Bring the adventure
back to your Mac.

PixelHUD turns the ordinary signals of your day—battery, typing, focus and finished tasks—into the hearts, XP and tiny victories you never really grew out of.

Start your adventure ↓ See it in action ↘

macOS 13+Apple Silicon & IntelLocal by design

⌘+C

Copy = Spawn a cow

⌘+V

Paste = Spawn a pig

⌘+W

Close = explosion

Steve follows cursor

MOVE YOUR CURSOR

⌘+X

Cut = Spawn creeper

⌘+⇥

Toggle = Villager sound

Hearts = Mac Battery

PixelHUD hearts, XP, and hunger HUD from the app

Hunger = Pomodoro timer

Win soundtracks with XP.

Every keystroke and click earns XP. New levels unlock music discs for your jukebox—bringing that Minecraft nostalgia back into your workday.

The current PixelHUD jukebox screen — The current jukebox screen and the exact in-app playing sprite.

The actual playing jukebox sprite bundled with PixelHUD — The current jukebox screen and the exact in-app playing sprite.

Low Battery = You Died!

When your Mac is running out of power, PixelHUD turns low battery into a full-screen death screen.

Dynamic Desktop Background

PixelHUD's landscape lives behind your windows—sun, clouds, hills, trees and wandering creatures shifting from daylight into night.

PixelHUD's day and night scenes, animated from the app's own wallpaper renderer.

See who is online.

Your friends tab shows the people in your PixelHUD world, their level and XP—with live activity used to show who is around now.

The current PixelHUD friends screen — The current friends screen, with live presence made explicit.

Make Steve your size.

A simple slider in PixelHUD's menu scales Steve up or down. Keep him subtle—or give him the screen presence he thinks he deserves.

STEVE: 1.0×

Drag the real control here. The corner Steve changes size too.

Lives on your Mac

Activity is processed locally. Keystrokes aren't recorded, stored or transmitted.

Works with your world

Apple Silicon and Intel Macs, macOS 13 or newer. No game installation required.

Stays out of the way

Designed as a lightweight desktop companion—not another app demanding your attention.

Ready to respawn
the fun?

Bring a little wonder back to the desktop you look at every day.

Download PixelHUD for Mac ↓

Before you enter.

Questions, answered.

Is PixelHUD a game or a mod?+

Neither. It is an independent desktop app that adds a pixel-art HUD, playful effects and progress systems to your everyday Mac.

Do I need Minecraft installed?+

No. PixelHUD runs on its own and does not connect to or modify any game.

Does it record what I type?+

No. It only detects activity to award XP. Keystrokes are not recorded, stored or transmitted.

How is PixelHUD free? What's the catch?+

This is a fan project—we love Minecraft, built this for ourselves, and won't charge anything.

What actually leaves my Mac?+

Nothing. We do not save or store any data. For the typing and clicking sound effects, PixelHUD is only notified that you pressed a key—not which key—and that you clicked your mouse, without any further details about what or where you clicked.

Can I use my own music?+

Yes. Assign local audio files to your jukebox discs by drag and drop or the file picker. They stay on your device.

Which Macs are supported?+

PixelHUD supports Apple Silicon and Intel Macs running macOS 13 or newer.

Bring the adventureback to your Mac.