Turn your desktop into a live wallpaper — animated gradient, still image, or looping video — with a matching glass Lock Clock overlay. Engineered for near-zero power draw.
brew tap vahsir7/cavewall && brew install --cask cavewall
Recommended — Homebrew installs skip the Gatekeeper quarantine warning that a raw DMG download triggers on this unsigned, open-source build. Tap source.
Three things it does exceptionally well.
Animated gradient, still image, or looping video — playing across every Space and every display at once.
Set the system accent color straight from the menubar — Dock, widgets, and highlights retint in a click. Pairs with any icon appearance mode you've picked in System Settings.
Pauses on Low Power Mode, when the desktop is hidden, when the screen sleeps, and while locked. No polling, ever.
Drop in a video, choose an image, or dial an animated gradient from the media library.
It plays across every Space and display, plus a live glass Lock Clock overlay while you're unlocked — macOS itself only allows a static picture on the real lock screen, and CaveWall keeps that in sync too.
CaveWall pauses the moment nothing's visible and resumes instantly. Your battery won't notice.
No subscription. No account. No tracking. Just a better desktop.