Bring your Windows 10 and 11 desktops to life with the amazing (and free!) Sucrose – download it now

Static Windows wallpapers can often seem a bit uninspiring, especially if you don’t change them regularly. Sucrose offers a solution by offering a dynamic, customizable approach to desktop wallpapers.

The versatile background engine lets you animate and personalize your desktops with interactive wallpapers and supports both light and dark themes. Sucrose works on multiple screens and at different resolutions, making it compatible with various display configurations.

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It is free and completely open source, and users can design media-responsive wallpapers using the Sucrose Audio API or create system state-based designs using the Sucrose System API. Additionally, you can integrate websites as background images via CefSharp and WebView.

You can design your own wallpapers and share them with others through the Sucrose community. You can also search for and download designs created by others on the Sucrose Store

You also don’t have to worry about the software affecting system performance (which was our first concern), as it optimizes CPU and GPU usage and automatically pauses wallpapers when running applications or games in full-screen mode. It also has a power saving mode that helps extend battery life when used on laptops.

The software has just been updated to version 24.10.21.0 and this is new:

Improvements:

• Some bugs have been fixed.
• The update problems have been resolved.
• Added server support for the update.
• Added module support for the update.
• ARM64 support has been added for MpvPlayer.
• FirstChance errors no longer appear in the error logs.
• Code optimizations and refactoring were implemented.
• The installation and removal experiences have been improved.
• The error that occurred during exception serialization has been fixed.
• Corrupted configuration files are now reset instead of causing an error.
• Misloads for incorrect architectures in MpvPlayer are now reported with more descriptive error messages.

Translations:

• Translations and improvements have been made.

Updates:

• Updated Skylark library.
• Updated MpvPlayer library.
• Updated Skylark.Wing library.
• Updated Costura.Fody library.
• Updated Skylark.Standard library.
• Updated Skylark.Clipboard library.
• Updated LibreHardwareMonitorLib library.
• Updated Microsoft.Web.WebView2 library.
• Updated Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting library.

As a warning, the website warns: “Due to code optimizations and adjustments, settings will be reset for users who previously used the application.”

You can download Sucrose from the GitHub page.