LivePaper Get it on Microsoft Store

For Windows 10 & 11

Animate your desktop.
Bring your screen to life.

LivePaper plays looping video wallpaper right behind your desktop icons — 154 included — and pauses itself the moment a fullscreen app, a locked session or Battery Saver hides it from you.

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  • 154 wallpapers included
  • x64 & ARM64
  • No ads, no tracking
  • Free trial on the Store
The LivePaper window open over a Windows desktop whose wallpaper is a live aurora, with the Recycle Bin and shortcuts still on the desktop
Your animated wallpaper running live on the real desktop — icons, shortcuts, and everything else keep working as normal.

Why LivePaper

Your desktop does not have to sit still.

A wallpaper app that knows when to play and when to get out of the way.

Plays behind your icons

The video sits under the real desktop, not on top of it. Shortcuts, right-click, drag and drop — everything keeps working exactly as before.

154 wallpapers included

Nature, space, anime, city, particles, light effects and holiday scenes — every one ready to go the moment you install. Favorite the ones you love and filter by category.

Pauses when it’s hidden

A maximized window, a fullscreen game, a locked session or Windows Battery Saver — LivePaper stops playing the moment nobody can see the wallpaper and picks up again when you come back.

Per-monitor pause

Each monitor decides for itself. Fill one screen with a game and the wallpaper on the others keeps moving.

GPU video decoding

Wallpaper video is decoded on your graphics hardware through Windows Media Foundation.

Quiet by design

No ads, no tracking, no account. Start it with Windows, pick a wallpaper, and forget it is there. Dark and light themes, in nine languages.

Included library

154 scenes, ready on day one.

Every wallpaper ships inside the app — nothing to download, nothing to hunt for. Pick a category to browse.

