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Screensaver
Luminous curtains above a still horizon.
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100 live scenes in 9 collections, each with its own music.
NewKoi Pond
Koi glide under lily pads in a clear green pond.
NewGas Giant
A banded giant planet turning slowly, with a small moon in orbit.
NewLighthouse
A lighthouse sweeps its beam over a dark sea under the Milky Way.
NewSlow Fireworks
Fireworks open in slow motion over dark water.
NewDigital Rain
Columns of glowing green symbols fall down a black screen.
NewDream Gradient
Soft pastel colors melt into one another.
NewWoven Rosette
Fine glowing lines weave a slowly turning rosette.
NewTotal Eclipse
The Sun's corona streams around a black Moon.
NewTide Line
Turquoise waves wash up a sandy beach, seen from above.
NewDandelion Seeds
Dandelion seeds float past in low evening light.
NewMidnight Skyline
A city skyline at night, its lit windows mirrored in the water.
NewSeigaiha Waves
The Japanese wave pattern in indigo, cream, and gold.
NewPaper Cut Hills
Layers of cut paper form rolling hills under a paper sun.
NewZen Garden
Raked sand circles three stones as the light slowly moves.
Fireplace
A log fire burning in a brick fireplace.
Planet Rise
Sunrise over the curved edge of a planet, seen from orbit.
Firefly Meadow
Fireflies glowing and dimming over a night meadow.
Golden Hour
A low sun and orange light under drifting purple clouds.
Rain on the Pond
Raindrops spreading rings across a dark pond.
Synthwave Sunset
A striped sun, neon mountains, and a glowing grid.
City Bokeh
Out-of-focus city lights in gold, pink, and blue.
Ink in Water
Teal, indigo, and crimson ink unfurling in clear water.
Kaleidoscope
A mirrored pattern of jewel colors, always rearranging.
Candlelight
One candle flame, leaning and steadying in the dark.
Meteor Shower
Shooting stars crossing a clear night sky.
Campfire Embers
Orange sparks rising from a fire into the dark.
Sea of Clouds
Sunrise over a blanket of cloud, seen from above.
Desert Dunes
Layers of sand dunes under a hazy sun.
Starfield Warp
Stars streaming out from the center at an easy pace.
Light Leaks
Warm washes of orange and rose light with a little grain.
Watercolor Bloom
Blots of watercolor spreading on textured white paper.
Mandala Breath
Gold and teal rings of petals, swelling and settling.
Fairy Lights
Strings of warm bulbs, gently brightening and dimming.
Wormhole
A slow flight down a swirling tunnel of colored gas.
Quiet Snowfall
Soft snow falling at dusk over snow-covered pines.
Cotton Candy Sky
Soft pink, peach, and lavender haze, slowly folding.
Kelp Forest
Tall kelp swaying in green-blue, sunlit water.
Retro Plasma
Blocky blobs of saturated color from old computer demos.
Window Light
Afternoon sun through blinds, striped across a wall.
Liquid Chrome
Liquid metal rippling with bright white highlights.
Julia Bloom
A Julia set fractal that keeps changing shape.
Lantern Festival
Paper lanterns rising into the night above still water.
Comet
A bright comet with a blue ion tail and a golden dust tail.
Cherry Blossom Drift
Pink petals tumbling across a pale spring sky.
Moonlit Clouds
A full moon behind drifting, silver-edged clouds.
Jellyfish Drift
Glowing jellyfish pulsing upward through deep blue water.
Mystify
Two glowing polygons bouncing and leaving fading trails.
Soft Orbs
Balls of colored light drifting and merging in the dark.
Smoke Wisps
Thin incense smoke curling into ribbons in the dark.
Contour Lines
A slowly changing map of fine teal contour lines.
Snowy Window
Snow and warm street lights beyond a frosted window.
Harvest Moon
A large golden moon whose phase slowly changes.
Autumn Leaves
Red and gold leaves spinning down through amber light.
Pine Fog
Rows of pines fading into pale morning fog.
Lake at Dusk
Mountains and a crescent moon mirrored in a still lake.
Oscilloscope
A green trace looping through Lissajous figures.
