Years ago there was a site I kept open while coding. It disappeared, so I rebuilt it.
Years ago there was a site I had open almost every day while coding. An animated scene, a lofi stream, a bit of rain in the background. Then it went offline. I kept looking for something that felt the same and never really found it. There is lofi-cafe, but i don't like the style and background videos.
So I built it.
lofiscape.com — free, no account, no ads, no data gathering, nothing to install, PWA also possible.
What it is:
- 18 animated scenes — a neon city at night, a lake at dusk, a cabin in the woods, a beach at sunset. They actually move: rain running down a window, smoke from a chimney, birds crossing, petals, light coming through trees. Not a slideshow, and not a looping video either.
- Lofi radio from SomaFM, or paste in any YouTube link or stream URL
- 9 ambience sounds on sliders you mix yourself — rain, wind, fireplace, crickets, surf, distant voices, thunder, birds, white noise
- A focus timer, a sleep timer that slowly fades everything out, and a small task list
- Zen mode — no distraction
- English/German
Mostly I use it on my third monitor while I work. That's really what it's for: something you glance over at, not something you sit and watch. Which is also why I kept it light — the scenes aren't video files, so a tab that stays open for eight hours doesn't spin up the fans or just use it as a PWA in a separate window.
Two honest notes: the artwork is AI-generated, since I can't draw, and the radio stations are SomaFM's.
I'd love to hear what you think and if there are also other persons who like these kind of background ambience