RetroMac wraps your everyday macOS in the look and feel of classic computers: authentic CRT shaders over your whole screen, themed docks and desktops (Mac OS 9, Windows XP/98, BeOS, Amiga…), retro widgets and games, and a virtual webcam that pipes the CRT look into Zoom, Meet or Teams. Open source, free to use with an optional one-time upgrade for extra presets and webcam support.
🆕 What’s new since our first launch?
This is RetroMac’s second Product Hunt launch, and the app has grown a lot!
👉 Dock Mode & a quick launcher. RetroMac can live in your Dock; click its icon for a slim launcher to switch themes and flip the shader or virtual camera on/off. There’s also a floating launcher button you can drag anywhere on screen.
😳 Shaders on every display. Multi-monitor setups now get the CRT treatment on all screens, not just the main one.
👉 New “Retro Crisis” shaders (GDV-NTSC composite & RGB) and softer, more authentic CRT phosphor masks . No more “fly-screen” sharpness; it looks like a real tube now.
👋 Authentic Windows taskbar: Windows 98 and XP show one elongated taskbar button per open window; click to minimize/restore, just like the real thing.
From a systems-level perspective, how are you intercepting the window server/compositor to inject the vintage display rendering and retro behaviors without triggering major layout lag or shattering native macOS window-snapping frameworks?
This is genuinely delightful. The CRT shader on a single window is a nice touch — you can keep your workflow normal and just make the one app you're vibing with look like 1987.
Curious whether the shaders work with external displays or if it's limited to the built-in screen. And is there any performance hit on M-series chips running the full-screen presets?
Solid free tier strategy too — let people fall in love with it before asking for money.
@maik_klotz This is the kind of app people open “just to try once” and then accidentally spend an hour changing their whole setup. The virtual webcam part is a fun touch too — showing up to a call with a CRT look is weirdly tempting.
Congrats on the launch! 🚀
The attention to detail is impressive, especially recreating the Windows 98/XP taskbar behavior instead of just changing the visuals.
I'm curious: since the shaders run across the whole desktop, how much GPU overhead do they add during everyday work or video calls? It would be interesting to know how they perform on older Intel Macs versus Apple Silicon.
the dock for classic mac OS 9 is the unlocked badge of every developer who's quietly been wanting this since they were 14. shut up and take my money.
real question though: does the CRT shader work with external monitors? half my screen real estate is at 27" and i don't trust most shader presets to scale clean across resolutions.
Hey, I saw this relaunch and immediately saw something good was coming (and I was right)!
Anyways, whens the windows version coming...
I love these Retro series and now incorporated the Simpsons! :D You are a genius!
About RetroMac on Product Hunt
“Turn your Mac into a time machine.”
RetroMac launched on Product Hunt on June 27th, 2026 and earned 201 upvotes and 18 comments, placing #4 on the daily leaderboard. RetroMac wraps your everyday macOS in the look and feel of classic computers: authentic CRT shaders over your whole screen, themed docks and desktops (Mac OS 9, Windows XP/98, BeOS, Amiga…), retro widgets and games, and a virtual webcam that pipes the CRT look into Zoom, Meet or Teams. Open source, free to use with an optional one-time upgrade for extra presets and webcam support.
RetroMac was featured in Funny (11.4k followers), Productivity (655.6k followers), User Experience (366.6k followers) and GitHub (41.3k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 204.3k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted RetroMac?
RetroMac was hunted by Maik Klotz. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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