Ever hear a plane go over and wonder what it is? Overhead shows you every aircraft near your location, live on a map, with desktop widgets so you can see the sky at a glance.
Click any plane, and you get a photo of that actual aircraft, its type and operator, where it’s flying from and to, and which way to look (“Look WSW, 38° up”). It’ll even give you a heads-up right before something passes overhead — and play live ATC tower audio while you watch, using any feed from liveatc.net.
Free, native macOS, no account, no tracking. Data comes from volunteer-run ADS-B receivers, the same community networks that make this hobby possible.
I designed it and built it with Claude’s help, which was a genuinely fun way to work, from a blank folder to a notarized, self-updating app in a couple of days.
Requires macOS 14 or later. Works on Apple silicon and Intel.
Bruce Elgort 