lively-metro

lively wallpaper for desktop This is a fork of Lively (https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively). We created this branch to add some functionality that users might use. And we will use different interface frameworks to optimize the user experience

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Lively is the only animated desktop wallpaper application that you will need.

Contents

• About and Tutorials
• Features
• Download
• Contributing
• Support
• License

Features

Videos / GIFs

• Powered by mpv / vlc player.
• Customize videos with filters.
• Hardware Acceleration supported.
• Supports integer scaler for sharp image.

Webpages

• Load HTML file or web address as wallpaper.
• Runs webgl, javascript.. basically anything that works on chrome.
• Audio Reactive Wallpaper support.

Video Streams

• Just drag & drop stream links.
• Adjustable video quality.
• Autofills wallpaper data.

Shaders

• Run GLSL shaders in browser.
• Custom shader renderer (coming soon.)
• Shadertoy.com urls are supported as wallpaper.

Screensavers

• Lively supports Windows screensaver.
• Any wallpaper can be used as screensaver.
• Multiple monitor supported.

Automation

• Lively can be controlled with command line arguments from terminal.
• Can be paired with third party scripting software like AutoHotkey.

Taskbar Customization

• Several system taskbar theme : Clear, Blur, Fluent..
• Can adapt taskbar color based on live wallpaper color.

& more

• Easy to use; Just drag'n'drop media files & webpages into lively window to set it as wallpaper.
• Hardware accelerated video playback, powered by mpv player.
• Interactive webgl wallpapers, powered by lightweight chromium engine Cef.
• Windows 10 fluent design, native windows theme.
• Efficient, Lively is a native .net core application.
• Fully opensource & free; no blackmagic, no features behind paywall.
• Supports converting any wallpaper to video via screen recording.

Performance

• Wallpaper playback pauses when fullscreen application/games run on the machine (~0% cpu, gpu usage).
• Set wallpaper playback rules based on running foreground application.
• Can be set to pause wallpaper when running on battery power (laptops.)
• Wallpaper automatically pauses when running remote desktop session.

Multiple displays

• Supports any number of monitors.
• Wallpaper adjusts automatically to monitor settings change.
• Span single wallpaper across all screens.
• Duplicate same wallpaper across all screens.
• HiDPI and Ultrawide resolutions supported.

Contributing

Coding

Pull requests are welcome, check guidelines for further instructions.

Translation

Help translate lively to other languages.

Support

You can always help development by buying rocksdanister a cup of coffee(paypal): or buy me a coffee

License

Licensed under GPL-3.