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Stratus

Your own weather station,
as beautiful as Apple Weather.

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Version 1.0 · macOS 15 Sequoia or later · 3.0 MB zip

Stratus showing demo weather stations and condition modules
Real screenshot: three demo stations, with forecast, UV, humidity, pressure, air quality, heat stress and moon modules.

Your backyard, live.

Stratus shows every station on your Ambient Weather account with live updates, or receives readings straight from your console on your own network, with no cloud at all.

Live updates

Every station on your account through the official API, with realtime updates and a 60-second fallback.

Local station

A built-in receiver for Ambient Weather, Wunderground and Ecowitt uploads from your console.

Apple Weather style

An animated sky for the time and conditions, with rain, snow, stars and lightning, and translucent modules.

History charts

Click any module for 24 hours to 30 days of history, with hover scrubbing and low, average and high.

Alerts

Threshold rules like “wind gust above 30 mph”, plus automatic leak-detector alerts.

Widgets and menu bar

Current Conditions and Forecast widgets, and the temperature right in your menu bar.

Connect in two ways.

Use your Ambient Weather account, your console on the local network, or both. Demo mode lets you try it without either.

Settings › Account

API KeyStored in the Keychain.
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Application Key
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Settings › Local Station

Receive data from my console
Port
8080
Path
/data/report/?
ProtocolOr Wunderground or Ecowitt.
Ambient Weather

Settings › General

Temperature
°F
Wind
mph
Pressure
inHg
Show forecast

Stratus is an independent client for the Ambient Weather Network API. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Ambient Weather. Widgets need the app signed with a development team.

Tech specs

Requirements
macOS 15 Sequoia or later (Liquid Glass on macOS 26)
Data
Ambient Weather REST and realtime APIs · local LAN receiver · Open-Meteo forecasts
Security
Sandboxed, with API keys in the Keychain and HTTPS only. The local receiver caps request size and never stores your console’s passkey.
Version
1.0 · ad-hoc signed
Download
Stratus.zip · 3.0 MB

Get Stratus.

For macOS 15 and later. Try Demo mode first, or paste your Ambient Weather keys.

Download · 3.0 MB