Wallpaper Engine AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Shell Extensions

The best Shell Extension alternative to Wallpaper Engine is ScreenPlay, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Wallpaper Engine and three of them are Shell Extensions so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Shell Extension alternatives to Wallpaper Engine are Stardock DeskScapes and VDesktop.

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    ScreenPlay

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    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).

    48 ScreenPlay alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
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    Comments about ScreenPlay as an Alternative to Wallpaper Engine
    tvgoing1
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    It does not support screen sharing, the entire project rely too much on Steam gaming platform. Don't use it.

    Guest
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    It's open source and cross platform. It also has very active development!

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    Guest
    Positive
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    Works great and soon on Linux and Mac as well!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think ScreenPlay is a great Wallpaper Engine alternative.

    • ScreenPlay is the most popular Mac alternative to Wallpaper Engine.

    • ScreenPlay is Free and Open SourceWallpaper Engine is Paid and Proprietary
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    Stardock DeskScapes

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    Bring your wallpaper to life with DeskScapes! DeskScapes is a program that allows users to have animated wallpaper on their Windows desktop. It supports playing video as animated wallpaper, dynamically generated content as animated wallpaper, and more.

    23 Stardock DeskScapes alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    VDesktop

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    VDesktop is a program that allows users to have animated wallpaper on their Windows desktop. VDesktop supports Windows 7, 8, 10.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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