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OpenLiveWalls
video wallpapers for macOS, local, private, hackable
OpenLiveWalls is a macOS menu bar app that turns your local video files into live desktop wallpapers. It also converts and patches videos for macOS native lock screen wallpaper support — all offline, all private. Unlike commercial alternatives, OpenLiveWalls is fully open-source. No accounts, no cloud, no telemetry. Your wallpapers stay on your machine.
Was pleasantly surprised how smoothly it handled a 4K clip without any noticeable performance hit on my M1 Mac. The lock screen wallpaper patching feature worked exactly as described.
Really appreciate that the patches go straight to the native lock screen instead of a hacky overlay, and keeping everything offline with zero accounts is exactly the right call.
Love the offline-first approach, this is exactly the kind of tool I want running on my machine. One thing that would make it even better is letting me schedule different wallpapers to rotate throughout the day, kind of like a smart playlist, so the desktop feels less static without me manually swapping files.
About OpenLiveWalls on Product Hunt
“video wallpapers for macOS, local, private, hackable”
OpenLiveWalls was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 3 comments, placing #18 on the daily leaderboard. OpenLiveWalls is a macOS menu bar app that turns your local video files into live desktop wallpapers. It also converts and patches videos for macOS native lock screen wallpaper support — all offline, all private. Unlike commercial alternatives, OpenLiveWalls is fully open-source. No accounts, no cloud, no telemetry. Your wallpapers stay on your machine.
OpenLiveWalls was featured in Mac (103.6k followers), GitHub (41.3k followers), Menu Bar Apps (12.2k followers) and Wallpaper (6.5k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 37.3k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted OpenLiveWalls?
OpenLiveWalls was hunted by Feri Harjulianto. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Feri Harjulianto
Was pleasantly surprised how smoothly it handled a 4K clip without any noticeable performance hit on my M1 Mac. The lock screen wallpaper patching feature worked exactly as described.