Lively Wallpaper

Contents

• About
• Features
• Download
• Support
• License

About

Lively is the only animated desktop wallpaper application that you will need.

Its super easy.. barely an inconvenience, just drag & drop the files or webpages to set as wallpaper.

Join Discussions:

• Reddit
• Github

Features

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Videos / GIFs

Eternal Light by VISUALDON

• Powered by mpv / vlc player.
• Customize videos with filters.
• Hardware Acceleration supported.
• Supports integer scaler for sharp image.

Webpages

25th Hour by Loius Coyle

• Load HTML file or web address as wallpaper.
• Runs webgl, javascript.. basically anything that works on chrome.
• Audio Reactive Wallpaper support.

Shaders

Heartfelt by BigWIngs

• Run GLSL shaders in browser.
• Custom shader renderer (coming soon.)
• Shadertoy.com urls are supported as wallpaper.

Games & Applications

• Support Unity, Godot games as wallpaper.
• Limited support for gui applications as wallpaper.
• Learn more..

Screensavers

• Lively supports Windows screensaver.
• Any wallpaper can be used as screensaver.
• Multiple monitor supported.
• Learn more..

Automation

• Lively can be controlled with command line arguments from terminal.
• Can be paired with third party scripting software like AutoHotkey.
• Learn more..

Lively API

• Powerful set of API for developers to create interactive wallpapers.
• Get system information, audio graph, music information..
• Learn more..

& more

• Easy to use; Just drag'n'drop media files & webpages into lively window to set it as wallpaper.
• Hardware accelerated video playback, powered by mpv player.
• Interactive webgl wallpapers, powered by lightweight chromium engine Cef.
• Windows 11 fluent design language.
• Efficient, Lively is a native .net core application.
• Fully opensource & free; no blackmagic, no features behind paywall.

Performance

• Wallpaper playback pauses when fullscreen application/games run on the machine (~0% cpu, gpu usage).
• Set wallpaper playback rules based on running foreground application.
• Can be set to pause wallpaper when running on battery power (laptops.)
• Wallpaper automatically pauses when running remote desktop session.

Multiple displays

• Supports any number of monitors.
• Wallpaper adjusts automatically to monitor settings change.
• Span single wallpaper across all screens.
• Duplicate same wallpaper across all screens.
• HiDPI and Ultrawide resolutions supported.

I'm not officially affiliated with Unity technologies, godot, shadertoy;

Download

Microsoft Store (Windows 10 1809 or above)

Installer (Windows 10 1903 or above)

Installer may give Smartscreen warning, discussion.

Which version do I download?

Support

Are you a Lively fan and want to help out? here are some options..

Programmer

Code contributions are welcome, learn more..

Designer

Help improve UI/UX of Lively, learn more..

Localization

Help translate Lively to more languages, learn more..

Suggestions & Bug report

Suggest new features or file bug reports to improve Lively, learn more..

Patreon

Financially support Lively by become a patreon member and get your name listed in-app, learn more..

Spread the word

Star this repository, leave a Microsoft store review or tell your friend.. any help is welcome :)

License

Lively is licensed under GPL-v3.