30 alternatives · from desktop wallpaper software

Alternatives to John’s Background Switcher

John’s Background Switcher keeps a Windows or Mac desktop changing with photos from local folders and multiple online services. It can show one picture or assemble montages and collages, rotate automatically, and support separate or shared images across Mac monitors. Mac users also get intervals from 10 seconds to seven days and grayscale, sepia, or desaturation effects. Windows adds a tray interface, cached-photo browsing, broad language coverage, and support for Windows 10…

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Backdrops

Backdrops is a wallpaper app with curated collections and wallpapers added regularly.

Free planAndroidiOSWeb

$1.99 one-time

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27.5

Vivid Walls

Vivid Walls is a macOS app for using Wallpaper Engine scene files and setting video, web, GIF, and image wallpapers.

Free planWebmacOSWindows

$9.99 one-time

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DesktopHut

DesktopHut offers a library of live wallpapers and software for displaying them on desktop and mobile devices.

Free planAndroidWebExtension

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Hydra
Hydra is a continuous integration service for projects built with Nix.
Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
7.3Free plan
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EarthDesk
iOSmacOSWindows
7.2From $14.99 a year
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Day & Night
Free planmacOS
7.1$0.99 one-time
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Lively Wallpaper
Lively Wallpaper is a free, open-source application for animated wallpapers on Windows.
Free planOpen sourceAPIWindows
7.0Free plan
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Waypaper
Waypaper is a graphical wallpaper setter for Linux window managers and macOS.
Free planOpen sourceLinuxmacOS
7.0Free plan
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Palace
Palace is a personal media manager and wallpaper engine for organizing, displaying and rotating wallpapers and other media.
AndroidiOSWebLinux
6.6$4 one-time
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Wallpaper Cycler
Wallpaper Cycler is a Windows desktop wallpaper manager that changes wallpapers after a delay or at set times.
Free planWindows
6.5$19.95 one-time
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WallpapersCraft
WallpapersCraft is a wallpaper library and app for finding backgrounds for desktop and mobile screens.
AndroidiOSWeb
6.4From $4.99 a year
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Razer Axon
Razer Axon is a desktop personalization platform for browsing, applying, and creating wallpapers, including dynamic visuals and AI-generated designs.
Free planAndroidWindows
6.3Free plan
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BioniX Wallpaper Changer
Windows
6.2From €9.99 a year
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Walltone
Walltone is a free, GPL-3.0 wallpaper and theme manager for Linux.
Free planLinux
6.1Free plan
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komorebi
komorebi is a tiling window manager for Windows and macOS that lets users arrange application windows and control virtual workspaces and display monitors.
macOSWindows
6.0From $110 a year
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MuGen Wallpaper
Free planmacOS
6.0Free plan
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PUSH Video Wallpaper
PUSH Video Wallpaper is a Windows app for setting videos, animated GIFs, or YouTube clips as desktop backgrounds, and it can also show videos,…
Free planWindows
6.0Free plan
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Inclavare Containers
Inclavare Containers is a free Linux container runtime for launching protected containers inside hardware-assisted Trusted Execution Environments.
Free planLinuxSelf-hosted
5.9Free plan
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Wallpaper Engine
Wallpaper Engine lets users set live wallpapers on Windows and create wallpapers from images, videos and websites.
AndroidWindows
5.9$4.99 one-time
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Waywallen
Waywallen is a free dynamic wallpaper app for Linux desktops, with image and video wallpapers, automatic rotation, multi-monitor support, and interactive wallpapers.
Free planLinux
5.9Free plan
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Clockwork Orange
Clockwork Orange manages desktop wallpapers for KDE Plasma 6, Windows 10/11, and macOS 13+.
LinuxmacOSWindows
5.8
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Fresco
Fresco is a Linux app for setting videos, GIFs, image slideshows, and playlists as animated desktop wallpapers.
Free planLinux
5.8Free plan
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Plash
Plash turns a website into your macOS desktop wallpaper, including animated GIFs.
Free planmacOS
5.8Free plan
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Dynamic Wallpaper Studio
macOS
5.7From $29.99 a year
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Linux Wallpaper Engine
Linux Wallpaper Engine is a free, open-source Linux application for running animated Wallpaper Engine backgrounds on Linux desktops.
Free planLinux
5.7Free plan
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Papyrus
Papyrus is a free, open-source animated wallpaper manager for Linux Wayland desktops, built primarily for COSMIC.
Free planLinux
5.7Free plan
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Superpaper
Superpaper is a free, open-source wallpaper manager for multi-monitor computers, supporting Linux and Windows with partial macOS support.
LinuxmacOSWindows
5.7
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Variety
Variety is a free wallpaper manager for Linux systems.
Free planLinux
5.7Free plan
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WinDynamicDesktop
Windows
5.5
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Spice
ExtensionmacOSWindows
5.3
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