The first wallpaper platform that treats macOS dynamic wallpapers as first-class ā preserves HEIC metadata, extracts frames, picks per-display variants automatically. Plus a clean menu-bar Mac app, weekly AI-curated themes, and no ads ever.
Hey Product Hunt š
I'm the maker of Wallpaper Exchange. Three years ago I got obsessed with
macOS dynamic wallpapers ā the ones that change with sunrise/sunset or
across 24 hours ā and went looking for a community that catered to them.
I couldn't find one. So I built it.
What I think is genuinely new here:
š **HEIC metadata preservation** ā most image hosts strip the
`apple_desktop` plist on upload, breaking the dynamic behavior.
We read it, tag it, keep it. The wallpaper you download actually
works on your Mac.
š„ļø **Variant-aware downloads** ā the Mac client sends your screen
resolution; the server picks the smallest variant that still
covers your display. Less bandwidth, sharper result, automatic.
š§ **AI-curated weekly drops** ā every Friday, 10 hand-picked
wallpapers + a Claude-curated themed collection. Each wallpaper
is featured at most once, ever. No "same 10 trending images"
forever.
š **A native macOS menu-bar app** ā no Dock icon, no main window.
Browse, favorite, apply with a click. Multi-monitor support.
š **No ads, no tracking, no third-party data sharing.**
Free, self-hosted, will never enshittify.
The whole thing is built on Go + Postgres + MinIO + Kafka, with a React
SPA front and a SwiftPM menu-bar app. Small enough that hosting costs
less than a takeout meal a month ā if it grows, donations first, never
ads.
I'd especially love feedback on the dynamic-wallpaper handling ā if
you're a Mac dynamic-wallpaper enthusiast, please throw your weirdest
HEIC files at it and tell me what breaks.
Try it:
š https://wallpaperexchange.com
š https://wallpaperexchange.com/do...
Cheers
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