The Best Open Source Wallpaper Engine AlternativesTop Wallpapers Hubs and other similar apps like Wallpaper Engine
The best open source alternative to Wallpaper Engine is Lively Wallpaper. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Wallpaper Engine and 19 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Wallpaper Engine are Variety Wallpaper Changer, ScreenPlay, Paperize and Sucrose Wallpaper Engine.
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Wallpaper Engine alternatives are mainly Wallpapers Hubs but may also be Shell Extensions or Desktop Customization Tools. Other popular filters includes Windows + Free and Mac + Desktop Customization. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Wallpaper Engine.- Wallpapers Hub
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68 likes20 Lively Wallpaper alternativesFree and open-source application for setting GIFs, videos and webpages as your desktop wallpaper and screensaver.
Lively Wallpaper Features
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134 likes44 Variety Wallpaper Changer alternativesVariety is a wallpaper changer for Ubuntu which is featureful, yet slim and very easy to use. It can automatically download wallpapers from various online sources, allows rotating them on a regular interval or on demand, and provides easy to use ways to separate the great images...
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- Free • Open Source
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- Linux
Variety Wallpaper Changer Features
Variety Wallpaper Changer VS Wallpaper Engine
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30 likes36 ScreenPlay alternativesScreenPlay 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).
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- Free • Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Steam
- Linux
ScreenPlay Features
ScreenPlay VS Wallpaper Engine
Is ScreenPlay a good alternative to Wallpaper Engine?Comments about ScreenPlay as an Alternative to Wallpaper Engine
tvgoing1It does not support screen sharing, the entire project rely too much on Steam gaming platform. Don't use it.
0It's open source and cross platform. It also has very active development!
2Works great and soon on Linux and Mac as well!
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13 likes44 Paperize alternativesPaperize is a dynamic wallpaper changer application built for Android using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and Material 3.
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- Free • Open Source
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- Android
- F-Droid
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12 likes41 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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- Free • Open Source
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- Windows
Sucrose Wallpaper Engine Features
Sucrose Wallpaper Engine VS Wallpaper Engine
Is this a good alternative to Wallpaper Engine?Hidamari VS Wallpaper Engine
Is Hidamari a good alternative to Wallpaper Engine?Comments about Hidamari as an Alternative to Wallpaper Engine
Maretheyu606This was the first LWPE I used for Linux, and I have to say there is nothing better I can find that is still FOSS. Luv it
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13 likes24 WinDynamicDesktop alternativesThis 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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- Free • Open Source
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- Windows
WinDynamicDesktop VS Wallpaper Engine
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RemovedUserGreat app, but it changes static wallpapers depending on time (no animated wallpapers like WallpaperEngine).
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- 3 likes8 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 VS Wallpaper Engine
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7 likes17 Wallpaper Manager alternativesWallpaper Manager is a wallpaper cycling and management tool especially designed for multiscreen systems.
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- Free • Open Source
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- Windows
Wallpaper Manager Features
DiscontinuedThe last version is from 2010.
Wallpaper Manager VS Wallpaper Engine
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2 likes9 Aerial alternativesAerial 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.
Aerial Features
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Comments about Lively Wallpaper as an Alternative to Wallpaper Engine
ITs infact more powerful than wallpaper engine, and the dev's arnt greedy... unlike the devs of wallpaper engines
I really want to like it. For one, the customization UI/UX is so far beyond Wallpaper Engine's, and the performance is supposed to be better. It also has great advanced options, like selecting the web engine. All for free.
Buuuuut: The performance is much worse than WPE. The wallpapers slow down further when I open the customization menu. The UI lags terribly when I'm dragging it around. Trying to add a website will always add a link to Big Buck Bunny...
Pro: -It's free~ -No clutter -Customizable, you can even change the taskbar (TaskbarX still offers a bit more)
Con: -JavaScript Wallpapers preinstalled (heavy) -can be cpu%gpu heavy if you don't know what youre doing/uploading.
has a lot of settings (pro&con)