Blue light blooming outward in three dimensions.
Blue Bloom
A sakura tree letting its blossom go.
Sakura Tree
Paper boats drifting on quiet water.
Paper Boats
Roots winding through the earth beneath an old tree.
Tree Roots
A tree standing perfectly still in its own reflection.
Tree Reflection
A stellar vista opening out across deep space.
Stellaris
A starry night mirrored on a calm ocean.
Starry Ocean Night
A lone figure looking out across the stars.
Stargazer Mass Effect 3
Saturn turning, its rings catching the light.
Saturn Rings
An alien world hanging silent above its moon.
Planet Alien Isolation
A neutron star spinning in the dark.
Neutron Star
A mountain lake holding the peaks in its surface.
Mountain Lake
The moon reflected on still water.
Moon Reflection
Jupiter turning with its storm bands in motion.
Jupiter
Groves standing quiet in the low evening light.
Hearth Groves
Tall grass bending in a steady wind.
Grass
Flat clouds drifting over a field of snow.
Flat Snow Cloud
The evening sun setting as the first star appears.
Evening Sun and Star
Stars wheeling above an empty desert.
Desert Stars
A blue galaxy turning far out in deep space.
Blue Galaxy
An anime archangel with wings caught mid-beat.
Archangel
Purple shapes drifting through a slow abstract loop.
Purple Movement
A calm blue desktop scene with a little movement in it.
Blue Desktop
Blue light moving steadily across the frame.
Blue Blue Movement
Yellow shapes moving through a warm abstract loop.
Yellow Animation
Red water swirling and folding into itself.
Red Water
A white bicycle rolling through a clean animated loop.
White Bike
Music notes drifting up and out of frame.
Music Notes
Snow falling over a bright Christmas morning.
Christmas Day Snow
A blue sky with clouds drifting quietly across it.
Skies Blue
A yellow star turning slowly in three dimensions.
Yellow Star
A Christmas tree with its lights blinking softly.
Christmas Tree
Shapes pulsing to a beat you can almost hear.
Beat
Light streaking past at speed.
Speed Light
Holographic colour shifting as the light moves.
Holo
Ocean blue moving in slow, even swells.
Blue Background Ocean
An anime lake at dusk under a wide, still sky.
Lake Anime
Red hearts rising through a warm animated scene.
Love Red
A smooth gradient drifting quietly across the screen.
Smooth
Blue and green tones blending slowly together.
Blue Green Background
Country meadows with flowers nodding in the wind.
Nature Country
Wildflowers moving in an open field.
Nature Play
The American flag rippling in full frame.
USA Flag
Snow falling over a city street at night.
City Snow
A dark sky with storm clouds moving through it.
Skies Dark
Waves running up a quiet beach.
Sea Beach
A blue sky drifting past in no particular hurry.
Blue Background Sky
Lights moving together as if they were dancing.
Dancing Lights
A row of blue lights pulsing in sequence.
Blue Row
Points of starlight drifting and turning together.
Dancing Stars
Light coming through a window and moving across the wall.
Window
A blue paper texture with light moving over it.
Blue Paper
Blue rain falling steadily across the frame.
Blue Rain
Deep ocean blue with light filtering down through it.
Deep Blue Ocean
Blue light pulsing softly out of the black.
Blue Light
Red and orange particles drifting through the dark.
Particles Red and Orange
Numbers cascading down a dark screen.
Numbers
Green figures scrolling like a live market feed.
Crypto Green
Blue data streaming down in endless columns.
Data Blue
Bubbles rising slowly through lit water.
Bubbles Background
Red lights moving through a deep abstract field.
Ligths Background Red
Lights drifting through a dark abstract backdrop.
Ligths Background
A cartoon backdrop with everything gently in motion.
Cartoon
Green light moving in slow, even waves.
Green
Paint spreading and swirling through water.
Paint
Clouds moving across an open sky.
Skies
An abstract loop of colour bleeding into colour.
Abstract
Plasma light folding and stretching on loop.
Lights Plasma
Blue gradients easing across the screen.
Blue Background
Soft lights moving through a deep abstract field.
Ligths Background
Spots of light drifting across a dark backdrop.
Spot Background
The sun rising over the curve of the horizon.
Sun
A ship on an open anime sea under drifting clouds.
Ship Sea
Rain falling past a window in an anime street scene.
Anime Rain
The stars and stripes moving in a steady breeze.
USA
A Japanese house under a slow-moving sky.
Jap House
A desktop computer humming away with its lights on.
PC
Bats crossing a moonlit sky.
Bats
A pony trotting through a bright animated scene.
Pony
A thoroughly unimpressed cat, animated on loop.
Mad Cat
A cat settling in and watching the room.
Cat
A distant planet turning in silence.
Planet
Pink hearts drifting across a soft backdrop.
Pink Love
A tunnel of light rushing endlessly toward you.
Tunnel
A viking standing firm against the weather.
Viking
A cartoon cow ambling through its loop.
Cow
Deep red tones drifting across a dark backdrop.
Red Background
A Christmas scene lit by tree lights and falling snow.
Christmas
A near-black backdrop with the faintest movement in it.
Black Background
Nature at rest, with light shifting through it.
Nature
Stylised figures moving through a looping scene.
Girls
Shapes sliding through a continuous transition.
Transition
A grey abstract backdrop that keeps its distance.
Background Grey
The view through binoculars sweeping the distance.
Binoculars
Pink light moving in slow waves across the frame.
Pink
Snowflakes drifting down through a black winter sky.
Snowflakes
A dimensional globe spinning above a dark surface.
Globe
A green-lit Earth rotating in three dimensions.
Earth Green
The planet turning slowly, clouds moving across it.
Earth
Earth seen from orbit, turning without a sound.
Earth
A wireframe globe turning on a dark backdrop.
Globe
Colour fields blending softly into each other.
Background Colors
The Statue of Liberty standing over the harbour.
Statue Of Liberty
A book turning its pages on its own.
Book
The sun throwing particles and light into the dark.
Sun
Purple gradients drifting slowly across the frame.
Background Purple
A muted abstract backdrop for a quiet desktop.
Background
A smooth abstract animation with no beginning or end.
Animation
A mechanical clamp opening and closing on loop.
Clamp
An engine running, its parts cycling in time.
Engine
An abstract loop of shapes folding into one another.
Animation
A blue nebula drifting through the dark.
Nebula Blue
A spiral galaxy turning in deep space.
Galaxy
A snail making its slow way across wet ground.
Snail
A tree swaying with light moving through its leaves.
Tree
The sun burning at close range, its surface churning.
Sun
Solar particles streaming outward from a bright centre.
Sun Particles
Blue forms shifting through a smooth abstract loop.
Blue Animation
Squares sliding and stacking in a tidy geometric loop.
Square
Red particles circling a burning red core.
Red Light
Yellow particles orbiting a warm point of light.
Yellow Light
A butterfly resting on a marigold in the sun.
Butterfly
Earth turning with the sunrise creeping across it.
Earth
Blue particles drifting in a dark, glittering haze.
Dak Lights
A night sky wheeling slowly overhead.
Night Skies
The sun setting into an open ocean horizon.
Sky Ocean
A lit cabin in the woods on a quiet evening.
Home
A mountain range mirrored in the lake below it.
Mountain
A jellyfish drifting through deep blue water.
Jellyfish
The northern lights rippling green above a dark ridgeline.
Aurora Borealis
The globe turning steadily against open space.
World
Snowflakes falling gently through a still winter sky.
Snowflakes
A cheerful Christmas bear in a snow-dusted scene.
Christmas Bear
A Christmas star turning slowly above the tree.
Christmas Star
New York after dark, its towers lit window by window.
New York City
A calm abstract backdrop that stays out of the way.
Background
Hearts drifting upward in a soft looping animation.
Love
An animated fan spelling out a message of love.
I Love You Fan
A red heartbeat trace running on a clinical black field.
Ecg Red
Silhouetted DJs working a crowd of moving light.
Deejays
A blue ECG line pulsing across a dark monitor.
Ecg Blue
A heartbeat trace scrolling steadily across the screen.
Ecg
Disco lights turning in time with an unheard beat.
Disco Music
A DJ working the decks under pulsing stage light.
Dj Music
Club lighting sweeping colour across an empty floor.
Light Effect
Atoms tracing luminous orbits around a glowing core.
Atoms
Black and white forms folding through each other on loop.
White and Black
A single candle flame swaying in the dark.
Candle
A still anime lake with clouds gliding overhead.
Lake Anime
Fireworks blooming and fading over a dark night sky.
Fireworks
Clock hands sweeping in a quiet study of passing time.
Time
Neon wireframe shapes turning against a black field.
Neon
A blue-haired anime girl framed by slow, cool-toned light.
Anime Blue Girl
An anime heroine holds her pose as embers drift past her.
Anime Girl

