Free and open-source application for setting GIFs, videos and webpages as your desktop wallpaper and screensaver.
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Free Wallpaper Engine Alternatives for Windows
There are many alternatives to Wallpaper Engine for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best free Windows alternative is Lively Wallpaper, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Wallpaper Engine and many of them are free and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Windows alternatives to Wallpaper Engine are ScreenPlay, Sucrose Wallpaper Engine, WinDynamicDesktop and Layered WallPaper.
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37 Lively Wallpaper 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).
57 Sucrose Wallpaper Engine alternativesSucrose is a versatile wallpaper engine that brings a wide range of interactive wallpapers to life on your desktop. With light and dark theme options, you can choose the appearance that suits your personal preferences.
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This app ports the Dynamic Desktop feature from macOS Mojave to Windows 10. It uses your location to get the times of sunrise and sunset each day, and rotates through the 16 Mojave wallpaper images throughout the day and night.
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Layered WallPaper allows You to create multi-layered parallax wallpapers. Each layer moves with Your mouse cursor, creating beautiful parallax effect.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
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19 Dynamic Theme alternativesDynamic background and/or lock screen picture with daily Bing or Windows Spotlight pictures, one Bing or Windows Spotlight picture or personal pictures.
Desktop Live Wallpapers brings animated wallpapers to your desktop! Load all your personal video files into this app and set it as your wallpaper or download from collections of hundreds of beautiful animated wallpapers.
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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
- Proprietary
Application types
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- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
10 AnyWebWall alternativesA high-performance, ultra-lightweight 2D/3D live wallpaper engine. It runs custom C++ based (.aww) wallpapers using OpenGL, consuming 0% CPU and only 20-25 MB RAM.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
6 AnyVidWall alternativesThe ultimate ultra-lightweight, 100% free video live wallpaper engine designed specifically for low-end PCs (2GB/4GB RAM) with zero-lag gaming performance.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
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ITs infact more powerful than wallpaper engine, and the dev's arnt greedy... unlike the devs of wallpaper engines