Lively Wallpaper
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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.
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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
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Run GLSL shaders in browser.
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Custom shader renderer (coming soon.)
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Shadertoy.com urls are supported as wallpaper.
Games & Applications
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Support Unity, Godot games as wallpaper.
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Limited support for gui applications as wallpaper.
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Screensavers
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Lively supports Windows screensaver.
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Any wallpaper can be used as screensaver.
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Multiple monitor supported.
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Automation
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Lively can be controlled with command line arguments from terminal.
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Can be paired with third party scripting software like AutoHotkey.
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Lively API
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Powerful set of API for developers to create interactive wallpapers.
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Get system information, audio graph, music information..
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& more
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Easy to use; Just drag'n'drop media files & webpages into lively window to set it as wallpaper.
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Hardware accelerated video playback, powered by mpv player.
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Interactive webgl wallpapers, powered by lightweight chromium engine Cef.
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Windows 11 fluent design language.
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Efficient, Lively is a native .net core application.
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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
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Supports any number of monitors.
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Wallpaper adjusts automatically to monitor settings change.
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Span single wallpaper across all screens.
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Duplicate same wallpaper across all screens.
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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.
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.
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