This is bait.

Tiling multimedia viewer for macOS

The iPod Shuffle to make the most out of your visual media library.

Gather local usage data to optimize your viewing experience, or see more recent media by adjusting the bias. Open multiple windows, drag to swap tiles, and let transcoding run in the background.

It might just be the best media viewer ever. Try it out.

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macOS

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! Zero data ever leaves your machine (or this website). No telemetry, no analytics. Just the license check because I'm greedy like that.

Dial it in

Speed: 500ms to 30s. Set the pace, or pause entirely.
Grid size: Set columns and rows independently. From a single tile to a 10×10 wall.
Recency bias: Prefer newer files. Crank it up to see what you just added.
Attention bias: Bait tracks what you zoom, scrub, unmute, and lock — then shows you more of it.
Only favorites: Skip the noise. Show only your highest-scored media.
Tag filtering: macOS Finder color tags. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, gray — mix and match.
Volume: Global. Videos start muted. Unmute what matters.
Folder filtering: Click a tile label to filter the pool to that folder. Click again to clear.
Auto-lock: Interact with a tile and it locks itself. No need to click twice.
Background playback: Keep videos and cycling running when the window is hidden, or pause everything.
Labels: Show folder and file names on tiles. Toggle with ⌘L.
Drag to swap: Drag any tile onto another to swap their positions.
Multi-window: Open multiple viewer windows with ⌘N. Each has independent playback.

Modes

Vertical — Greedy columns. Media flows top-to-bottom, no clipping.

Horizontal — Greedy rows. Media flows left-to-right, no clipping.

Solo — Maximize any tile full-screen. Arrow keys browse the slot set.

Keyboard-first

R Shuffle F Toggle layout S Solo mode ← → Navigate Esc Exit solo ⌘A Select all ⌘L Toggle labels ⌘T Toggle toolbar ⌘N New window ⌘O Open folder ⌘Z Undo shuffle