LiveWallpaper
Play your own MP4 or MOV videos as animated desktop wallpaper.GetGPL-3.0+
Phosphene
Use your own videos as animated desktop and lock screen wallpapers, chosen in System Settings.
MIT · Downloads from github.com
- License
- MIT
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- kageroumado
- Verified
- 2026
About Phosphene
Phosphene imports video files into a library and makes them available in the Wallpaper pane of System Settings, next to Apple's own animated wallpapers. Playback continues on the desktop and lock screen after the app is closed, and it can pause or lower quality when the desktop is covered or the Mac is hot or on battery.
It requires macOS 26 or later and relies on private wallpaper APIs, so a macOS update could break it until the app is updated. Builds are on GitHub releases and via a Homebrew cask.
Information
- Source code
- kageroumado/phosphene
- License
- MIT
- Website
- kagerou.glass
- Download
- github.com
- Category
- Utilities
- Evidence checked
- Tags
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/kageroumado/phosphene
- github.com/kageroumado/phosphene/blob/main/LICENSE
- github.com/kageroumado/phosphene/releases
- icon.png: kageroumado. MIT; upstream app icon, trademarks retained.
License and artwork notices
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