GUIDE · CHECKED 2026-10-09
An Evil Eye Charm for Your Computer
You can hang a nazar, the blue glass evil-eye bead, from the top of your computer screen with a desktop charm app: it sways on a cord and stays out of your clicks. Free options in October 2026 are Hangly (Mac and Windows), Desk Dangle (Mac and Windows) and Screen Charms (Mac, whose free charm is the Turkey Nazar). Lucky Dangle and Book My Luck include one in paid apps.
Key takeaways
- The nazar boncuğu is a blue glass bead from Turkey and the eastern Mediterranean, worn against the evil eye
- Free on Mac and Windows: Hangly and Desk Dangle; free on Mac: Screen Charms
- Hangly also has the hamsa, nimbu-mirchi and Drishti Bommai among 161 charms
- Paid: Lucky Dangle ($7.77) and Book My Luck
What the evil eye charm means
The nazar boncuğu, a blue glass bead with a white and dark-blue eye, is hung in homes, cars and cradles across Turkey, Greece and the wider Mediterranean and Middle East to turn back the envious look believed to bring misfortune: the evil eye. The hamsa, an open hand often with an eye in its palm, carries the same protective meaning across the Middle East and North Africa, and in India the nimbu-mirchi and the Drishti Bommai do the same work at doorways.
On a computer the charm is the same idea in a new place: something protective and personal at the edge of the screen you look at all day.
How to hang a nazar on your screen
With Hangly, which is free:
- Download Hangly for Mac or Windows and open it.
- Open the Library from the menu bar (Mac) or system tray (Windows) and choose the Nazar from the Protection collection.
- Drag it to where it should hang along the top of the screen; it sways when you nudge it and lets every other click through.
The apps, compared
| App | What it does | Platforms | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hangly | Hangs a charm from the top of your screen on a cord with real pendulum physics. 161 charms across 21 collections, plus any image of your own as a charm. | macOS 14+ (Apple Silicon & Intel), Windows 10 1809+ (x64), Windows 11 (native ARM64) | Free |
| Desk Dangle | A small companion that hangs from the screen edge or the MacBook notch and swings when flicked: evil eye, nimbu mirchi, superheroes and a cat, or any PNG, JPG or WebP of your own. | macOS 11+ (universal), Windows 10 and 11 (Microsoft Store or .exe) | Free |
| Screen Charms | A macOS menu bar app that hangs a decorative charm on a physics string, with a Pomodoro focus timer that swings the charm and plays a wind chime when time is up. | macOS 13+ | Free with one charm (Turkey Nazar); PRO $4.99 once for the full library and custom images |
| Lucky Dangle | Hangs a lucky charm from the top of your screen on Mac or Windows, where it sways and stays out of every click. A dozen traditional charms, each with a small ritual, plus your own photo ("hang someone you love") or any emoji. | Mac and Windows | ₹777 / $7.77 once; "Extra Lucky" ₹1,111 / $11.11 (9 Oct 2026) |
| Book My Luck | Choose a charm for your Mac or Windows desktop, watch it sway and give it a flick. Traditional charms plus Halloween and Christmas collections; an emoji can be hung instead. | macOS 14+, Windows 10 and 11 | Paid once per computer, priced by region (AED 36.49 on 9 Oct 2026) |
| Charmly | Hangs a good-luck charm from the top of your screen on a cord, swaying all day with real pendulum physics. | macOS | See their listing |
| DeskCharm | An open-source, always-on-top charm on a simulated thread: ten charms from around the world, each with a click ritual, or any emoji. | Built from source (Tauri: macOS, Windows, Linux) | Free, MIT licence |
Hangly
Best for: Anyone who wants decoration that never interrupts, on Mac or Windows
Both builds are at 2.3.1 and released together; the Windows build is not code-signed yet.
Desk Dangle
Best for: A free charm that can hang from the MacBook notch
Free with no account; on the Microsoft Store. A small built-in set of charms.
Screen Charms
Best for: A Mac-only charm with a built-in focus timer
Mac only. The free tier is a single charm; the library and custom images are PRO.
Lucky Dangle
Best for: A polished, paid charm app with a ritual for each charm
Paid, once. No subscription, account or licence key, per their site.
Book My Luck
Best for: A paid charm app with seasonal collections and gift bundles
Requires online licence activation. Bundles for gifting (buy 2, get 1 free).
Charmly
Best for: A focused Mac-only charm app
Mac only. Distributed through Glaze rather than directly.
DeskCharm
Best for: Developers who want to build and change a charm app themselves
No published installers on 9 Oct 2026: you build it with Node.js and Rust.
Every product read from its own site on 2026-10-09. Products change — check before deciding.
The short answer
For a free evil eye on Mac or Windows, Hangly or Desk Dangle; on a Mac only, Screen Charms' free charm is a nazar too.
Frequently asked questions
Is there an evil eye app for my desktop?
Yes. Desktop charm apps hang a nazar from the top of the screen. Hangly and Desk Dangle are free on Mac and Windows; Screen Charms is free on Mac.
Can I put a nazar boncuğu on my Windows PC?
Yes. Hangly runs on Windows 10 and 11 and includes the nazar in its Protection collection, free.
What is the difference between the nazar and the hamsa?
The nazar is a blue glass eye bead, mainly Turkish and Mediterranean; the hamsa is an open hand, from the Middle East and North Africa. Both protect against the evil eye, and Hangly includes both.
In short
Install a free charm app, choose the nazar, and it will hang at the top of your screen all day without getting in the way.
Try Hangly
Free on macOS 14+ and Windows 10+, including native ARM64. 161 charms across 21 collections, and any image of your own as a charm.
Free download • macOS 14+ and Windows 10+ • • Install help
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