This is goonbait.

Tiling multimedia viewer for macOS

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

Gather usage data (for your eyes only) and optimize your viewing experience, or see more recent media by adjusting the bias. We all know what this is really for, but still: never goon.

Wait. Of course this is for innocuous tiled slideshows of art and watching multiple gentoo install tutorials at the same time, just like torrents are for downloading Linux distros!

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  • macOS
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! Zero data ever leaves your machine. No telemetry, no analytics, no phoning home. Even this website is tracker-free.

Dial it in

Speed
500ms to 30s. Set the pace, or pause entirely.
Tiles
1 to 20 on screen at once. Lock the ones you like.
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.
Auto-lock
Interact with a tile and it locks itself. No need to click twice.

Three ways to view

F
Cover — Binary space partitioning. Every pixel filled, no gaps. Media crops to fit.
F
Contain — Row-justified layout. See the full image, no clipping.
G
Goonmaxxing — Greedy collage. Columns or rows, your call.

Keyboard-first

R Shuffle F Cycle layout G Goonmaxxing ← → Navigate directory ⌘A Select all ⌘T Toggle toolbar ⌘O Open folder