A closer look

Everything on one screen.

Preview the active wallpaper, toggle it on or off, pause the animation, and jump straight to recent picks.

LivePaper Home: a large preview of the active aurora wallpaper, Enable Wallpaper and Pause Animation toggles, and a row of recent wallpapers
Home. Preview what is playing, switch it on or off, pause it, and get back to recent picks in one click.
LivePaper Library: a grid of wallpaper thumbnails with category filters, favorites, search and a sort menu
Library. Browse all 154 as a grid or a table, filter by category, search by name, and heart your favorites.
LivePaper Settings: Start with Windows, theme and language options beside a live preview and application info
Settings. Start with Windows, pick dark or light, choose your language, and set the playback rules.
LivePaper Home in the dark theme showing a glowing nebula wallpaper
Dark or light. The app follows the mood you set for it — the wallpaper sets the mood for everything else.

See it move

Two minutes on a real desktop.

Your animated wallpaper running live on the real desktop — icons, shortcuts, and everything else keep working as normal.
Home dashboard — preview your active wallpaper, toggle it on or off, pause the animation, and jump straight to recent picks.

Getting started

Three steps. No setup.

  1. 1

    Install from the Store

    One click on the Microsoft Store. Updates arrive the same way — nothing to download by hand.

  2. 2

    Pick a wallpaper

    Open the Library, find a scene you like, and set it. It starts playing behind your icons immediately.

  3. 3

    Forget it is there

    It starts with Windows, pauses when something covers it, and stops on Battery Saver. Your desktop just keeps moving.

Questions

Good to know.

Which versions of Windows does it run on?

Windows 10 (version 1809 or later) and Windows 11, on both x64 and ARM64 PCs. It is installed and updated through the Microsoft Store.

Will it get in the way of games or full-screen apps?

No. As soon as a maximized or fullscreen window hides the wallpaper, LivePaper pauses playback on that monitor, and it resumes when the desktop is visible again. It also stops when you lock the session and while Windows Battery Saver is on.

Does it work with more than one monitor?

Yes. The wallpaper plays across all your monitors, and each monitor pauses independently depending on what is covering it.

Do the wallpapers have sound?

No. Wallpapers play silently — your desktop should never talk over you.

Does LivePaper collect any data?

No. There are no ads, no tracking and no account to create.

How much does it cost?

LivePaper is sold through the Microsoft Store with a free trial, so you can see it on your own desktop before you decide. Pricing in your currency is shown on the Store listing.

Which languages is the app available in?

English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil) and Simplified Chinese. You can switch language inside Settings.

Bring your screen to life.

154 animated wallpapers, playing behind your icons, on Windows 10 and 11.

Get LivePaper from Microsoft Store