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Meet Canvas 2

Reinventing live wallpapers for macOS.

Release Notes
Canvas Interface

Stunning visuals

Transform your desktop into a living, breathing experience with cinema-quality live wallpapers rendered in real-time.

Hardware Acceleration

Metal optimized

Built purely on Apple's Metal framework to ensure high frame rates with absolutely zero impact on battery life or performance.

Settings Interface

Monitored Folders

Select a folder and Canvas will automatically sync any new MP4, GIF, or AVIF files directly into your wallpaper library in real-time.

Here's how
Canvas works

Multi-display support

Canvas natively understands your Mac's display arrangement. Span a single breathtaking video across three monitors seamlessly.

Smart pausing

The moment you launch a full-screen app, game, or disconnect from power, Canvas intelligently pauses rendering to save battery.

Native media engine

By hooking directly into macOS AVFoundation, it decodes 4K video using hardware acceleration, offloading work from the CPU.

Frequently
asked questions

No! Canvas intelligently pauses all wallpaper rendering the moment you disconnect from power or when your system is under heavy load, ensuring zero impact on your battery life.

Absolutely. Canvas supports importing any MP4, MOV, or WEBM file, allowing you to turn your favorite memories or custom renders into stunning desktop backgrounds.

Yes, Canvas fully supports multi-monitor setups. You can choose to span a single wallpaper across all your screens or set completely different wallpapers for each display.

Yes! Canvas is a completely free, open-source project. There are no subscriptions, no ads, and no hidden developer previews.

Canvas is written entirely in Swift and uses Apple's native Metal framework, meaning it runs natively and flawlessly on all Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4) Macs.

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Ready to bring your desktop to life?

Canvas is completely free. Download it now and transform your Mac.