Neon Halo
Neon rings turning above a dark, glossy floor.
Paper Marbling
Bands of indigo, ochre, and crimson pulled into waves.
Moiré Rings
Three sets of rings sliding into moiré patterns.
Night Train
Dark hills and distant lights passing a train window.
Supernova Remnant
Rings of blue, red, and gold gas around a small white star.
Sunbeam Dust
Dust motes glinting in a shaft of sunlight.
Balloon Dawn
Striped hot air balloons drifting across a dawn sky.
Summer Meadow
Golden grass swaying in a warm evening breeze.
Circuit Glow
Pulses of light running along circuit board tracks.
Truchet Weave
Rounded ribbons of color winding through loops and curves.
Rainy City Night
A lit skyline reflected in wet ground on a rainy night.
Star Cluster
Thousands of stars gathered around a bright center.
Soap Bubbles
Rainbow-rimmed bubbles rising against a blue sky.
Frozen Lake
Thick blue ice, pale cracks, and glinting frost.
Radio Waves
Stacked white lines rising into peaks like a mountain range.
Quasicrystal
A glowing pattern with symmetry that never quite repeats.
Stardust Spiral
A tilted spiral galaxy made of points of light.
Pool Caustics
Nets of sunlight wobbling over turquoise pool tiles.
Light Tunnel
A glide down a tunnel of color-changing neon rings.
Glowing Tide
Small waves lighting up electric blue on a night beach.
Event Horizon
A black hole bending the light of its own disk.
Misty Peaks
Mountain ridges fading into dawn mist.
Lava Lamp
Warm wax rising, merging, and drifting apart.
Stained Glass
Jewel-colored panes with light moving behind them.
Solar Corona
The Sun up close, wrapped in slow streamers.
Sunlit Deep
Shafts of sunlight reaching into blue water.
Oil & Water
An iridescent film curling across dark water.
Honeycomb Pulse
Waves of light crossing a glowing comb.
Northern Lights
Luminous curtains above a still horizon.
Silk Flow
Iridescent fabric, caught in a gentle current.
Velvet Nebula
Rose and indigo clouds drifting among stars.
Prism Bloom
Petals of light unfolding in perfect symmetry.
Star Nest
A slow journey through a field of stars.
Moonlit Sea
Moonlight reflected on a quiet sea.
Open Ocean
Rolling blue waves beneath a low sun.
Distant Galaxy
A spiral of starlight in the deep dark.
Color Melt
Pools of vivid color, endlessly folding.
Marble Drift
Blue marbling with an unhurried rhythm.
Saturn Orbit
A ringed world, suspended in soft light.
Rain on Glass
Cool raindrops and warm, distant city lights.
Liquid Gold
Warm metallic ripples with an amber glow.
Opal Rings
Pearlescent circles, gently breathing.
Ribbon Waves
Fine threads of light moving as one.
Luminous Lattice
A delicate grid with softly wandering light.
Every scene is drawn live in your browser.
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Screen Test & Utility Tools
A Little Atmosphere for Your Screen
Choose from 100 live scenes in nine collections. From northern lights and a black hole to a fireplace, falling snow, and a synthwave sunset, every effect is drawn in real time, and each one has its own background music. Pick a scene, make it your own, and press Start fullscreen.
Find Your Mood
- Space — wander through stars, a velvet nebula, the rings of Saturn, a black hole, a sunrise seen from orbit, a meteor shower, or a comet.
- Sky & weather — look up at a sunset, a sea of clouds at sunrise, a cotton candy sky, moonlit clouds, pines in morning fog, or hot air balloons at dawn.
- Nature — settle into northern lights, a moonlit sea, misty mountains at dawn, a kelp forest, glowing jellyfish, rain on a pond, or a frozen lake.
- Drifting things — follow fireflies, campfire embers, falling snow, cherry blossom petals, autumn leaves, dust in a sunbeam, or soap bubbles.
- Light & glow — soften the room with city bokeh, film light leaks, sun through window blinds, drifting orbs, or neon rings.
