sindresorhus/Plash
Plash
Plash is a macOS desktop wallpaper engine that renders live websites as the desktop background. It functions as a web-based wallpaper manager and dynamic background renderer, allowing users to display interactive websites as a persistent layer behind desktop icons and windows.
The application provides automation and customization tools, including the ability to rotate through a list of web sources at set intervals and apply custom CSS and JavaScript to modify the appearance of the displayed content. It includes a dynamic viewport injection system that optimizes website layouts to fit the current screen resolution.
The system integrates with macOS via a native share extension for adding websites and uses custom URL schemes to enable programmatic control via terminal commands and external scripts. It also features a browsing mode for navigating, zooming, and clicking elements within the background page.
Features
- WebView Desktop Layers - Renders a web browser window behind all desktop icons and windows by modifying the application window level.
- Web-Based Wallpapers - Provides a system to render live websites as interactive macOS desktop wallpapers with support for rotation and custom styling.
- Screen Dimension Monitors - Detects screen dimensions to request images and layouts that fit the monitor perfectly.
- Dynamic Background Renderers - Optimizes website layouts and dimensions to ensure they fit the current screen resolution perfectly.
- Web-Based Live Wallpapers - Renders specified websites as the desktop background to create a dynamic and interactive visual experience.
- Custom Web Styling - Allows for deep visual adaptation of web pages via custom CSS and scripts for use as a background element.
- Viewport Dimension Injections - Optimizes website layouts to fit the current screen resolution by injecting active monitor dimensions into the request URL.
- Desktop Wallpaper Managers - Manages and rotates live websites as the macOS desktop wallpaper.
- Animated Wallpaper Engines - Acts as a wallpaper engine that renders live, dynamic web content as the macOS desktop background.
- Visual Style Customization - Supports applying custom styles and scripts to modify the opacity, colors, and appearance of displayed content.
- User Script Injection Browsers - Allows the injection of custom CSS and JavaScript into loaded web pages to modify visual appearance and behavior.
- Automatic Page Refreshers - Provides the ability to refresh active websites at specific intervals to keep the background dynamic.
- Content Rotation Schedulers - Cycles through a predefined list of web sources by triggering automatic page refreshes at set intervals.
- Custom URI Scheme Handlers - Provides mechanisms for intercepting and resolving custom protocol URIs to trigger specific application actions via terminal or scripts.
- URL Scheme Handlers - Implements a system for registering and processing custom URL schemes to map external commands to internal functions.
- Desktop Automation - Enables programmatic control of the desktop background via custom URL schemes and terminal commands.
- Background Interface Interaction - Provides a browsing mode that allows users to navigate, zoom, and click interactive elements within the background page.
- System Utilities - Sets websites as interactive desktop wallpapers.
- Web Browsers - Display live websites as interactive desktop wallpapers.
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