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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