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   John's Background Switcher

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   John’s Background Switcher (or JBS for short) periodically changes the wallpaper on your computer (like every hour or every day) to something interesting. JBS sits in your system tray (down by the clock) and changes your background at the time interval of your choosing.

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Wallpapers Hub

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows

   • United Kingdom

   

   

   

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   Übersicht

    20 likes

   Übersicht lets you run system commands and display their output on your desktop in little containers, called widgets. Widgets are written using HTML5, which means they

   23 Übersicht alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Desktop Customization

   Platforms

   • Mac

   

   

   

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   Übersicht vs Daydeck Comments

   Positive comment by Tomislav-Krnic · Sep 17, 2026

   it keeps information on the desktop as widgets you write yourself. Far more flexible than a fixed timeline, at the cost of having to script it.

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   • Übersicht is Free and Open SourceDaydeck is Freemium and Proprietary
   • Übersicht is a Desktop Customization Daydeck is a Wallpapers Hub
   • Übersicht is Customizable and LightweightDaydeck is not according to our users
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   Phosphene

    2 likes

   Set precisely looping video wallpapers on macOS desktop and lock screen, selecting directly from System Settings. Supports AVFoundation formats, multiple displays, Spaces, adaptive playback based on battery or system state, menu bar controls, and open source installation.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Wallpapers Hub

   Platforms

   • Mac

   

   

   

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   Plash

    1 like

   This enables you to have a highly dynamic desktop wallpaper. You could display your favorite news site, Facebook feed, or a random beautiful scenery photo. The use-cases are limitless. You could even set an animated GIF as wallpaper.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Wallpapers Hub

   Origin

   • Norway

   Platforms

   • Mac

   • Norway

   

   

   

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   Plash vs Daydeck Comments

   Positive comment by Tomislav-Krnic · Sep 17, 2026

   it renders any web page as the desktop wallpaper, so you can build whatever view you want up there. More work to set up than Daydeck, and much less opinionated.

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   • Plash is Free and Open SourceDaydeck is Freemium and Proprietary
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   GeekTool

    25 likes

   GeekTool is an application for Mac OS 10.6+. It lets you display various kinds of information on your desktop via 3 default plug-ins:

   • File plugin to monitor MacOS X activity
   • Shell mode to launch custom scripts or commands
   • Image mode

   23 GeekTool alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Desktop Customization

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Mac

   • France
   • EU

   

   

   

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   Discontinued

   The program is reportedly still working, but latest version, 3.3.1, was released in October 2016. It can be still downloaded from the official website.

   GeekTool vs Daydeck Comments

   Positive comment by Tomislav-Krnic · Sep 17, 2026

   same idea of information living on the desktop, driven by shell scripts. Older and more manual, but it will do things a single timeline never will.

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   • GeekTool is Free and ProprietaryDaydeck is Freemium and Proprietary
   • GeekTool is a Desktop Customization Daydeck is a Wallpapers Hub
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   Fluxlay

    3 likes

   Animated live wallpapers for Mac and Windows, built with web tech (React/Three.js) or from 3D and video. Browse and apply them for free — or create and publish your own.

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Wallpapers Hub
   • Desktop Customization

   Origin

   • Japan

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows

   • Japan

   

   

   

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   Blotter

    4 likes

   Did you ever mark something in your calendar only to forget to check the calendar?

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Calendar

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Blotter vs Daydeck Comments

   Positive comment by Tomislav-Krnic · Sep 17, 2026

   it sits in exactly the same place, your calendar drawn onto the desktop behind the icons, and it has been doing that on the Mac far longer than Daydeck has. It shows the days and what is on them. Daydeck shows how long each project runs across those days, so they answer different questions about the same week.

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   • Blotter is Paid and ProprietaryDaydeck is Freemium and Proprietary
   • Blotter is a Calendar Daydeck is a Wallpapers Hub
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    Bing Desktop

     3 likes

    Bing Desktop delivers the beauty of the Bing homepage to your Windows desktop each day. Plus, get easy access to the Bing search box right from your desktop. Turn your searching into doing with Bing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

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    Wallcalendar

     1 like

    A wall calendar class with custom layouts and support for internationalization. There is also support for loading event marks from a CSV file.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Calendar

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

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    iDeskCal

     1 like

    iDeskCal embeds your calendar on your desktop, above your wallpaper but below your desktop items. With iDeskCal you can quickly and effortlessly know exactly what is on your calendar for the current day, and beyond.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Calendar

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac

    

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    Discontinued

    The website has been shut down

    iDeskCal vs Daydeck Comments

    Positive comment by Tomislav-Krnic · Sep 17, 2026

    same corner of the screen, a calendar living on the desktop rather than in a window. It stays close to a normal month view, where Daydeck drops the grid and draws projects as bars over the weeks ahead.

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    • iDeskCal is Paid and ProprietaryDaydeck is Freemium and Proprietary
    • iDeskCal is a Calendar Daydeck is a Wallpapers Hub
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    Spotlight Desktop

     1 like

    This is a simple app that will take the current Spotlight Lock Screen image and set it to your desktop wallpaper.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Wallpapers Hub

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

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    Random BackGround

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    Random BackGround desktop wallpaper slideshow with advanced features for Windows

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Wallpapers Hub

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • United States

    

    

    

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