Featherwall
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Moving wallpapers on every screen for about 1% of your PC. Open a game and it drops to 0%.
Featherwall
Screen 1 (main, wide) shows Misty peaks
Featherwall right now
CPU1.3%
Memory166 MB
App size448 KB
Playing on 2 screens
Pretend desktop, real wallpapers. Meter numbers measured on a real 3-screen PC.
One tiny program that knows when to stop.
Smaller than one phone photo. No installer, no Steam.
Videos play on the graphics chip’s video part, the one that plays movies.
A game opens, every screen stops. A big window covers a screen, that screen stops.
Games, full-screen apps, slideshows, battery, a locked PC: it pauses for all of them.
Hover its icon by the clock to see its own CPU and memory.
After sleep or plugging in a screen, your wallpaper comes back. No black screen.
Measured on one PC: Windows 11, RTX 5080, 3 screens (3440×1440, 1080×2560 tall, 1920×1080), 30 frames a second, 20-second samples. These are Featherwall’s own numbers; Windows' own screen drawing is not included. Your PC will be a bit different.
| What’s happening | CPU | Graphics | Video part | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 screens playing the built-in looks (v0.2) | 1.3 to 1.5% | 1.9% | 6.1% | 166 to 171 MB |
| Running, no wallpaper set (v0.1) | 0.02% | 0% | 0% | 51 MB |
| 3 videos on 3 screens, 1080p (v0.1) | 1.05% | 1.4% | 3.4% | 126 MB |
| 3 web wallpapers (v0.1, uses Edge) | 4.66% | 1.1% | 0% | 507 MB |
One hour of testing on v0.2: 0 graphics resets, video part 1 to 6%, graphics memory at or under 3 GB, 57 °C at the hottest. Web wallpapers cost the most because they run on Edge; pick a video or photo if you want the lightest setup.
Pick a motion. Featherwall makes a smooth 12-second loop on your PC.
Gentle drift
Free
Pro preview
Your photo stays in this browser. Nothing is uploaded. The app works the same way.
No time limit, no watermark, no nagging.
$0forever
Featherwall Pro$4.99once, yours forever
Launch week: $3.99
No subscription. No trial timer. Pro runs on your PC too, nothing in the cloud.
How upgrading works
Version 0.4 for Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit).
22 MB download: the 448 KB app plus 4 looks.
Want 3 more looks? Ocean dusk, Rainy window and Silk waves (16 MB). Unzip them into the same folder.
Windows may say “Windows protected your PC”. That’s because Featherwall is new and not signed yet. Click More info, then Run anyway. The Microsoft Store version (coming soon) won’t show this box.
Open the zip, drag the Featherwall folder anywhere, then double-click Featherwall.exe.
A different look lands on each screen right away. Show me around walks you through the rest, and you can replay it any time.
Featherwall keeps going from the icon by the clock. Right-click it and pick Exit to get your old wallpaper back.
Safety first
On 30 October 2026 our test PC’s graphics card kept resetting while it ran shader wallpapers on 3 screens. So shader and GIF wallpapers are off in this version. Videos, photos and web wallpapers are on and tested.
Featherwall now has a safety brake. If the graphics driver resets, it waits 15 seconds before trying again. If it resets a second time within 5 minutes, Featherwall stops drawing until you pick a wallpaper again, so it can never keep a bad loop going.
The resets on our PC pointed at the graphics driver, so keeping your driver up to date is a good idea for any app. Shader and GIF wallpapers come back once we’ve tested them on more PCs.
Yes. The free app never runs out, has no watermark and no ads. Pro is an optional one-time $4.99 for extra motions and effects.
No. When a game or any full-screen app is open, Featherwall pauses every screen and uses 0% of your PC until you’re back.
Yes, for free. Give each screen its own look, or stretch one look across all of them. Which screen is which? flashes a big number on each one.
Yes. Drag them onto the window. Line it up lets you move and zoom, and Smart frame finds the best part for you. It all happens on your PC; nothing is uploaded.
Right-click the Featherwall icon by the clock and pick Exit. Your normal Windows wallpaper comes right back. There’s also a Back to my normal wallpaper button in the app.
Featherwall can pause when you unplug, when the PC is locked and when the screen turns off. Turn on Pause on battery in Settings.
New apps that aren’t signed yet get a “Windows protected your PC” box. Click More info, then Run anyway. The Microsoft Store version won’t show it.
Not yet. Featherwall is made for Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit).