# JohnCoates/Aerial

Apple TV Aerial Screensaver for Mac

Repository: https://github.com/JohnCoates/Aerial
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/aerial
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-05-16T13:55:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 72/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 82, release rhythm 42, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3964, "days_push": 109, "days_rel": 386, "gap_med": 5, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 20965, forks 1034 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:30.538202+00:00)

## What it is
A macOS screensaver that plays Apple TV aerial view videos. This is the historical .saver repository; development has moved to the Aerial.app repository (AerialScreensaver/Aerial).

## Use cases
- show Apple TV aerial videos as my Mac screensaver
- get beautiful drone footage screen saver for macOS
- replace the default macOS screensaver with Apple TV views
- download the old .saver version of Aerial
- play 4K aerial videos when my Mac is idle

## When to choose
- you specifically need the legacy .saver plugin format for older macOS versions
- you want to study the original Swift screensaver implementation

## When to avoid
- you want the current, actively developed version - use AerialScreensaver/Aerial (Aerial.app) instead
- you are on modern macOS where the App Extension-based Aerial.app is recommended

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: gui
- domain: desktop-applications, operating-systems, entertainment
- platform: -
- tags: screensaver, apple-tv, aerial-views, swift, deprecated-repo, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- JohnCoates/Aerial (main) score 72

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:30.538202+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:58:30.899324+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/JohnCoates/Aerial (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:30.538202+00:00, sha 2b555c397da3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.