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Phosphene

Phosphene is a free, open-source gaming app for macOS. Video wallpapers for macOS, from your own videos or Wallpaper Engine's Steam Workshop — picked from System Settings' Wallpaper pane. It has 911 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license.

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About Phosphene

Phosphene adds your videos to System Settings → Wallpaper through the same wallpaper pipeline as Apple’s Aerials. macOS plays them on the desktop and lock screen, even after you quit the app. It also turns Wallpaper Engine wallpapers from the Steam Workshop into video wallpapers.

Install Phosphene

Package names found in the project's README. Each links to its package page so you can check the publisher first.

Homebrew (macOS)
brew install --cask phosphene

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FAQ

Phosphene FAQ

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Is Phosphene free and open source?

Yes. Phosphene's source code is public on GitHub under the MIT license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.

How do I install Phosphene?

Homebrew: brew install --cask phosphene. The commands are on this page. Installers are also on its GitHub Releases page (latest: v1.11.3).

Is Phosphene still maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 23, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.