Spice
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Spice, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
The facts
Each one read from Spice's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Background operation
- Spice runs in the macOS menu bar or Windows system tray.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Controls
- Global hotkeys can move to the next or previous wallpaper, shuffle, favorite, show information, or block an image.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- The project README lists macOS installation through Homebrew or a DMG and Windows installation through Microsoft Store or Winget.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Image fitting
- Smart Fit detects faces and compositions for cropping, and Tune Image offers a nine-direction anchor grid.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Image framing
- Virtual Museum Frame displays the whole uncropped image on a generated background while preserving its aspect ratio.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Image sources
- Spice lists 13 providers, including Wallhaven, Pexels, Google Photos, museum collections, local folders, and favorites.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Known limitation
- The project README says users can reset the whole blocklist, while removing individual images is forthcoming.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Multi-monitor
- Spice supports independent wallpapers for each display, including portrait and ultrawide monitors.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Multi-monitor support
- Spice supports independent wallpapers for each display, including portrait and ultrawide monitors.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Performance
- The site says Spice is built in Go and processes 4K images in the background.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The site says API keys and personal Google Photos stay on the user's machine, and image cropping and AI face detection happen locally.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Product
- Spice is a wallpaper manager for macOS and Windows that automatically rotates desktop wallpapers.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Scheduling
- Users can set a custom minute-based schedule or change wallpapers on demand with global keyboard shortcuts.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Smart cropping
- Smart Fit detects faces and compositions, and Tune Image lets users choose a crop region with a nine-direction anchor grid.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project README directs users to open a GitHub issue to report a bug or share an idea.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Virtual Museum Frame
- The Virtual Museum Frame displays an entire uncropped image on a generated background while preserving its aspect ratio.checked 5 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser extension
- The companion extension sends an image from a webpage to the desktop with one click and is listed for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Linux availability
- The project README describes Linux support as planned, so it does not list Linux as a current platform.checked 5 Oct 2026
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