Native macOS app
See your Starlink, and the sky above it.
A live, native Mac view of your Starlink connection and the sky above it. The constellation overhead, aurora and space weather, obstructions and off-grid runtime, read straight from your own dish. No account, no setup.
A$9.99 · one-time · macOS 14 or later
Overview · live map, telemetry and handover
Your real connection and the constellation overhead, side by side, with the satellite serving your dish and its next hand-off.
Aurora and space weather · on the map
The live aurora from NOAA, a plain verdict for your location, plus cloud, rain and a day and night line. Opt in to a quiet alert when the aurora is worth a look.
Obstructions · the sky above your dish
A clear view of what is blocking your dish, with plain advice on where a clearer spot would be.
History · space weather vs your dish
Outages with a likely cause, and a view that lines up geomagnetic storms against a rough patch on your own connection. Only ever from real readings.
Power · off-grid runtime
Live power draw, energy and running cost, and how long your battery could keep the dish running off-grid.
What it does
A clear, honest view of your connection.
Everything SOLUS Sky shows is read straight from your own dish, on your own network, in real time.
- Live connection. Your real download, upload, latency, ping drop and power draw, straight from the dish, updating every second.
- The sky above you. A live map of the real Starlink constellation overhead, with the satellite serving your dish and its next hand-off.
- Aurora and space weather. The live aurora from NOAA, a plain verdict for your location, cloud and rain layers and a day and night line, with opt-in aurora and storm alerts.
- The next visible pass. When the International Space Station will next cross your sky bright enough to see.
- A clear view of obstructions. A sky map of what is blocking your dish, with plain advice on where a clearer spot would be.
- Power and off-grid runtime. Live power draw, and how long your battery could keep the dish running.
- Honest history. Outages with a likely cause, availability and data usage over time, and space weather lined up against your own connection.
- Your network. The devices on your local network, and a reachability check that tells you if Starlink's carrier-grade NAT is blocking port forwarding or self-hosting.
- Works with your setup. Finds your dish even through a VPN, a mesh system or your own router.
- A proper speed test. Validated against the dish itself, so the number means something.
SOLUS Sky only ever shows you real readings. When the dish cannot be reached, it says so plainly rather than filling the screen with numbers that are not live.
See your sky.
SOLUS Sky runs entirely on your Mac and reads your dish on your own local network. No account, no tracking, no setup.
Help
Support
Getting started, common questions, fault finding, and how to reach us.
Getting started
Up and running in three steps.
01
Connect
Make sure your Mac is on your Starlink network, by wi-fi or ethernet. The app reads your dish directly, with no login. A VPN, mesh system or your own router is fine, it finds the dish anyway.
02
Allow Local Network
The first time it connects, macOS asks to allow Local Network access. Click Allow.
03
Set your location
Your dish does not report its position, so set it once. Use "Use my location" or drop a pin on the map. You can change it any time.
Common questions
Answers, in plain terms.
Why is my download showing zero?
That figure is your live usage, not your top speed, so it sits near zero when nothing is downloading. Run the speed test to see your real speed.
What is bufferbloat?
Extra latency that appears when your connection is busy. A low number means calls and games stay smooth under load.
Can I see the aurora tonight?
The aurora layer draws the live aurora from NOAA across the map and gives a plain verdict for your location. It only counts it as visible when it is dark and the sky is reasonably clear, and you can opt in to an alert when it is worth a look.
When is the next visible pass?
The Overview shows when the International Space Station will next cross your sky bright enough to see with the naked eye, worked out from published orbits. If nothing qualifies before dawn, it says so plainly.
Does it work with a VPN or my own router?
Yes. It finds your dish over your local network even with a full-tunnel VPN, a mesh system or a third-party router. For unusual setups you can set the dish address by hand in Settings.
What is the reachability check?
In Diagnostics, it reads your public IP and flags whether you are behind Starlink's carrier-grade NAT, which stops port forwarding and self-hosting over IPv4. It only reads what your own connection reveals.
