Live wallpapers,transparent taskbars.
Desktop apps for Windows 10 and 11. WallpaperLive plays your own videos, GIFs, and images. TransparentBar keeps your wallpaper visible behind the taskbar.
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The Apps on Windows 11
Desktop video and screenshots of WallpaperLive and TransparentBar on Windows 11.
Active Live Wallpaper & Transparent Taskbar
Genuine v0.1.5 capture supplied on 8 November 2026. WallpaperLive renders video smoothly while TransparentBar removes the taskbar background.
Native Architecture Without Web Runtimes.
Engineered purely with Rust and Win32 APIs. No Chromium webviews, no Node runtimes on desktop, no mandatory accounts.
Local Playback & Background Cache
Supports MP4, WebM, GIF, MKV, MOV, APNG. Video starts immediately while an optimized display-sized SDR cache builds in the background.
Native Taskbar Transparency
The Task Manager snapshot shows the TransparentBar host at 3.9 MB. This excludes its Explorer bridge and is not a memory ceiling.
Fullscreen Auto-Pause
Playback pauses for fullscreen or maximized apps. The v0.1.5 snapshot shows 4.5 MB and 0% CPU, not a guaranteed resource limit.
Maximized-Window Connector Strip
An optional strip samples a four-pixel-high screen band, every 16 ms while active and 64 ms when settled. The tray controls its grid pattern and color transitions. Fullscreen hides the strip; display sleep or session lock pauses sampling.
Selectable 24 / 30 / 45 / 60 FPS
Runtime FPS cap under Placement without re-encoding or synthetic frame interpolation.
Local Processing
Media and sampled pixels are processed locally. TransparentBar checks GitHub Releases automatically or from the tray. The support page opens in your browser only when selected.
Resource Use in Task Manager.
Latest author-supplied WallpaperLive captures on Windows 11, alongside an earlier auto-pause capture and the TransparentBar host snapshot.
| Application State | Memory (Task Manager) | CPU Utilization |
|---|---|---|
| 4K Cache Preparation (v0.1.6) | 437.5 MB | 42.4% |
| Cache Ready, 3x3 Panel Open (v0.1.6) | 41.4 MB – 47.4 MB | 1.3% – 2.5% |
| Desktop Live Playback (v0.1.6) | 37.8 MB | 1.5% |
| Auto-Paused (v0.1.5 Capture) | 4.5 MB | 0% |
| TransparentBar (v0.2.4 Host) | 3.9 MB | 0% |
Download the Apps.
Per-user installation without administrator privileges. Installers and source code are available on GitHub.
High-performance video & GIF live wallpaper engine with libmpv hardware decode and local cache.
Live wallpaper features and setup- Video player (MP4, WebM), GIF, and JPG/PNG
- 3x3 Thumbnail library with instant cache
- Auto pause on fullscreen applications
Native Rust taskbar transparency with tray controls, a window connector, and GitHub release update notifications.
Transparent taskbar features and setup- 3.9 MB · TransparentBar host · v0.2.4 snapshot (0% CPU)
- Native Taskbar Transparency
- Optional startup at sign-in, off by default
Windows 10/11 x64; ARM64 is not supported. The connector supports primary and secondary bottom-docked taskbars with auto-hide off. Keep the portable EXE and bridge DLL together.
Keep Free Software Alive.
Both utilities are free, open-source, and ad-free. If they improve your Windows desktop, you can support development through Yapp or Saweria.
Yapp.
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Support on YappSaweria.
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Support on SaweriaCommunity donations help support Windows build tools, high-DPI multi-monitor testing, and active maintenance.
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