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► System Tools

• Warning - It's not recommended to use debloaters unless you know what you're doing. Always research first, never just "Apply All" randomly.

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• 🌐 Awesome Windows 11 - Windows 11 Resources
• 🌐 PC-Optimization-Hub - System Optimization Resources
• ↪️ Gaming Optimization
• ⭐ PowerToys - System Tools / Search / Plugins / GitHub
• ⭐ Sysinternals - Advanced System Tools
• ⭐ CPU-Z, winfetch, CPU Fetch, Glow or GPU-Z - System Info Tools
• ⭐ SuperF4 or FKill - Process Killers
• ⭐ Bulk Crap Uninstaller, Revo Uninstaller or GeekUninstaller - Bulk Uninstallation Tools
• NanaRun - System Admin Tools
• BleachBit - Clean System Storage
• PolicyPlus - Local Group Policy Editor
• GhostBuster or Device Cleanup Tool - Remove Non-Present Devices
• Should I Remove It? - Program Removal Guide
• CoreTemp or System Informer - Process Monitors
• Why Is This Running? - Process Tracing / Debugging
• ThrottleStop - Laptop CPU Monitor / Optimizer
• RegExp, RegScanner, ripgrep-all or Registry-Finder - Registry Explorers / Scanners
• WinbIndex - Windows System Files / Binaries
• OfflineInsiderEnroll, 2, 3 - Enable Windows Insider without Account
• Rhasspy - Voice Assistant
• OpenRecall or Windrecorder - Memory Search App / System Recorders
• Time.is - Check Accuracy of System Clock
• ⁠LenovoLegionToolkit - Lenovo Vantage + Hotkeys Replacement for Lenovo Legion Laptops
• G-Helper - Armoury Crate Replacement for ASUS Laptops

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▷ System Tweaks

• ⭐ Windhawk, MajorGeeks Windows Tweaks or Winaero / 2 - System Tweaking Tools / Warning
• ⭐ StartAllBack - Tweaked Start Menu & Taskbar / Windows 11 / Fix
• ⭐ EverythingToolbar - Everything Search in Taskbar
• ⭐ Open Shell / Customizable Skin or StartIsBack / Fix - Classic Start Menus
• ⭐ EarTrumpet, Volumey or Volume2 - Tweaked Volume Mixer
• ⭐ AltSnap - Tweaked Windows Dragging
• ⭐ Edge-Uninstall - Microsoft Edge Removal Script
• BatUtil / 2 / 3 or TechNet-Gallery - System Scripts
• Wintoys - System App Tweaking
• Wox, Listary, Raycast, FlowLauncher, Ueli / GitHub - Keystroke / App Launchers
• Kando - App Launcher / Pie Menu / Discord / GitHub
• Cerebro App - Tweaked System Navigation
• SmartSystemMenu - Tweaked System Menu
• Shell / GitHub or RCWM - Tweaked / Custom Context Menus
• Explorer Tab Utility - Improved / Tweaked File Explorers
• Quick Access Popup - File Manager
• Spencer - Classic Start Menu
• yasb - Tweaked Taskbar
• Taskbar Tweaker - Taskbar Advanced Features / Win 10
• ⁠AppGroup - Create Taskbar App Groups / Folders
• RBTray - Minimize any App to Tray
• Taskbar Hide - Easily Hide / Show Taskbar
• QuickLook - macOS Quick Look for Windows / Scan Note
• MSEdgeRedirect - Redirect Microsoft Edge
• TopNotify - Move Windows Notifications

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▷ Package Managers

• ⭐ WinGet - CLI Package Manager / Browse / Auto Update / GitHub
• ⭐ UniGetUI - GUI for Popular Package Managers / GitHub
• ⭐ Scoop - Portable Package Manager
• ⭐ sfsu or hok - Fast Scoop Utilities
• Chocolatey - Package Manager / GUI / GitHub
• RuckZuck - Package Manager
• RepoHub - Package Manager / Web-Based / GitHub
• Topgrade - CLI Package Manager
• Silent Install - Build Multi-Program Installers
• 0Install - Decentralized Cross-Platform Package Manager
• portableapps - Package Manager for Portable Apps
• Baulk - Minimalist Package Manager
• NirLauncher - Portable Package Manager for NirSoft Utilities

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▷ Task Automation

• ⭐ AutoHotkey / Resources / Discord
• Scheduler or TaskRunner - System Task Scheduler
• AutoIt / Resources
• Tinytask
• MacroRecorder
• sikulix
• ChoEazyCopy
• Organize - Automated File Manager / GitHub

