Lucky Dangle | A lucky charm for your screen

Lucky Dangle

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Choose your charm

Each one comes from a tradition around the world, with a small ritual of its own. Pick a charm to hang it on this page.

Nazar boncuğu

Turkey and the Mediterranean

A glass eye worn against the evil eye. Give it a flick when you want a little cover.

Hamsa

Middle East and North Africa

An open hand carried for protection and good fortune. Give it a flick to send bad luck on its way.

Nimbu-mirchi

India

Seven chilies and a lemon hung at the threshold to turn away misfortune. Replace it with a fresh one when the week is up.

Ghanta

India

A bell rung to clear the air and mark a beginning. Ring it when you make a wish, or before something that matters.

Drishti bommai

South India

A fierce guardian painted to meet the first bad glance. Repaint it through seven colors whenever you want a fresh start.

Páncháng jié

China

One unbroken red cord tied for good fortune without end. Cinch it gently and let the tassel settle.

Daruma

Japan

A wishing doll for goals that take some grit. Paint one eye when you make a wish and the other when it comes true.

Maneki-neko

Japan

A beckoning cat that invites good fortune in. Call on it and watch its raised paw wave.

Horseshoe

Europe and the Americas

Hung points up so the luck stays put. A good flick is all this one needs.

Scarab

Ancient Egypt

An ancient amulet for renewal and new beginnings. Spread its ceremonial wings for a moment, then let them rest.

Himmeli

Finland

A rye-straw tradition for inviting abundance, prosperity, and a fruitful flow of work. Set its open geometry turning on an imagined current of air.

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Emoji

Yours

Choose any emoji and make the ritual your own. Hang the one that feels lucky to you.

Missing the charm you grew up with? Suggest a dangle. New charms arrive in free updates.

At home on your Mac or PC

Lucky Dangle lives in the menu bar on Mac and the tray on Windows, and leaves the rest of your machine alone.

  • Stays in the menu bar on Mac and the tray on Windows, with no Dock icon or open window.
  • Only the charm catches your cursor. Everything else clicks straight through.
  • Keyboard shortcuts dangle it or perform its ritual. On the Mac, choose your own.
  • Drag it along the top edge to re-hang it anywhere on your screen.
  • Meet every charm and its story in the built-in gallery.
  • New charms arrive through free, built-in updates.

Make it yours

Leave it there for company or call it down when the moment needs something extra.

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Keep it close

It hangs quietly at the top of your screen and never gets in the way. On crowded days on the Mac, send it behind your windows and it keeps watch from the desktop.

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Call it down

Hide it on ordinary days. Bring it back before a deploy, demo, interview, or anything else that could use some luck. Here, ⌃D toggles it and ⌃S performs its ritual.

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Give it a ritual

Paint the daruma's eye. Replace a tired garland. Repaint the guardian. Every charm has one small thing it can do.

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Share the story

It shows up in screenshots and screen shares. When someone asks, you have a story to tell.

Bless a moment

Lucky Dangle also listens for luckydangle://. Add one line to a script, shortcut, or git hook and the charm comes forward, drops in, and performs its ritual right on cue. 

# before a deploy, a demo, a big meeting
open "luckydangle://bless"

Dangling in the wild

The lucky charms are finding their homes in screens around the world.

Post your own and you can earn your money back.

Lucky pricing

You pay once and it’s yours forever.

Lucky

  • All charms, plus any emoji you want to hang
  • Every future charm and update
  • No subscription, no account, no license keys

Extra Lucky

  • Everything in Lucky
  • Your charm suggestion goes to the front of the queue
  • A little extra support for the person making it
  • Measurably more luck*

One purchase covers both platforms. On Mac, a direct download for macOS 14 or later, notarized by Apple. On Windows, a signed installer for Windows 10 and 11. Looking for a discount? There is a way.

Not on a Mac or PC?

Lucky Dangle hangs from Mac and Windows screens today. Tell me where you'd like it next — Linux, iPhone, iPad or Android — and you'll get one email when it's ready. That's all.

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