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Lively Wallpaper









 Contents
- About
- Features
- Download
- Support
- License

 About


Animated desktop wallpapers, bring your desktop to life!

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 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.
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 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)

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 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..

 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.