Lively Wallpaper
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Animated desktop wallpapers, bring your desktop to life!
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Types Of WallpapersWallpaperExampleInteractiveResolutionPerformanceVideo/GIF
Video by Rostislav UzunovNoFixedFixedWebpage
25th Hour by Loius CoyleYesVariableVariableApplication/Games
Run Unity or Godot games as wallpaperYesVariableVariableScreensavers
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.Integrate with other languages like Python or scripting software AutoHotKey.Learn more..Lively API
Powerful set of API for developers to create interactive wallpapers.Get hardware readings, audio graph, music information..Learn more..Machine Learning
Leverage Machine Learning inference to create dynamic wallpapers.Learn more..More FeaturesMinimal 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.PerformanceWallpaper 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.
Lively is not officially affiliated with Unity technologies, godot, shadertoy;
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Lively is licensed under GPL-v3.
