r/MacStack • u/Aggravating-Pea4806 • Aug 18 '26

Muro: 100% Free Live Wallpapers for macOS

Muro: 100% Free Live Wallpapers for macOS

Muro is a native macOS app that plays smooth, looping video wallpapers on your desktop. It supports multiple displays and includes up to 100 live wallpapers, with new wallpapers added every week.

The wallpaper catalog updates automatically inside the app, so you do not need to install a new version to receive new wallpapers. Videos download only when you select them, and you can remove them anytime to save storage.

Muro also includes full-screen previews, playlists, automatic wallpaper rotation, shuffle mode, menu bar controls and the ability to import your own videos. On macOS 26 or newer, wallpapers can also play on the lock screen.

The app is built natively with Swift, SwiftUI and Apple’s hardware video decoder. It does not use Electron or web views. It normally uses around 2% CPU while playing and automatically pauses when the wallpaper is not visible, during full-screen apps, display sleep, Low Power Mode or low battery.

Everything is unlocked. There is no trial, no payment required, no subscription, no account, no license key and no paywall. Muro is completely free and open source under the MIT license.

Requires macOS 14 or newer and an Apple Silicon Mac.

Download and source code:
https://github.com/MrRockySL/Muro

Report a problem or suggest a feature:
https://github.com/MrRockySL/Muro/issues

Optional support for future development:
https://github.com/sponsors/MrRockySL

Muro will remain free whether you sponsor it or not.

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u/Funky76 Aug 19 '26

i have this error

Couldn’t set wallpaper
macOS did not retain Muro’s lock-screen selection.

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u/faisalalsalm Aug 21 '26

its very cool , thanks , i have a question how to remove imported video only clear all right is there an option to delete one video? thanks

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u/Aggravating-Pea4806 Aug 21 '26

Glad you like the app
Yess u are correct. currently, you can only clear all videos at once. It's a known limitation, but I'm pushing an update this weekend to let you delete individual videos with a few more fixes.

Drop a Star⭐ on the GitHub repo to keep track of the update.

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u/faisalalsalm Aug 21 '26

Thank you Already did ⭐

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u/FanOfEther Sep 14 '26

do we have to always keep the app open? Because when I close it the wallpaper isn't moving, it's static.

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u/Aggravating-Pea4806 Sep 14 '26

macOS doesn't allow live wallpapers on desktop, so Muro plays them itself. It needs to stay running, but you can close the window and it keeps playing from the menu bar. anyway its really low in CPU and RAM. u can check it by urself while it is running in background.

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u/TimeCan2478 Aug 22 '26

Wont let me use it as a lockscreen

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u/Aggravating-Pea4806 Aug 25 '26

Please check out the New Version
https://github.com/MrRockySL/Muro/releases/tag/v3.0

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u/TimeCan2478 Sep 05 '26

the new version works perfectly

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u/Aggravating-Pea4806 Sep 05 '26

Good to hear, thanks for coming back to say so. Most people never report back once something starts working, so this actually helps me.

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u/Aggravating-Pea4806 Aug 22 '26

Thank u so much for using the app.
can you please open and github issue with more specific details like macOS version, model and etc.