Solace Wallpaper

Put a calm, animated scene behind your desktop icons; it pauses when a window covers it. $4.59, once.

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$4.59 once. Buy it once, keep it: no subscription, no automatic renewal, no account.

Why buy from us

• Ten original animated wallpapers, from Golden Hour and Firefly Glade to Rainy Window and Retro Horizon
• 30 fps cap (24 fps Battery saver), pauses when the desktop is covered
• Motion speed option per wallpaper; add your own HTML wallpapers
• No account, online catalogue or update check; Start with Windows is off by default
• Windows ZIP; verify the published SHA-256 before use
• One-time price, $4.59 USD. No subscription and no automatic renewal.
• Works offline: the app itself makes no network calls (see the details below).
• We publish the size and SHA-256 of the exact ZIP you download, so you can check it.

The idea

Live-wallpaper apps often come with big online catalogues, accounts and background processes that keep working even when you can't see the desktop. Solace Wallpaper is one small app with ten original scenes that pause when covered, for a one-time price.

Designed for Windows users who want a calm, animated desktop without a subscription, account or heavy launcher.

About this product

A still desktop background is fine until you notice how often you look at it. Most live-wallpaper apps fix that with a huge online catalogue, an account and a heavy background process.

Solace Wallpaper puts a small animated scene behind your desktop icons. It ships with ten original wallpapers drawn in code by SolaceSoftware: Aurora Ridge, Neon Drizzle, Koi Pond, Golden Hour, Nebula Drift, Sakura Fall, Rainy Window, Liquid Silk, Retro Horizon and Firefly Glade. Each one loops seamlessly, runs at 30 fps by default (24 fps with Battery saver) and stops drawing completely while your desktop is covered. Pick a scene in the Library, set it as your wallpaper and change its motion speed. You can also add your own wallpapers: each is a small HTML page with a wallpaper.json file.

The app and the included wallpapers make no network connections of their own, and there is no account, online catalogue, update check or analytics. Start with Windows stays off until you turn it on.

System and package

• Windows 10 or Windows 11, 64-bit
• Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime (built into Windows 11 and current Windows 10)
• No installer or administrator rights needed; the download is about 3 MB
• Verify the published SHA-256 checksum before use

Install

Unzip the folder anywhere and run SolaceWallpaper.exe. Pick a wallpaper in the Library and click Set as Wallpaper; closing the window keeps it running in the tray.

Wallpapers and settings live in %LocalAppData%\Solace Wallpaper. To remove the app, turn off Start with Windows if you enabled it, quit from the tray icon and delete the folder.

First launch on Windows

The app isn’t code-signed yet, so the first time you open it Windows may show “Windows protected your PC.” Click More info, then Run anyway. After you buy, you can check the ZIP against the SHA-256 on this page. Questions: solacesoftware@smilingface.cloud

Published package checksum

After you buy, you can check that your download is exactly this file: same name, same size, same SHA-256.

• File: Solace-Wallpaper-1.0.1-solace.1-Windows-x64.zip
• Size: 2953871 bytes
• SHA-256: 42bf779cc6531b5a3d5f478eee51d0e475d6f1796cfe4d5608eaca3b4c542b66

Common questions

Does it keep running behind a fullscreen game? The wallpaper stops drawing while the desktop is covered by a window.

Windows says “Windows protected your PC”. The app isn’t code-signed yet, so the first time you open it Windows may show that screen. Click More info, then Run anyway. After you buy, you can check the ZIP against the SHA-256 on this page.

What do I need? Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit, with the Edge WebView2 Runtime (built into Windows 11 and current Windows 10). No installer or administrator rights needed.