rawcast — Terminal Weather

Your weather, rendered in monospace.

rawcast is a weather app built for people who live in terminals. Real-time conditions, hourly and 10-day forecasts, animated radar, and severe weather alerts -- all drawn with ASCII art, box-drawing characters, and block-character sparklines. One-time purchase. No ads. No tracking.

---- 5 DATA VIEWS ----

Now -- current conditions at a glance: temperature, feels-like, wind, humidity, UV index, and a 60-minute precipitation timeline.

Hourly -- 24-hour forecast with temperature sparklines built from Unicode block characters.

Forecast -- 10-day outlook with high/low ranges, condition icons, and precipitation probability.

Radar -- animated ASCII radar with procedural precipitation echoes rendered as text-density maps.

Alerts -- active severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service, delivered as push notifications.

---- 7 THEMES ----

Phosphor -- classic green-on-black, the one that started it all.
Amber -- warm IBM 3278 monochrome glow.
Cyanide -- cool cyan inspired by SGI workstations.
Redline -- high-contrast red for dark environments.
Paper -- black on white, for minimalists who reject nostalgia.
Midnight -- deep navy with soft blue text.
Matrix -- digital rain green, because someone had to.

---- CRT EFFECTS ----

Optional scanline overlay and phosphor glow simulate a real cathode-ray tube. Animated rain and snow particles fall across the display. Effects auto-disable on older devices to preserve frame rate.

---- VIM COMMAND BAR ----

Type to navigate. Switch views, change locations, toggle themes -- all from a command bar inspired by modal text editors. Tap works too.

---- WIDGETS ----

Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy widgets display current conditions in your chosen theme. Updated in the background so your weather is always fresh.

---- BUILT FOR DEVELOPERS ----

rawcast is designed by developers, for developers. Every UI element uses JetBrains Mono. Every data visualization is built from Unicode characters. The interface is dense, information-rich, and beautiful in a way only a terminal can be.

Save up to 10 locations. Switch units between metric and imperial. Background refresh keeps your data current.

---- PRIVACY ----

Powered exclusively by Apple WeatherKit. No third-party SDKs, no analytics, no ads, no account required. Your location data never leaves your device. Privacy policy: rawcast.app/privacy