Bring your desktop to life with a free live wallpaper for PC. This live wallpaper app for PC sets any video, GIF or webpage as your live desktop wallpaper, with smooth hardware-accelerated playback. Use it as a video wallpaper for PC, an animated desktop wallpaper, a moving wallpaper for PC or a GIF wallpaper for PC, or run an interactive wallpaper from the web, even Unity or Godot games. Looking for a Wallpaper Engine alternative? This open-source wallpaper app for PC is a Wallpaper Engine free alternative with no features locked behind a paywall. How to set live wallpaper on PC: just drag and drop a file or link. Playback pauses automatically when you launch a fullscreen game or run on battery, keeping CPU and GPU usage near zero, so it also works as a live wallpaper for laptop. Use any wallpaper as a screensaver and enjoy multi-monitor support. Live wallpaper for PC free download: a lightweight, open-source live wallpaper for Windows 11.

Features

  • Video wallpaper app: set any video as your background with smooth hardware-accelerated playback.
  • Animated wallpaper app: turn any GIF into animated wallpaper for PC on Windows 11.
  • Interactive wallpaper: use any webpage as a live desktop wallpaper, or run Unity and Godot games as your background.
  • How to get live wallpaper on PC: drag and drop a file or link to set it.
  • Auto-pause: playback stops when you launch a fullscreen game or run on battery, keeping CPU and GPU usage near zero. A good fit for moving wallpaper for laptop
  • Multi-monitor support: use this live wallpaper for Windows on more than one display.
  • Screensaver: use any wallpaper as a screensaver.
  • Free and open source: live wallpaper free download and a Wallpaper Engine free alternative, with no features locked behind a paywall.

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License

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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  • patina Posted 2026-11-03
    5 out of 5 stars
    Honestly didn’t expect to like this so much. My desktop looks amazing now, and it barely touches my CPU, so no slowdowns even while gaming.
  • basics Posted 2026-11-03
    5 out of 5 stars
    good free alterative to wallpaper engine
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2026-10-17
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