# sindresorhus/Plash

💦 Make any website your Mac desktop wallpaper

Repository: https://github.com/sindresorhus/Plash
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/plash
Homepage: https://sindresorhus.com/plash
License Family: other
Topics: desktop-wallpaper, wallpaper, macos-app, macos, dynamic-wallpaper, active-desktop, plash, swift, swiftui, app
Last push: 2025-10-29T07:29:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 50/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 49, release rhythm 22, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2428, "days_push": 308, "days_rel": 308, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4019, forks 158 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:32.503227+00:00)

## What it is
Plash is a macOS app that lets you set any website as your desktop wallpaper, with support for multiple sites, auto-reload, custom CSS/JavaScript, browsing mode, and per-display configuration. The source code is no longer open-source, but the app remains actively developed with GitHub issues used for feedback.

## Use cases
- set a website as my mac desktop wallpaper
- show a live calendar on my desktop background
- display bing photo of the day as wallpaper
- use an animated gif as my mac wallpaper
- auto-refresh a dashboard on my desktop background
- put a website on a second display wallpaper

## When to choose
- you want a dynamic, web-based desktop wallpaper on macOS
- you need to display dashboards, calendars, or live feeds on your desktop
- you want to customize wallpaper content with CSS/JavaScript

## When to avoid
- you need open-source software you can modify or self-audit
- you are on Windows or Linux
- you want a static image wallpaper without web content

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, developer-tools
- domain: desktop-applications, developer-tools, apple-ecosystem
- platform: -
- tags: desktop-wallpaper, wallpaper, swiftui, dynamic-wallpaper, webview, macos-app, closed-source, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- sindresorhus/Plash (main) score 50

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:32.503227+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 2026-08-29T18:23:57.212609+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sindresorhus/Plash (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:32.503227+00:00, sha b681f7460796)
  - homepage: https://sindresorhus.com/plash (fetched 2026-08-29T09:17:01.328422+00:00, sha 38244a27dd5d)
  - site_page: https://sindresorhus.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:17:01.331252+00:00, sha 50c6010cf2fd)
  - site_page: https://sindresorhus.com/apps/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T09:17:01.333061+00:00, sha 0f196867e870)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.