CLUSTER DESKTOP-VIDEO-ANIMATED · 37 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2021-08-02
Animated desktop wallpaper tools
This cluster comprises desktop utilities that play video or animated wallpapers, often with GPU acceleration and Linux/Wayland support, plus tools for editing slideshows or converting videos. The dated history shows scattered single entries from 2018 through 2024, followed by a concentration of entries in early 2026, though overall traction is low; the top-starred projects are trae-wallpaper-player and FlowPaper with 2 stars each, while skwd-paper has 0.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 5 hand-coded · 12 unlabelled
Operator · 17 open source
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 17 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 21Hidamari0★3 moliveopen sourceDesktop utility that sets looping video files as animated wallpaper backgrounds for Linux desktop environments, with playback and display options.
- 22cosmic-ext-flux0★3 moliveopen sourceDesktop customization application that plays a video or GIF as an animated wallpaper background on a Linux desktop.
- 23phonto0★3 moliveopen sourceGPU-accelerated video wallpaper program for Wayland desktops.
- 24wallpaper-picker0★6 mostaleliveopen sourceDesktop utility that lets Linux users manage video wallpapers and apply animated backgrounds in Wayland sessions.
- 25hidamari0★1 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop application that plays looping video files as animated wallpaper backgrounds on the desktop.
- 26wallset0★5 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop application that sets videos as animated wallpapers, letting users customize their desktop background.
- 27Dynamic Wallpaper Editor0★5 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop utility for creating and editing timed slideshow wallpapers that transition images throughout the day on a Linux desktop environment.
- 28vivid-engine0★5 moliveopen sourceWallpaper engine for Wayland that applies animated and video backgrounds with minimal resource usage.
- 29vswallpaper-effect0★6 mostaleliveopen sourceWayland wallpaper application that applies real-time OpenGL effects and includes a live editor for customization.
- 30kitsune-rendercore0★7 mostaleliveopen sourceDesktop tool that renders live video wallpapers on Wayland displays, mapping different videos to each monitor and reloading configuration changes without restarting.
- 31Loopicture0★7 mostaleliveopen sourceDesktop application that displays a single looping image in a window rather than a full-screen slideshow.
- 32dynamic-wallpaper-editor0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop tool for creating and editing animated slideshow wallpapers for a Linux desktop environment.
- 33qt-mpv-bg-wlr0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop application that plays video files as animated wallpapers on Linux Wayland compositors for desktop personalization.
- 34WebReady0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop utility that converts video files into looped web-ready animated image files for use as wallpapers or web graphics.
- 35ghostlexly-gpu-video-wallpaper0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop application that renders animated video wallpapers using GPU acceleration to keep CPU usage low.
- 36videolan-backgrounds-base0★5 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceCollection of VideoLAN branded wallpapers for desktop backgrounds.
- 37xwinwrap-0.9-bin0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceUtility that displays video wallpapers on desktops.
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