DriftPaper v1.3.7

Full Changelog: v1.3.6...v1.3.7

DriftPaper v1.3.6

Full Changelog: v1.3.5...v1.3.6

DriftPaper v1.3.5

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DriftPaper v1.3.4

DriftPaper now includes three new animation modes:

• Flowing Silk — soft illuminated folds driven by layered noise.
• Ink in Water — colored pigment carried through the fluid simulation.
• Living Topography — animated elevation contours.

Choose a mode from Animation in the macOS menu bar or Windows system tray. Animation Speed offers Slow, Normal, and Fast independently of frame rate. Mode and speed are saved across launches, and switching modes preserves your palette and other controls. Existing installations continue to default to Drift.

Silk and Topography skip fluid solving and line placement. Ink uses bounded GPU dye textures that are released when leaving the mode. All modes retain multi-display support, brightness controls, and pause behavior during sleep or lock.

For windowed previews, use --windowed --animation silk, --animation ink, or --animation topography, optionally with --speed slow.

macOS downloads support both Apple Silicon and Intel and are Developer ID signed and notarized by Apple. Windows is available as a ZIP download.

DriftPaper v1.3.3

Full Changelog: v1.3.2...v1.3.3

DriftPaper v1.3.2

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DriftPaper v1.3.1

Full Changelog: v0.0.1...v1.3.1

DriftPaper v1.3.0

Changes

• Brightness controls - New menu bar controls for adjusting brightness
• Windows 11 improvements - Fixed wallpaper injection for Windows 11
• Windows system tray - Added app icon and run on login support

Download

macOS

1. Download DriftPaper-macos.zip
2. Unzip and move to /Applications
3. Important: Run this command to allow the app:

   xattr -cr /Applications/DriftPaper.app

4. Double-click to launch

Windows

Download DriftPaper-windows.exe and run directly.

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Both binaries run in wallpaper mode by default. Use --windowed for a normal window.

DriftPaper v1.2.0

Changes

• Wallpaper mode is now the default - No need to specify --wallpaper flag
• Added --windowed flag for running in normal window mode (for testing/preview)
• Simplified LaunchAgent plist (removed unnecessary --wallpaper argument)

Download

• macOS: drift-macos - Run directly or copy to /Applications/DriftPaper.app/Contents/MacOS/DriftPaper
• Windows: drift-windows.exe - Run directly

Both binaries now run in wallpaper mode by default. Use --windowed for a normal window.

DriftPaper v1.1.0 - Windows Support

DriftPaper v1.1.0

Now with Windows support!

Downloads

Platform	File	Size
macOS	DriftPaper-macOS	5.3 MB
Windows	DriftPaper-Windows.exe	7.4 MB

What's New

Windows Support

• WorkerW technique for rendering behind desktop icons
• Multi-monitor support via EnumDisplayMonitors
• System tray with full menu controls (same as macOS)
• Preferences stored in %APPDATA%\DriftPaper\

Installation

macOS

1. Download DriftPaper-macOS
2. Rename to DriftPaper and move to /Applications/DriftPaper.app/Contents/MacOS/
3. Or run directly: ./DriftPaper-macOS --wallpaper

Windows

1. Download DriftPaper-Windows.exe
2. Run: DriftPaper-Windows.exe --wallpaper
3. Right-click the system tray icon to access settings

Menu Controls

Setting	Options
Color Scheme	Original, Plasma, Poolside, Space Grey
Density	Sparse, Normal, Dense
Noise Strength	Low, Medium, High, Max
Line Length	Short, Medium, Long, Extra Long
Line Width	Thin, Medium, Thick
View Scale	Compact, Normal, Wide

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Based on Flux by Sander Melnikov.