Animated desktop wallpapers, bring your desktop to life!
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Wallpaper | Example | Interactive | Resolution | Performance |
---|---|---|---|---|
Video/GIF | ![]() Video by Rostislav Uzunov |
No | Fixed | Fixed |
Webpage | ![]() 25th Hour by Loius Coyle |
Yes | Variable | Variable |
Application/Games | ![]() Run Unity or Godot games as wallpaper |
Yes | Variable | Variable |
Lively supports Windows screensaver.
Any wallpaper can be used as screensaver.
Multiple monitor supported.
Lively can be controlled with command line arguments from terminal.
Integrate with other languages like Python or scripting software AutoHotKey.
Powerful set of API for developers to create interactive wallpapers.
Get hardware readings, audio graph, music information..
Leverage Machine Learning inference to create dynamic wallpapers.
Minimal webpage renderer powered by chromium.
Hardware accelerated video playback using mpv/vlc player with customizable video filters.
Easy to use; Just drag'n'drop media or webpages into lively to set as wallpaper.
Latest Windows 11 design using WinUI 3 + WindowsAppSDK framework.
Efficient, Lively is native application designed for Windows.
Fully opensource & free; no blackmagic, no features behind paywall.
Shadertoy.com urls are supported as wallpaper.
Lively is not officially affiliated with Unity technologies, godot, shadertoy;
Installer may give Smartscreen warning, discussion.
Are you a Lively fan and want to help out? here are some options..
Code contributions are welcome, learn more..
Help improve UI/UX of Lively, learn more..
Help translate Lively to more languages, learn more..
Suggest new features or file bug reports to improve Lively, learn more..
Financially support Lively by become a patreon member and get your name listed in-app, learn more..
Star this repository, leave a Microsoft store review or tell your friend.. any help is welcome :)
Lively is licensed under GPL-v3.