A beautiful desktop wallpaper app powered by Unsplash. Automatically rotates your wallpaper on a schedule from your favourite collections, photographers, topics, colours, or search queries.
- Automatic rotation - change your wallpaper on a schedule (every 30 min, hourly, once a day at a specific time, or a custom expression)
- Multiple sources - pull from Unsplash collections, photographers, topics, colours, or keywords and mix them however you like
- Collections - import any public Unsplash collection by URL or ID
- Photographers - follow your favourite Unsplash photographers and use their latest work
- Topics and Colours - browse curated Unsplash topics or filter by colour palette
- Save wallpapers - permanently save any wallpaper you like to your Pictures folder
- Photographer credit - every wallpaper shows who took it and links to their Unsplash profile
- Runs in the tray - stays out of your way; accessible from the system tray at any time
- Start on login - optionally launch silently on startup
Import any public Unsplash collection and use it as a wallpaper source.
Follow your favourite Unsplash photographers and pull from their work.
Browse curated Unsplash topics and enable them as wallpaper sources.
Control the rotation schedule, image quality, orientation, and more.
Download the latest installer for your platform from the Releases page:
| Platform | File |
|---|---|
| Windows | Splashy_x.x.x_x64-setup.exe or .msi |
| macOS (Apple Silicon) | Splashy_x.x.x_aarch64.dmg |
| macOS (Intel) | Splashy_x.x.x_x64.dmg |
| Linux | .deb, .rpm, or .AppImage |
The app is not notarised. If macOS blocks it, run:
xattr -cr /Applications/Splashy.app- Get a free Unsplash API key at unsplash.com/developers - create an app and copy the Access Key
- Open Splashy, go to Settings and paste your key
- Add a source (collection, photographer, topic, colour, or query)
- Hit Refresh or wait for the scheduler to kick in
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