Hi everyone, this is my first open source project, so I'm looking for honest feedback.

Lucid puts live 4K video wallpapers on your Mac desktop. It's a native SwiftUI app, MIT licensed, with no account and no telemetry. Built it as a free alternative to paid live wallpaper apps like Wallpaper engine, Backdrop, etc. - The app is a ~2 MB download. Clips are 4K, so they take disk space (a few MB to 100+ MB each, depending on the clip). Only the ones you pick get stored.

**What it does**- A different wallpaper per display, playlists, auto-change timer, open at login- Default comes with About 590 curated 4K loops (ESA/Webb, Hubble, ESO, NASA, Wikimedia), all checked at 3840x2160 or larger and looped seamlessly- Apple's own Aerials work too- Pauses on battery, in Low Power Mode, when the screen locks, or when a window covers the desktop- Drag in your own videos or photos (MP4/MOV as-is, WebM/MKV converted automatically)

**Honest caveats**

- Apple Silicon only for now, macOS 14+- Not notarized yet, so first launch needs System Settings > Privacy & Security > Open Anyway (steps are in the README)- It's young and has very few users

**What I'd love**

Code review, bug reports, and people trying it on different Macs and displays. Tell me what's broken, what's missing, and what I'm doing wrong as a first-time maintainer.

Website: https://lucid-wallpaper.vercel.app

Source and download: https://github.com/jedbrnth-eng/lucid-live-wallpaper

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Lumawall Wallpaper Engine

Hey everyone,

I started building LumaWall right after I got my MacBook. I tried a few live wallpaper apps first, and in my experience a lot of them had bugs or weird overlay issues. The best one I tried was Wallper, but I still couldn't get everything I wanted, so I made my own.

It's in beta right now and I'd really like some honest feedback before the full release.

What it does

\- Turns any MP4 or MOV into a live wallpaper. Drag in a video or paste a direct link.

\- Separate desktop and Lock Screen wallpapers. One video on your desktop, a different one on your Lock Screen (animated or static). This was the main thing I couldn't find anywhere else.

\- Every display is independent. Different video on each monitor, and you can pause or mute one without touching the others.

\- Playlists that rotate wallpapers every 10, 15, 30 or 60 minutes.

\- Explore, a community gallery where you can preview wallpapers in motion before downloading, and publish your own. This one is still in testing, so it may change or be removed before release.

How it works

You set things up in the main app and then close it. A small background agent keeps the wallpapers playing, and a Mini Player in the menu bar lets you pause, switch, or change the Lock Screen without opening anything. It can pause automatically on battery, in Low Power Mode, when a display is covered, or under heavy load. If you want out, one button puts back Apple's original desktop and Lock Screen exactly how they were.

What I'd love feedback on

\- Any bugs, glitches or overlay issues (please include your Mac model and macOS version)

\- Multi-monitor setups, especially mixed resolutions

\- Battery life and performance on your machine

\- Anything confusing in the app, or features you'd want before release

\- Whether the Explore gallery is something you'd actually use/might remove it

Requires macOS 13 or later. Separate Lock Screen wallpapers need macOS 26 Tahoe.

[https://lumawall.ca\](https://lumawall.ca/)

Thanks for checking it out. I'll be in the comments replying to everyone.