x-strong / lively

Free and open-source software that allows users to set animated desktop wallpapers and screensavers.

Lively Wallpaper

Contents

• About
• Features
• Download
• Support
• License

About

Animated desktop wallpapers, bring your desktop to life!

Join Discussions:

• Reddit
• Github

Features

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Types Of Wallpapers

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

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.
• 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 Features

• 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.

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.

Lively is 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.