◎ GLanSync for Govee · unofficial

Unofficial · 100% local LAN control · macOS 13+ Apple Silicon & Intel · Windows 10/11

The desktop app for your Govee lights, built for Mac

GLanSync — screen & music sync for your Govee lights. Local over LAN, no cloud. Control Govee lights from any Apple Silicon or Intel MacBook or desktop Mac with real-time screen sync, a music visualizer, scenes and multi-device groups — made natively for macOS, with no account and no subscription. A Windows build ships alongside it.

7-day full-featured trial. No card required. 14-day money-back guarantee. Mac: macOS 13+, Apple Silicon or Intel. Windows: 10/11 x64, which also runs on Snapdragon and other ARM PCs. A native ARM build is listed on the install page.

Searching for a Govee mac app?

This independent Mac app brings screen sync and music sync to the Govee lights you already own — built natively for Apple Silicon (Intel Macs included) and working right alongside the Govee Home app you use to set your devices up. Download the free 7-day trial for macOS 13+ and your lights are syncing in five minutes.

Govee light sync software, built for macOS

Real-time screen sync for Govee lights on Mac

Native ScreenCaptureKit capture mirrors your display's colors to your lights over the LAN — gaming, movies, everything. Full, film (letterbox-aware) and custom LED mapping, 4–255 sampling zones.

Music visualizer from system audio or microphone

28 palettes, 20 motion patterns, spectrum presets and true stereo panning. The lights follow whatever your Mac is playing — no virtual audio drivers.

Per-device screen areas and layouts

Give each light its own slice of the screen and tell the app how it is installed: light-bar pairs, TV backlight loops and hexagon panels each get a layout picker with a preview on the lights. Drag and resize the areas live while sync is running.

Scenes that flow across devices

Built-in scenes play mirrored on every light, or flow device-to-device in group order for a wave that travels across your setup.

Groups are full configurations

Every group remembers its own mode and settings. Switch from your desk setup to movie night in one click — devices, areas and settings swap together.

Menu bar controls + Siri Shortcuts

Start or stop sync, switch modes, set brightness and quick colors from the menu bar — or by voice with Siri Shortcuts. All local, all instant.

The visuals above are faithful recreations of the actual app interface, rebuilt for the web — what you see is what ships.

Which Govee lights work with a Mac?

TierWhat you getDevices
Hardware-verified realtimeScreen + music sync, scenes, areas, device layoutsGaming Light Strip G1 (H6609)
Community-verified realtimeScreen + music sync, scenes, areas, device layouts~31 models: Glide Hexa / Y / Tri panels, RGBIC gaming & TV light bars, H619x strips, neon ropes, floor lamps…
Basic LAN controlPower, brightness, static colorAny Govee device with “LAN Control” in Govee Home

Govee's own metadata flags 132 models for desktop sync; we enable them tier-by-tier as they're verified. Not sure about yours? The 7-day trial proves it on your setup in five minutes — that's what it's for.

Built to be trusted

  • 100% local control. Light control goes straight from your Mac to your lights over the LAN. No account, no cloud — your screen, audio, and network details never leave your machine. Anonymous feature-usage counts are the only stats, and one Settings toggle turns them off.
  • Works offline. After a one-time license activation, everything — including the license — works without internet.
  • 14-day money-back guarantee. Checkout, receipts, VAT and license keys are handled by Lemon Squeezy.
  • Honest compatibility. We publish exactly which devices are verified at which tier, and the trial confirms your setup before you pay.
  • Actively developed. Device layouts for light bars, TV backlights and panels, multi-SKU realtime sync, per-device screen areas and flowing group scenes all shipped in the last release cycles.

Free during launch. No subscription — ever.

€9.99 Free during launch

  • Every feature unlocked — all sync modes, scenes, groups and areas
  • Works on your computers at home, Mac and PC
  • Minor updates included
  • Regular price later: €9.99 one-time — never a subscription
Get GLanSync free

No license key, no account, no card. Just download and sync.

Keep GLanSync free

GLanSync is built by one international student and is free during launch. If it makes your setup nicer, you can support development with a small donation — and if GLanSync ever becomes paid, donors count as already paid (your Buy Me a Coffee email is the record).

☕ Buy me a coffee

Common questions about Govee light sync on Mac

Is there a Govee desktop app for Mac?

Not from Govee — their desktop software is Windows-only. GLanSync is the third-party Govee desktop app for Mac: real-time screen sync, music-reactive lighting, scenes and groups for Govee LAN devices, running natively on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs with no cloud account. It is independent and not affiliated with Govee.

Does Govee Desktop work on Mac?

The official Govee Desktop app currently supports Windows. This independent, unofficial Mac app brings real-time screen sync and music sync to Govee lights on macOS over your local network.

Is there a Govee app for MacBook?

Yes — this app runs on any MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, Mac mini or Mac Studio with macOS 13 or later. Apple Silicon Macs (M1 and newer) get the native arm64 build; Intel Macs use the separate x64 download, added in 0.6.5.

Is this the same as the Govee Sync Box?

No. The Govee Sync Box is HDMI hardware for TVs. This is desktop software: it captures your computer's screen and audio directly and syncs your existing Govee lights over the local network — no extra hardware.

Is there a Windows version?

Yes — a Windows 10/11 build ships alongside the Mac app: the same LAN engine, screen sync and music sync (system audio uses native WASAPI loopback). The installer is unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen asks you to confirm once. One license covers both platforms.

Do I need a Govee account?

No account, no cloud. Control is 100% local over your Wi-Fi/LAN. You use the Govee Home phone app once per device to switch on “LAN Control”, then this app takes over.

Which Govee devices are supported?

Real-time sync is hardware-verified on the Gaming Light Strip G1 (H6609) and enabled for ~31 community-verified models (Glide Hexa/Y/Tri panels, RGBIC gaming light bars, H619x strips, neon ropes, floor lamps and more). Light-bar pairs, TV backlight loops and panel arrays get their own device layout: Govee lights report how many segments they have but never where they sit, so you pick the layout that matches your installation and preview it on the lights. Every Govee device with LAN Control gets power, brightness and static color. The free trial proves compatibility on your exact setup in five minutes.

Is there a subscription?

No subscription — and during launch GLanSync is completely free. The regular price is €9.99 once, yours forever, minor updates included.

What's the refund policy?

14-day money-back guarantee through our Lemon Squeezy checkout. If your devices don't work the way you expected, you get your money back.

Does the license work offline?

Yes. Activation needs internet once; after that both the license and the app work fully offline — the whole point is local LAN control.

Is this the official Govee app?

No — and we say so everywhere. This is an independent project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Govee. The official (Windows) app lives at desktop.govee.com.