- Cozy — stay in with a fireplace, a candle, fairy lights, sky lanterns, a snowy window, a night train, or a city in the rain.
- Retro & digital — revisit a synthwave sunset, a classic starfield, plasma, Mystify, an oscilloscope, a glowing circuit board, or a neon tunnel.
- Flow & color — watch silk, molten gold, a lava lamp, ink in water, watercolor, liquid chrome, and incense smoke drift across the screen.
- Geometry — explore stained glass, a glowing honeycomb, opal rings, a kaleidoscope, a breathing mandala, a Julia fractal, and moiré rings.
The classic DVD Screensaver is still here, with its corner counter and familiar bounce.
Make It Yours
Adjust the speed, shift the color, and fine-tune the scene's own controls. Your choices are saved in this browser. Use Pause preview for a still frame, or start fullscreen whenever you are ready. In fullscreen, the left and right arrow keys change scenes, the mouse wheel adjusts brightness, and a click or Escape exits.
Under More settings, choose a quality level, set a stop timer, or keep the screen awake. Auto quality adapts to slower devices; Battery saver uses a lower resolution. When the timer ends, the scene fades to black and releases the screen's wake lock.
Background Music
Press Music to play a soundtrack that suits the scene. It is off until you turn it on, loops quietly, and changes when you change scenes. Use the volume slider to set the level; your choice is remembered in this browser. The music pauses with the tab and fades out when the stop timer ends.
Made for a Browser Tab
These effects play while this page is open. They cannot launch automatically when your computer becomes idle. Try them on a spare monitor, a TV connected to your computer, or as a quiet backdrop while you take a break. Playback pauses when the tab is hidden, and previews respect your reduced-motion preference.
Looking After Your Display
Some scenes keep bright details in roughly the same place. For long sessions, lower the brightness, vary the scene, and use the stop timer. A moving image does not guarantee protection from OLED burn-in. If playback stutters, try Battery saver or a simpler scene such as Ribbon Waves.
Credits
The original six scenes come from the Screen Test effects gallery. Their authors and licenses are listed below. The ninety-four WhiteScreen Studio scenes were designed for this collection. The music was composed for the Screen Test effects gallery and is streamed from our own servers.
| Scene | Author | License |
|---|---|---|
| Star Nest | Kali (Pablo Roman Andrioli) | MIT |
| Moonlit Sea | mrange | CC0 |
| Open Ocean | afl_ext | MIT |
| Distant Galaxy | mrange | CC0 |
| Color Melt | TEttinger | CC0 |
| Marble Drift | Alalalat, after Inigo Quilez | MIT |
| All other scenes (94) | WhiteScreen.tv | ISC |
Follow the blog for notes from the team, or see what has changed in the changelog.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this a real screensaver?
It is a fullscreen animation in a browser tab. It looks and behaves like a screensaver while it is open, but it cannot start by itself when the computer goes idle - only the operating system can do that. Open the page, press Start fullscreen, and it runs until you leave.
Do I need to download or install anything?
No installation is needed. The live effects require a browser and device with WebGL2 enabled. If it is unavailable, we show a still preview and link to the classic DVD Screensaver.
Can I use it on a TV?
Yes, if the TV has a browser, or if a laptop, stick or console is plugged into it. Open the page, start fullscreen, and set Stop after if you do not want it on all night. Smart-TV browsers are slow: choose Battery saver quality if the picture stutters.
Will it stop my screen from going to sleep?
Only if you leave Keep screen awake ticked, and only while the scene is fullscreen and visible. When the stop timer ends, the page goes black and lets the display sleep normally.
Is it safe for an OLED screen?
Moving images do not guarantee protection against OLED burn-in. Some scenes retain bright details in one area. For long sessions, lower brightness, change scenes periodically, and set the stop timer.
Why did it pause when I changed tabs?
Browsers stop animation in tabs you cannot see, and this page stops drawing on purpose as well, so a hidden tab costs no battery. It picks up where it left off when you come back.
Does it have sound?
Yes, if you want it. Press Music in the player to loop a soundtrack chosen for the current scene, and set the level with the volume slider. Music is off by default and nothing is downloaded until you turn it on.
