Free for Windows 10 and 11

A desktop that breathes.

Animated wallpapers behind your desktop icons. They pause on their own when you start a game, so you never lose a frame.

Now playing: Zorza

Runs in the background, stays out of the way.

Aurolis makes sure the wallpaper never takes power you need somewhere else.

Games come first

A fullscreen game, running on battery or a locked screen: the wallpaper stops and frees up your graphics card. It comes back on its own when you're done.

Every monitor

The wallpaper fits each screen's resolution and scaling. Pausing works per screen too.

Reacts to your mouse

Interactive scenes see your cursor, even under the desktop icons.

Make your own wallpaper.

All you need is an HTML page or a video file and a short description in JSON. Once reviewed, it goes into the gallery under your name.

  • HTML, canvas and WebGL, with settings users can change in the app.
  • Cursor input and pausing just work, no extra code.
  • Made a web or video wallpaper for Wallpaper Engine? Bring it to Aurolis without changes.
// wallpaper.json, next to index.html
{
  "title": "Neon city",
  "type": "web",
  "file": "index.html",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "cursor": true,
  "properties": {
    "color": { "type": "color", "value": "1 0.2 0.6" },
    "speed": { "type": "slider", "value": 1, "max": 3 }
  }
}

A new desktop in a minute.

  1. Download and run Aurolis
  2. Click “Install” next to a wallpaper
  3. Keep playing

About 60 MB, no installer and no account.