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▷ Terminal / CLI

• 🌐 ⁠Awesome Terminals - Terminal Emulator List
• 🌐 terminals-are-sexy - Terminal Resources
• 🌐 Awesome CLI Apps or Command Line Tools - Command Line Resources
• ⭐ ss64 - Command Line Reference Index
• Windows Terminal / 2, ConEmu, Tabby, MobaXterm or WezTerm - Windows Terminal Emulators
• PowerShell - Microsoft PowerShell / Windows, Mac, Linux
• BusyBox - Unix Commands for Windows
• Clink - Command Line Editing
• Nushell - Alt Shell
• Tiny Care Terminal - Terminal Dashboard That Cares
• Command Challenge - Command Line Learning
• Mintty - Cygwin Terminal Emulator
• GetDNote - Command Line Notebook
• LeanandMean - Powershell Snippets / Use with Caution
• PowerShell Scripts, PowershellGallery or WindowsPowerShell - Shell Scripts

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▷ Remote Desktop

• ⭐ Parsec - Desktop Client / X / Discord
• ⭐ RustDesk - Desktop Client / Subreddit / Discord / GitHub
• ⭐ Aspia - Desktop Client / Telegram / GitHub
• ⭐ Sunshine or Apollo - Remote Server for Moonlight / Mobile / Discord / GitHub
• Moonlight - Gaming Remote Desktop Client / Discord / GitHub
• Kasm - Container Streaming Platform / Resource Intensive / Guide / GitHub
• Arcane - Desktop Client
• HopToDesk - Desktop Client / GitLab
• CoScreen - Desktop Client
• Remote Desktop Connection - Desktop Client / Built Into Windows
• Remotly - Desktop Client
• Bananas - Desktop Client / Discord / GitHub
• ChromeRemoteDesktop - Web-Based
• InputDirector - Multi-Computer Client
• Mouse Without Borders - Multi-Computer Client
• p2p - Portable Client
• Screensy - Web-Based / GitHub
• Screego - Web-Based / GitHub
• Screen-Sharing - Web-Based / GitHub
• TigerVNC - VNC Client / GitHub
• TightVNC - VNC Client
• noVNC - JavaScript VNC Client / GitHub

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▷ Clipboard Managers

• ⭐ Ditto - Clipboard Manager / GitHub
• PasteBar - Clipboard Manager / GitHub
• CrossPaste - Clipboard Manager / GitHub
• ArsClip - Clipboard Manager
• ClipAngel - Clipboard Manager
• CopyQ / GitHub or XClipper / GitHub - Clipboard Managers with Editing and Scripting Features
• MultiClipBoardSlots - Extend Clipboard by 10 Memory Slots

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▷ Window Managers

• ⭐ GlazeWM - Tiling Window Manager
• ⭐ Komorebi - Tiling Window Manager
• ⭐ WorkSpacer / GitHub - Tiling Window Manager
• ⁠Seelen UI - Tiling Window Manager / Discord
• Whim - Pluggable Dynamic Window Manager
• DWM - Port of X11 dwm to Windows

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▷ Virtual Machines

• 🌐 Awesome Web Desktops or Simone's Computer - Browser Operating Systems / VMs
• ↪️ Emulators on Android
• ⭐ VMware Workstation - Virtual Machine / macOS VM
• ⭐ QEMU - Virtual Machine / Use w/ Virt-Manager or Vagrantup / Docker Container / GitLab
• ⭐ VirtualBox - Virtual Machine / Portable
• ⭐ Virt-Manager / GitHub or Vagrantup / GitHub - Virtual Machine Managers
• Looking Glass - Kernel-Based Virtual Machine for VGA PCI Pass-Through / GitHub
• Hyper-V - Virtual Machine
• Denodo Test - Virtual Machine
• OSBoxes - Preinstalled Virtual Machine
• JSLinux - Online Linux Virtual Machines
• QuickEmu or Dexpot - Virtual Machine Creator
• WSL - Run Linux on Windows / Resources / Startup Launcher / Wayland / X Server / GitHub
• ⁠Dockur - Run Windows / macOS in Docker Containers
• Virtual x86 - x86-compatible OS Emulators
• PCjs Machines - Classic Computer Emulators
• InfiniteMac - Apple OS Emulators
• winevdm - 16-bit Windows on 64-bit Systems
• Blink - Linux Emulator for Windows
• Dockerholics - Docker Apps
• WebCatalog - Turn Sites into Desktop Apps

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▷ Hackintosh

• Note - Generating a unique SMBIOS is crucial for Apple services like iMessage and iCloud to function properly.

