# rocksdanister/lively

Free and open-source software that allows users to set animated desktop wallpapers and screensavers powered by WinUI 3.

Repository: https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lively
Homepage: https://rocksdanister.com/lively
Language: C#
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: desktop, wallpaper, widgets, desktop-wallpaper, wallpaper-engine, wallpaperengine, live-wallpaper, windows-app, dynamic-wallpaper, dynamic-desktop, wallpaper-changer, wallpaper-app, screensavers, windows-10, csharp, wallpapers, windows-11, winui, fluent-design, winui3
Last push: 2026-04-30T04:59:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 73/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 80, release rhythm 48, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2582, "days_push": 125, "days_rel": 349, "gap_med": 15, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 19488, forks 1338 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:28.729591+00:00)

## What it is
Lively Wallpaper is a free, open-source Windows application for setting animated desktop wallpapers and screensavers, built with WinUI 3. It supports video/GIF, webpage, and application/game wallpapers, with multi-monitor support, automation APIs, and performance-aware pausing.

## Use cases
- set animated video wallpapers on windows desktop
- use a webpage as live wallpaper
- run games or apps as interactive wallpaper
- create custom screensavers from any wallpaper
- build interactive wallpapers with the lively api
- pause wallpaper automatically during fullscreen games
- manage wallpapers across multiple or ultrawide monitors

## When to choose
- you want free open-source animated wallpapers on Windows 10/11
- you need multi-monitor or ultrawide wallpaper support
- you want to develop interactive wallpapers using web pages or the Lively API
- you need low resource usage with automatic pausing during fullscreen apps

## When to avoid
- you are on macOS or Linux - it is Windows-only
- you only need static wallpapers
- you want a paid polished alternative like Wallpaper Engine with Steam workshop integration

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, animation, graphics, plugin-system, developer-tools
- domain: desktop-applications, windows, media, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, dotnet
- tags: wallpaper-engine, live-wallpaper, screensaver, winui3, widgets, multiple-monitors, foss, desktop

## Member repositories
- rocksdanister/lively (main) score 73

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:28.729591+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:00:06.106196+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:28.729591+00:00, sha 79d6a3601210)
  - homepage: https://rocksdanister.com/lively (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:25.761562+00:00, sha e696faabea56)
  - site_page: https://rocksdanister.com/lively/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:25.771145+00:00, sha 4f40212b58b4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.