BitDay

Get it as a desktop wallpaper

BitDay can live on your desktop on macOS, Windows and Linux. There are two ways to get it — pick the one that suits you:

Option 1BitDay Live ↓

Real sun and moon, live weather, your real time of day. Download a small free app to use as your wallpaper.

Best if you want it alive & moving

 Option 2Wallpapers ↓

Twelve hand-pixelled images your computer swaps automatically as the day goes by. No browser required.

Best if you want it simple & light

Option 1 · BitDay Live

The living scene, animated on your desktop

▶ Watch it now

Runs in any browser — nothing to install

Open BitDay Live

◆ Put it on your desktop

These free apps display a website as your wallpaper

macOS
  1. Install Plash (free, open source) from the App Store
  2. Click the Plash menu bar icon → Add Website
  3. Enter bitday.me — done
Get Plash
Windows
  1. Install Lively Wallpaper (free, open source)
  2. Click Add Wallpaper and enter bitday.me
  3. Set it as your wallpaper
Get Lively
Linux
  1. Install Hidamari from Flathub
  2. Choose Webpage as the source
  3. Enter bitday.me
Get Hidamari

Option 2 · Wallpapers

The classic twelve, swapped through the day

1. Set up your OS

Each one keeps the wallpaper in step with your clock

macOS
  1. Download the native dynamic wallpaper (.heic)
  2. Open System Settings → Wallpaper and add it
  3. macOS shifts it through the day by itself
Dynamic Wallpaper
Windows
  1. Install WallpaperChange by wojwo
  2. Windows will warn it's unsigned — choose More info → Run anyway
  3. Grab the images below, then map them to times in its tray Settings
Download Installer
Linux
  1. Install dwall — BitDay is a built-in style
  2. Run dwall -s bitday on a cron job
  3. On GNOME, there's also a packaged slideshow
Get dwall

2. Or grab the images

Pick your resolution — not sure which?

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