WallFren

A video wallpaper app for Mac

Your videos.
Your wallpaper.

Put a video you love on your desktop. WallFren handles the playback, playlists, and the moments when it should pause.

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macOS 26+ · Apple Silicon · Preview build

A mountain landscape filling the desktop
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A change of scenery.
NOW PLAYING

Alpine morning

Playing · muted
Illustrated desktop preview. Try a different scene below.Photos via Unsplash ↗

Your own little
corner of the screen.

Use videos already on your Mac. Keep a single favorite on repeat, or make a playlist and let it shuffle.

01 / YOUR LIBRARY

Bring your own videos.

Import local files into your library. Preview a video, choose fit or fill, and apply it as your wallpaper.

02 / PLAYBACK

Set it. Shuffle it. Repeat it.

Put videos in a playlist, play them in order or shuffle, and control playback from the menu bar.

03 / YOUR DISPLAYS

A wallpaper for every display.

Choose which connected displays get the video wallpaper. Keep the playback controls close in the menu bar.

04 / YOUR RULES

Know when to pause.

Choose what happens when another window is active or maximized. Keep playing, mute the video, or stop playback.

An early look

Make yourself
at home.

This is an early preview for Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 26 or later.

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Before you download
This preview is not notarized by Apple. macOS may block the first launch. Lock-screen integration is not included in this preview.
  1. Open the disk image.

    Drag WallFren into Applications, then eject the disk image.

  2. Open WallFren.

    If macOS blocks this trusted preview, review the message in System Settings → Privacy & Security. Do not disable Gatekeeper.

  3. Add a local video.

    Open the library from the menu bar. Import a video and select the displays you want to use.

  4. Choose your playback rules.

    Accessibility permission is needed for window-aware playback rules. You can use wallpaper playback without enabling that permission.

APPLE SILICON ONLY · macOS 26 OR LATER

Does WallFren include wallpapers?

WallFren uses videos you import from your Mac. The landscapes on this page are illustrative photos, not a bundled wallpaper library.

Will it keep playing behind a full-screen app?

You can choose the behavior for active and maximized windows in Settings. The default stops playback behind a maximized window.

Is an Intel version available?

This preview build is for Apple Silicon only. An Intel release is not available here.