TIDAL detection and no Discord.
Themes
One widget. Any look you like.
A theme is a whole different player, not just a colour. Each one has its own settings.
01 / 9
Glass
The original. Frosted, quiet, at home on any wallpaper.
Settings
Blursize
Dynamic Island
A pill around the notch.
Or in the middle of the menu bar, on any Mac. Compact, it shows the cover and a tiny equalizer. Move the mouse over it and it expands into a full player.
NowWave File Edit View Window Help1:18
Scroll to expand
Works on any Mac, notch or not.
Integrations
Your other apps know what you're listening to.
Every login happens in your browser with the official APIs. NowWave never sees a password. And every play can go into your listening history.
TIDAL
Midnight Tide
Neon Harbor · Low Light
tidal.com/browse/track/48213347
Exact track detection, favorites in My Collection, public track links to share.
Spotify
Midnight Tide
Neon Harbor · Low Light
open.spotify.com/track/48213347
Liked Songs as favorites, exact track from your player, open.spotify.com links.
Slack
Jason
Status
Midnight Tide – Neon Harbor2:16
Your status becomes the track, with the emoji you like, and clears itself when you pause.
Discord
Listening to NowWave
Midnight Tide
Neon Harbor
Low Light
1:18
Open track3:34
Rich Presence with cover, progress bar and a button to the track, for anyone who checks your profile.
Last.fm
Recent tracks
- Scrobbling now
Midnight Tide
Neon Harbor
- 3 min♥
Slow Signal
Neon Harbor
- 7 min
Paper Lanterns
Neon Harbor
Sign in once and every play from any app is scrobbled: now playing at the start, the listen at half track. Favorites can be mirrored as loved.
ListenBrainz
Listens
1,284Playing now
Midnight Tide
Neon Harbor · Low Light
The open listening history by MetaBrainz. Paste your user token and every play becomes a listen, no account on NowWave needed.
How it works
Simple by design, private by default.
macOS tells us what's playing
NowWave reads the now-playing information the system already exposes: title, artist, album, cover, position.
Midnight Tide
Neon Harbor · Low Light
You sign in, in your browser
TIDAL, Spotify and Slack logins use their official sign-in pages. Tokens stay on your Mac.
login.tidal.comOAuth · PKCEAllowEverything stays on your Mac
No NowWave account, no server, no listening history anywhere but on your computer.
~/Library/Application Support/NowWavetidal-tokens.jsonspotify-tokens.jsonslack.json local only
Download Questions before installing? Ask on Discord
Get NowWave.
Completely free, no account, no subscription. macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Apple silicon and Intel.
Direct download
The full edition: every player macOS reports, TIDAL detection, Discord, and everything else.
Download the DMGMac App Store In review
The sandboxed edition: Apple Music and Spotify, favorites, scrobbling, Slack. Same look, fewer permissions.
Coming soon- Version
- 1.0.4
- Size
- 7.8 MB
- Requires
- macOS 14+
Notarized by Apple
Or from the terminal, with Homebrew:
brew install --cask ensiria/tap/nowwave
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Any app macOS reports as playing: TIDAL, Spotify, Apple Music, browsers, and more. Favorites and exact track links need TIDAL or Spotify.