System Customization

Dynamic Theme

apps.microsoft.com

Windows app for rotating wallpapers from Bing, Spotlight, and local image sources.

Alternative Windows Shells Wiki

wikipedia.org

Alternative Windows Shells Wiki is a Windows system utility for cleanup, diagnostics, tweaks, processes, or administration.

backiee

apps.microsoft.com

backiee helps customize desktop wallpapers, themes, backgrounds, or visual system appearance.

NiceTaskbar

microsoft.com

NiceTaskbar is a system utility for Windows, hardware checks, cleanup, process control, or desktop customization.

AccentColorizer

github.com

AccentColorizer is an open-source utility hosted on GitHub that recolors Win32 system interface controls in-memory using the system's accent color, without requiring modifications to existing system theme files. The project is developed by krlvm and maintained as a public code repository on the GitHub platform.

r/Wallpaper

reddit.com

r/Wallpaper is a Reddit community or thread with discussion, guides, updates, or shared resources.

7Themes

7themes.su

7Themes helps customize desktop wallpapers, themes, backgrounds, or visual system appearance.

Anime Pictures

anime-pictures.net

Anime Pictures is a site for anime pictures and wallpapers with a free search. The site states it holds more than 700,000 pictures. Visitors can view pictures, upload their own, track trends and communicate; it also lists top users, moderators and recent comments.

Awesome Wallpaper

awesome-wallpaper.com

AwesomeWallpaper is a smart wallpaper tool for Windows 10 that supports images, animation, video and system information on the desktop. It can show system information on the desktop wallpaper. Version 1.5.2 supports Windows 8.1 and 10 and is distributed under the MIT License.

Catppuccin

catppuccin.com

Catppuccin is a community-driven color scheme described as a soothing pastel theme. It offers color palettes and a range of ports, and is intended for coding, designing and other uses.

CoolBackgrounds

coolbackgrounds.io

CoolBackgrounds is a web-based collection of tools for generating colorful background images suitable for use as blog and website visuals, desktop wallpapers, or mobile wallpapers. The platform currently offers tools for creating trianglify abstract triangle patterns, particle graphics, CSS gradients, gradient topography designs, and accessing images from Unsplash, with plans to add more tools over time.

DesktopHut

desktophut.com

DesktopHut is an online platform that provides more than 67,000 free live and animated wallpapers, including 4K video options, for Windows PC, Mac, and mobile devices. The site also offers a Remix Studio feature that allows users to add custom filters, music, and effects to selected wallpapers before downloading them.

Desktops

deskto.ps

Deskto.ps is a site that hosts annotated desktop screenshots. The page lists captured desktops, naming window managers or desktop environments such as dwm, SwayFX, berry, XFCE4, labwc, leeloo and i3 alongside operating systems including OpenBSD, Arch, NetBSD, Debian, Alpine, Void Linux and Gentoo, with upload dates and download links.

ElectricSheep

electricsheep.org

Electric Sheep is a collaborative abstract artwork founded by Scott Draves, run by people worldwide through a distributed client. When computers sleep, the software creates morphing abstract animations called sheep, shared over the internet; viewers may vote for favorites, driving a genetic algorithm that evolves the flock. It is described as a free and open source service, with HD Gold Sheep offered as a premium version.

FluentFlyout

fluentflyout.com

FluentFlyout is a free, open-source media control flyout app for Windows 11 built with Fluent 2 Design. It provides media playback controls that appear when volume is adjusted or media is played, including repeat, shuffle and a seek slider, plus flyouts for upcoming tracks and lock key status. It also offers a taskbar widget for media control and options for layout, themes and backdrop.

FolderMarker

foldermarker.com

FolderMarker is a system utility for Windows, hardware checks, cleanup, process control, or desktop customization.

HDQwalls

hdqwalls.com

HDQwalls is a system utility for Windows, hardware checks, cleanup, process control, or desktop customization.

MacType is a system utility for Windows, hardware checks, cleanup, process control, or desktop customization.

MechaKeys

mechakeys.robolab.io

MechaKeys is a desktop mechanical keyboard simulator by robolab.io that plays mechanical keyboard sounds while typing. It is a free application with free and paid soundpacks, no ads, and a keystroke count that can be disabled. A Mac version is planned but not yet available.

Minimalistic Wallpaper Collection is a collection of over 300 minimalistic, flat art, and colorful digital nature wallpapers. The images were mostly collected from Reddit and other sources rather than designed by the site author. The website is credited to Jonah Lawrence.

MoeWalls

moewalls.com

MoeWalls is a system utility for Windows, hardware checks, cleanup, process control, or desktop customization.

MyLiveWallpapers

mylivewallpapers.com

MyLiveWallpapers helps customize desktop wallpapers, themes, backgrounds, or visual system appearance.

OpenRGB

openrgb.org

OpenRGB is open source RGB lighting control software that does not depend on manufacturer software. It runs on Windows, Linux and MacOS, replacing proprietary RGB apps with a lightweight interface. It offers a network-based SDK with bindings for multiple languages and a plugin interface. Version 1.1 is referenced.

Rainmeter

rainmeter.net

Rainmeter is a desktop customization tool that displays customizable skins on the desktop, including hardware usage meters and audio visualizers. It has been open source software distributed free of charge under the GNU GPL v2 license since February 2001. Rainmeter comes with a few simple starter skins, and users can create and modify their own skins in a simple language.