AwesomeWallpaper AlternativesWallpapers Hubs and other similar apps like AwesomeWallpaper

AwesomeWallpaper is described as 'Plays videos, shows images and system information on your desktop wallpaper. It supports next modes:' and is a Wallpapers Hub in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 10 alternatives to AwesomeWallpaper for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Steam apps. The best AwesomeWallpaper alternative is Lively Wallpaper, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like AwesomeWallpaper are Wallpaper Engine, ScreenPlay, Sucrose Wallpaper Engine and Wave Lines Live Wallpaper.

AwesomeWallpaper alternatives are mainly Wallpapers Hubs but may also be Shell Extensions or Desktop Customization Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of AwesomeWallpaper.

AwesomeWallpaper

Free • Open Source
Wallpapers Hub

AwesomeWallpaper plays videos, shows images and system information on your desktop wallpaper. It supports next modes:

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Lively Wallpaper
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Free • Open Source
Wallpapers Hub
Windows
19 Lively Wallpaper alternatives
Free and open-source application for setting GIFs, Videos and Webpages as your desktop wallpaper and screensaver!
- - Lively Wallpaper is the most popular Windows alternative to AwesomeWallpaper.
- - Lively Wallpaper is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to AwesomeWallpaper.
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Lively Wallpaper Features
1. Live WallpapersLively Wallpaper offers a selection of dynamic, interactive, and animated wallpapers.
2. Ad-freeLively Wallpaper doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. Support for scriptingLively Wallpaper supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
4. Wallpaper CyclingLively Wallpaper allows users to automatically switch between different wallpapers at specified time intervals or randomly.
Support for HD videos
Widgets
Wallpaper Engine
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Paid • Proprietary
Wallpapers Hub
Shell Extension
Windows
Android
Steam
41 Wallpaper Engine alternatives
Use stunning live wallpapers on your Windows desktop. Animate your own images to create new wallpapers or import videos and websites and share them with others!.
- - Wallpaper Engine is the most popular Android alternative to AwesomeWallpaper.
- - Wallpaper Engine is the most popular commercial alternative to AwesomeWallpaper.
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Wallpaper Engine Features
1. Live WallpapersWallpaper Engine offers a selection of dynamic, interactive, and animated wallpapers.
2. Video WallpaperWallpaper Engine supports setting video files as wallpapers.
Configurable
Visualize Music
User contributed content
Steam Workshop
Built-in editor
ScreenPlay
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Free • Open Source
Wallpapers Hub
Shell Extension
Mac
Windows
Steam
36 ScreenPlay alternatives
ScreenPlay is an Open Source cross-platform app for displaying Video Wallpaper & Widgets. It is written in modern C++20/Qt6/QML. It currently supports Windows and macOS (x64 and arm).
- - ScreenPlay is the most popular Mac alternative to AwesomeWallpaper.
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ScreenPlay Features
1. Live WallpapersScreenPlay offers a selection of dynamic, interactive, and animated wallpapers.
2. Video WallpaperScreenPlay supports setting video files as wallpapers.
3. PortableScreenPlay can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
4. Wallpaper CyclingScreenPlay allows users to automatically switch between different wallpapers at specified time intervals or randomly.
Widgets
Steam Workshop
Visualize Music
Sucrose Wallpaper Engine
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Free • Open Source
Wallpapers Hub
Windows
41 Sucrose Wallpaper Engine alternatives
Sucrose is a versatile wallpaper engine that brings life to your desktop with a wide range of interactive themes.
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Sucrose Wallpaper Engine Features
1. Live WallpapersSucrose Wallpaper Engine offers a selection of dynamic, interactive, and animated wallpapers.
2. Wallpaper CyclingSucrose Wallpaper Engine allows users to automatically switch between different wallpapers at specified time intervals or randomly.
3. Video WallpaperSucrose Wallpaper Engine supports setting video files as wallpapers.
4. Ad-freeSucrose Wallpaper Engine doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Wave Lines Live Wallpaper
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Free • Open Source
Wallpapers Hub
Android
F-Droid
36 Wave Lines Live Wallpaper alternatives
A simple, unobstrusive live wallpaper showing slowly moving wave lines. You can choose a color theme, build your own, change if the lines should grow and shrink or if they should have a uniform width. The lines may swing in harmony or each line independently.
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Layered WallPaper
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
6 Layered WallPaper alternatives
Layered WallPaper allows You to create multi-layered parallax wallpapers. Each layer moves with Your mouse cursor, creating beautiful parallax effect.
- - Layered WallPaper is the most popular Linux alternative to AwesomeWallpaper.
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Layered WallPaper Features
1. Live WallpapersLayered WallPaper offers a selection of dynamic, interactive, and animated wallpapers.
Customizable
Customization
xlivebg
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Free • Open Source
Linux
21 xlivebg alternatives
xlivebg is a live wallpaper framework, and collection of live wallpapers, for the X window system. xlivebg is independent of window managers and desktop environments, and should work with any of them, or even with no window manager at all.
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xlivebg Features
1. Live Wallpapersxlivebg offers a selection of dynamic, interactive, and animated wallpapers.
Debian package compatible
OPENGL
Add a screenshot
Aerial
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Free • Open Source
Mac
9 Aerial alternatives
Aerial is a Mac screen saver based on the new Apple TV screen saver that displays the aerial movies Apple shot over New York, San Francisco, Hawaii, China, etc.
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Aerial Features
1. Live WallpapersAerial offers a selection of dynamic, interactive, and animated wallpapers.
2. Video WallpaperAerial supports setting video files as wallpapers.
Now Playing
Spotify integration
Sits in the MenuBar
Apple Music integration
HydraPaper
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Free • Open Source
Wallpapers Hub
Linux
12 HydraPaper alternatives
Manage your collection simply with folders, then add all of them to HydraPaper. You can enable or disable them with just a click.
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HydraPaper Features
1. Wallpaper CyclingHydraPaper allows users to automatically switch between different wallpapers at specified time intervals or randomly.
2. Live WallpapersHydraPaper offers a selection of dynamic, interactive, and animated wallpapers.
3. Video WallpaperHydraPaper supports setting video files as wallpapers.
4. Ad-freeHydraPaper doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Support for HD videos
Configurable
Video Paper
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Free • Proprietary
Shell Extension
Desktop Customization Tool
Windows
26 Video Paper alternatives
Set a video as your wallpaper.
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Video Paper Features
1. PortableVideo Paper can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Picturethrill
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
40 Picturethrill alternatives
Downloads Picture of the Day from various sites and sets them as Wallpaper Desktop Background. Currently supported sites: Bing, NASA, National Geographic, and Earth Science. Use wonderful Space, Nature, Science, Places, People, and other pictures as your desktop background...
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Picturethrill Features
1. Live WallpapersPicturethrill offers a selection of dynamic, interactive, and animated wallpapers.
2. Wallpaper CyclingPicturethrill allows users to automatically switch between different wallpapers at specified time intervals or randomly.
Interesting Pictures
Custom Backgrounds
WallShift
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Freemium • Proprietary
iPhone
14 WallShift alternatives
WallShift allows you to change your wallpaper automatically, for your desired time of the day.
- - WallShift is the most popular iPhone alternative to AwesomeWallpaper.
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WallShift Features
1. Wallpaper CyclingWallShift allows users to automatically switch between different wallpapers at specified time intervals or randomly.