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• ⭐ Hackintosh / Subreddit / Discord - Hackintosh Building Guides
• ⭐ Dortania - Hackintosh Installation Guide
• OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher - macOS on Unsupported Hardware
• OneClick-macOS - macOS VM with QEMU
• Emaculation - Virtual macOS Environments
• Hackintosh Tools

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► Hardware Tools

• ↪️ PC Building / Shopping
• ⭐ PSU Calculator - Find Compatible Power Supplies
• DeviceTests - Multiple Device Tests
• NotCPUCores, BES, ParkControl, QuickCPU or Process Lasso - CPU Optimizer
• Ozone3D, UNIGINE Benchmarks or OCCT - System Benchmarking
• Testmem5 - Memory Benchmarking
• MemTest - Memory Diagnostic Tool
• SDIO, Drivers Collection, Driverscape or DriverStoreExplorer - Update / Install Missing Drivers / Note
• VOGONS Drivers - Vintage Computer Hardware Forum / Forums

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▷ Hardware Monitors

• ⭐ HWiNFO - System Info & Monitoring
• Traffic Monitor - Network & Hardware Monitor / Use Lite Version
• CoolerControl - Cooling Device Monitor / Discord / GitLab
• BatteryMode - System Tray Battery Percentage / Managers / GitHub
• HWMonitor - Hardware Monitor
• fastfetch - System Info & Monitoring
• ⁠btop4win - System Info & Monitoring
• ⁠NeoHtop - Task Manager Alt
• Task Manager DeLuxe - Task Manager Alt
• Libre Hardware Monitor - Updated Fork of Open Hardware Monitor
• FanControl / GitHub or FanCtrl - PC Fan Controllers
• bottom or Glances / GitHub - Terminal Hardware Monitors

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▷ GPU Tools

• ⭐ NVTOP - GPU / Accelerator Process Monitor
• ⭐ NVCleanstall or NVSlimmer - NVIDIA Driver Packages
• Display Driver Uninstaller, 2 - Display Driver Removal Tool / GitHub
• TinyNvidiaUpdateChecker - NVIDIA GPU Update Checker
• nvidiaProfileInspector or NvidiaProfileInspectorRevamped - Modify / View Hidden NVIDIA Settings / Guide
• RadeonSoftwareSlimmer - Debloat AMD Drivers
• R.ID - AMD 3rd Party Drivers / Discord
• PresentMon - GPU Benchmarking
• Universal x86 Tuning Utility - Laptop GPU Controller / GitHub
• RyzenAdj - Ryzen Laptop GPU Controller

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▷ Disk Tools

• 🌐 Awesome Storage - File Storage Resources
• 🌐 Awesome DataHoarding - Data Hoarding Resources
• ⭐ WizTree, TreeSize or WinDirStat / GitHub - Disk Usage Analyzers
• ⭐ CrystalDiskMark or CCISOBench - Disk Benchmarking Tools
• ⭐ GParted / GitLab, MiniTool Partition Wizard (Search) or AOMEI Partition Assistant / Features (search) - Partition Managers
• ⭐ Validrive - Check True Storage Size of USB Devices
• TrueNAS - Storage System
• QDirStat - Directory Statistics
• CrystalDiskInfo / Warning, Scrutiny, GSmartControl / GitHub or smartmontools - Drive Diagnostics
• Macrorit Partition Expert - Disk Usage Analyzer
• Diskovery - Disk Usage Analyzer
• Gdu or dua - Disk Usage Analyzer with Parallel Processing
• Erdtree - Cross-Platform Disk Usage Analyzer
• PC Manager - Disk Managers / Cleanup
• Air Live Drive - Mount Cloud Drives as Local Disks
• SFTPDrive - Mount SFTP Servers as Local Disks

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▷ Monitor Tools

• ⭐ DisplayFusion or Dual Monitor Tool - Dual Monitor Tools
• ⭐ f.lux, LightBulb or ScreenTemperature - Auto-Adjust Display Color / Temperature
• ⭐ Monitorian, Twinkle Tray / GitHub or Dimmer - Adjust Monitor Brightness
• EIZO, Monitor or LCDTech - Monitor Performance Tests
• TestUFO - Monitor Framerate Test
• LittleBigMouse - DPI Test
• Scalizer - Auto DPI Scaling / YouTube
• ICM, 2 - ICC Profiles and Monitor Calibration
• Display Calc - Display Distance / Dimension Calculator
• Multi-Monitor Calculator - Dual-Monitor Setup Planning / Tests
• Wide Gamut - Color Compatibility Test
• ⁠novideo_srgb - Restrict NVIDIA GPUs to sRGB / Prevent Oversaturation
• Dead.Pixel - Dead Pixel Test
• JScreenFix - Repair Stuck Pixels
• CenterOfMyScreen - Find Center of Monitor
• ShowDesktopOneMonitor - Show Desktop for Only One Monitor
• ⁠Virtual Display Driver - Virtual Display Driver
• Deskreen / GitHub or SpaceDesk - Use Mobile Device as Monitor
• ShaderGlass - Custom Screen Shaders
• DaltonLens or Toptal - Color Blindness Filters
• NVDA - Screen Reader for Blind Users / GitHub

