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Mirage

Native live wallpaper for macOS

Your live wallpapers,awake on Mac.

Scene, web, and video wallpapers. Steam Workshop, per-display control, smart playback rules, and a standalone live screen saver — together in one native macOS app.

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A live scene wallpaper rendered by Mirage on macOS
A real scene wallpaper rendered by MirageLive output · Scene renderer

Three formats, one library

Use the wallpapers you already love.

A scene wallpaper rendered by Mirage
SCENE

Rendered worlds

Materials, particles, lighting, effects, and user properties rendered through Vulkan and MoltenVK.

A real web audio visualizer wallpaper in Mirage
WEB

Interactive canvases

HTML, JavaScript, media, mouse interaction, and audio response hosted by WKWebView.

A real 4K 120 FPS video wallpaper in Mirage
VIDEO

Effortless motion

Smooth looping, speed, volume, and fill modes for local video wallpapers through AVFoundation.

The real Mirage library

Hundreds of wallpapers. Still easy to manage.

Search, sort, filter, favourite, import, and tune playback in one native workspace. Local items, Workshop downloads, and presets stay together with their source clearly identified.

  • Per-display assignment
  • Live playback controls
  • Custom properties
  • Menu-bar control
The real Mirage installed wallpaper library

Steam Workshop

Browse, filter, and download without leaving Mirage.

Discover Workshop content by format, tag, popularity, rating, and recency. Mirage handles SteamCMD, sign-in, Steam Guard, download queues, and preset dependencies.

Open the Workshop guide
Steam Workshop nature wallpapers inside Mirage

Smart playback

Motion that knows when to step back.

Choose what happens when another app is full screen, audio is playing, the display sleeps, or a MacBook switches to battery power.

Performance settings
Motion that knows when to step back.

Live screen saver

Your wallpaper keeps moving when you step away.

Use the same scene, web, or video wallpaper as a standalone screen saver, with its preset and custom properties preserved.

Screen saver guide
Your wallpaper keeps moving when you step away.
Mirage display assignment panel

Per-display control

The right wallpaper on the right screen.

See every connected display, apply the selected wallpaper to one screen, or stop individual renderers from a focused control panel.

Multi-display guide

Open, transparent, supportable

Built in the open — and free to use.

Mirage is GPL-3.0 software for macOS 14.2 and later. Sponsorship is optional and never unlocks or restricts features.

Support MirageBrowse source
Mirage About page with project and sponsorship information

Give your desktop another dimension.

Available for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.

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Mirage is not affiliated with or endorsed by Valve, Steam, or Wallpaper Engine.

GPL-3.0