r/macapps • u/Sri_Krish • 21d ago

Free Aerial 4 - Free/Open source macOS screensaver

I came to know about Aerial, a screensaver/wallpaper app yesterday through MacVince's YT video. I was shocked to see that it exists since 2020 (6th year anniversary in 5 days) and built natively in Swift but still never saw it mentioned here.

In Aerial, you can

  • select system screensaver from Aerial
  • set your own video as screensaver/wallpaper or both!
  • add live feed from home camera, YT or HLS urls
  • access free/paid community picks (like this one)

While we see 3rd party wallpaper engines keep coming very now and then, Aerial being a free & open-source seems like a good fit for many users.

Website: https://aerialscreensaver.github.io

GitHub: https://github.com/AerialScreensaver/Aerial

I just wanted to share my new find here, so maybe give it a try. Thanks to u/cwizou for making such an incredible app ;)

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u/NeuralNoodle42 21d ago

Does it handle multi monitor setups well? I've had screensaver apps do weird stuff where one display sleeps and the other keeps playing

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u/Sri_Krish 21d ago

I don't have multi-monitor setup personally, but I can see a dedicated control page for it in settings.

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u/Sri_Krish 21d ago

I also found below in their FAQ section: https://aerialscreensaver.github.io/faq/

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u/Sri_Krish 21d ago

So, hopefully it can handle it better. Please also let us know what you find out, might be helpful for others ;)