Bloom — live wallpapers, lightweight
A live wallpaper app that won't eat your RAM
Bloom — live wallpapers, lightweight launched on July 31, 2026 with 1 votes.
What it does
Bloom turns any video into a live wallpaper that plays behind your desktop icons, on macOS and Windows. Existing wallpaper apps like Wallpaper Engine idle at 450-900MB because they bundle their own browser. Bloom uses the OS's native webview and video decoder instead — measures ~39MB on my M1 Air. It's my first app ever, built solo, free and open source (GPL-3.0). Windows support just shipped and is less tested, so I'm especially looking for feedback there.
Bloom is a small macOS app that plays a looping video behind your desktop icons. Free, open source.
Any video becomes your live wallpaper. It pauses on battery power and when your desktop isn't visible, so it stays light on CPU and RAM. Other wallpaper apps ship their own copy of Chromium. Bloom uses the webview already on your machine, which is why the installer is 2 MB instead of 200. Running, it costs what a webview costs — and nothing at all once your desktop is covered. These are measurements, not marketing — M1 MacBook Air, July 2026, desktop visible, summed across all four processes Bloom runs (the app plus the three WebKit services that do the actual rendering). Measured with phys_footprint , the same number Activity Monitor shows you. We had these wrong until v0.4.1. Earlier…from keen7-bloom.github.io
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WallperNov 2025 · wallper.app · ▲26Hi everyone! I’ve recently launched Wallper, a small project I built because I couldn’t find a lightweight, native-feeling app to apply real 4K video wallpapers on macOS. You can upload your own videos (private or public), apply them to multiple monitors, and the app pauses playback in full-screen mode to save battery. I’d love to hear your thoughts, ideas, or feedback - still very early, but already live and free to try!
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