# lo-rain: the original desktop rain app

lo-rain brought animated weather to the Mac desktop. The original recordings show rain falling across the screen, continuing over open applications and meeting the Dock with small splashes.

## Rain as part of the desktop

The app treated the desktop as a place for atmosphere. Rain could remain visible over the work on screen, rather than being limited to a wallpaper or a video in one window.

That difference is clear in the original demonstration: the rain belongs to the desktop composition, with the Dock forming part of the scene. It gives the recording a distinctive connection to the Mac interface.

## A look shaped by the settings

The original controls included rain speed, color, frame rate and angle. Fireflies added another atmospheric element. The [settings recording](https://locafe.app/journal/lo-rain-original-settings/) preserved on locafe.app shows how these choices were presented.

These controls are useful details when looking at the app’s history. They show that the effect was not one fixed animation; it had a set of visual and motion choices for the way the desktop looked.

## Watch the original materials

lo-rain appeared in 2023 and is part of the [lo.cafe app collection](https://locafe.app/journal/lo-cafe-mac-and-ios-apps/). It is currently unavailable, while its product page preserves the original demonstration and settings recordings.

For a company profile or a look at lo.cafe’s earlier applications, use those recordings as the primary visual reference. They show the actual app and its interface, alongside the company’s current NotchNook and Winston pages.

## Resources

- [Original recordings](https://locafe.app/lo-rain/)
- [Company and contacts](https://locafe.app/company/)
- [The lo.cafe story](https://locafe.app/history/)

[All articles](https://locafe.app/journal/)

## Continue reading

- [Inside lo-rain’s original settings](https://locafe.app/journal/lo-rain-original-settings/)
- [The lo.cafe app collection: Mac and iPhone](https://locafe.app/journal/lo-cafe-mac-and-ios-apps/)
- [Winston: a native Reddit client for iPhone](https://locafe.app/journal/winston-native-ios-reddit-client/)