Are the other satellites real?
Yes. Every layer uses real public orbital data and shows the satellites at their real positions.
Is the serving satellite exact?
No, it is an estimate. The dish does not report which satellite it is using, so we show the most likely one, the highest overhead, and its next hand-off.
Is my data usage exact?
It is measured while your Mac is on and the dish is answering. Your dish does not store a running total, so time your Mac is off is not counted.
Fault finding
If something is not right.
- Dish shows offline. Check your Mac is on your Starlink network, and that you allowed Local Network access in System Settings, Privacy and Security. The app reaches the dish through a VPN or mesh automatically; for an unusual setup, set the dish address by hand in Settings.
- No satellites showing. The satellite data may be briefly unavailable. It refreshes automatically when reachable.
- A layer says unavailable. That constellation or weather data could not be fetched just now. Try again shortly.
- The aurora layer looks empty. Cloud, rain and the aurora need OpenWeather and NOAA data, and the aurora only shows when there is activity to draw. If the app cannot reach those services it draws nothing rather than inventing data.
- Alerts not appearing. Check notifications are allowed for SOLUS Sky in System Settings, Notifications, and that the aurora or storm alerts are switched on in Settings.
Contact
Still stuck?
Still stuck, or have an idea? Email info@fiftyzoo.com. You can also send feedback from inside the app, in Settings.
The fine print
Privacy policy
SOLUS Sky runs on your Mac and reads your dish on your own local network. The short version: it does not collect your personal information.
Effective 27 July 2026
The short version
SOLUS Sky runs on your Mac and reads your Starlink dish on your own local network. It does not require an account, and we do not collect, store, or sell your personal information. Almost everything stays on your device. The few things that leave it are described below, and only ever to make a feature work.
What stays on your device
Your set location, your dish's live and historical readings, your data usage and energy totals, the list of devices seen on your local network, and your settings are all stored on your Mac. They are never sent to us. Removing the app removes them.
Information sent to others to make features work
To provide certain features, the app connects to third-party services. As with any internet request, those services can see your device's IP address. We never send them your identity.
- Weather, cloud and rain: to show local weather and the cloud and rain map layers, your approximate location or the visible map area is sent through our own caching service on Cloudflare to OpenWeather. No weather key is stored in the app. Weather data is provided by OpenWeather.
- Space weather and aurora: the app downloads public space-weather data (the aurora oval, Kp and solar wind) from the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center. No personal information is sent.
- Satellite positions: the app downloads public orbital data from CelesTrak. No personal information is sent.
- Speed test and reachability: the speed test and the public-IP reachability check use Cloudflare's public endpoints. This reveals your device's public IP address to Cloudflare, as any web request does. Cloudflare collects the speed-test result for its own aggregate connection-quality insights.
- Maps: map imagery is provided by Apple Maps and is subject to Apple's privacy terms.
- Place name: to turn your set location into a place name, the app uses Apple's location services on your device.
Your local network
The devices list reads what is already on your local network, using Bonjour and your Mac's address table, and looks up each maker from a table built into the app. This all happens on your Mac. Nothing about your devices is sent anywhere.
Feedback you choose to send
If you use "Send feedback", the app prepares an email to us containing your message and, only if you switch it on, a diagnostics report. That report describes your dish's status only. It contains no personal messages and no location. Nothing is sent unless you send the email.
What we do not do
No accounts. No tracking. No analytics. No advertising. We do not sell or share your personal information with anyone.
Notifications
Any alerts, including the aurora and storm alerts, are worked out on your Mac and shown locally by macOS. They are not sent to us.
Children
SOLUS Sky is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect information from anyone.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we will update this page and the effective date above.
Contact
Fifty Zoo Pty Limited (ACN 629 031 830), info@fiftyzoo.com. This policy is governed by the laws of Australia.
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