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▷ Mouse / Keyboard

• ⭐ r/MechanicalKeyboards Wiki - Mechanical Keyboard Resources
• ⭐ Hotkey Cheatsheet, KeyCombiner or Use The Keyboard - Hotkey Cheatsheets
• ⭐ VIA / GitHub, SharpKeys, Kanata, keymapper, Ergogen, Mahou - Custom Keyboard Layouts / Remapping
• ⭐ geekhack or KeebTalk - Keyboard Forums
• HotkeyP or CheatKeys - Hotkey Remapping
• X-Mouse Button Control - Re-Map Mouse Buttons / Scroll Wheel
• MoveMouse or MouseJiggler - Simulate User Activity
• Raw Accel - Mouse Acceleration Tool
• StrokeIt - Mouse Gestures
• Espanso - Typing Shortcuts / GitHub
• win-vind - Vim Style Keybindings for Windows
• Vial - Custom Keyboard Config Tool
• KeyViz - Keystroke Visualizer
• WhatPulse - Mouse / Keyboard Usage Analyzer
• Kmonad - Keyboard Manager
• Deskhop - Quickly Switch Devices between Computers
• Is this good? - Custom Keyboard Guides
• DreyMaR's - Keyboard Tips and Resources
• KDB - Mechanical Keyboard Building Guides
• Cosmos - Create Custom Keyboards
• Keyboard Simulator - Design & Test Virtual Keyboards
• Key Test - Keyboard Tester

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▷ System Audio

• ⭐ Equalizer APO, 2 / GUI, Dolby Access / Note or FXSound - Audio Equalizers
• ⭐ AutoEQ or ⁠PEQdB - Create Custom Equalizer Presets / Discord
• VoiceMeeter - Audio Mixers / Multi-Device Playback / Banana
• ⁠Sonar or noise-suppression-for-voice - Noise Cancelling Software
• SoundSwitch - Switch Audio Device with Hotkey / GitHub
• SonyHeadphonesClient - Sony Headphones Clone
• Audiocheck - Audio Tests
• LowAudioLatency - Reduce Audio Latency
• DigitalFeed - Lossless Audio Sound System Test
• Online Mic Test or Check Mic - Mic Test
• Sound Meter or REW - Measure Surrounding Sound Level
• AirPods Dirty Secret - AirPods Repair Directory

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► Windows ISOs

• ⭐ Genuine Installation Media - Windows ISOs / Clean Install Guide
• ⭐ Windows Install / Debloat Guide
• files.rg-adguard or MVS dump - Verify ISO Legitimacy
• OS.click - Windows ISOs
• MyDigitalLife - Windows ISOs / Forums
• Microsoft SD - Windows ISOs / Official Site
• Old School OS, OS Vault, VETUSWARE or WinWorldPC - Oldschool ISOs
• Fido - ISO Powershell Script
• NetBoot - iPXE Network Boot
• ⁠MrChromebox, Chrultrabook or CoolStar - Install Windows / Linux on Chromebook

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▷ USB / Bootloaders

• ⭐ Rufus - Create Bootable USB Drives / GitHub
• MediaCreationTool - Windows Deployment Automation
• USBTreeView - USB Device Tree Viewer
• CloverBootloader - Bootloaders / Config

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▷ Windows Activation

• ⭐ MAS - Windows & Office Activation / Discord
• OfficeRTool - Office Activation / Offline

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▷ Windows Updates

• ⭐ Windows 10 After EOL - Receive Windows Updates After Win10's End-Of-Life
• ⭐ ChangeWindows - Latest Windows Update Info
• VCRedist, 2, 3 - AIO Repack for Microsoft Visual C++ Redists
• LegacyUpdate - Fix Windows Updates for Legacy Editions
• WURefresh - Reset Windows Update Components
• UUP Dump or Microsoft Update Catalog - Download Previous Windows Updates
• PC Health Check or WhyNotWin11 - Identify why your PC isn't Ready for Windows 11
• FlashMyBoard - Receive Motherboard Update Notifications

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▷ Windows Repair

• MagNumDB, ErrorLookup or Microsoft Error Lookup - Windows Debugging Tools
• Medicat / GitHub, ⁠SergeiStrelec, PhoenixPE or Hiren's BootCD PE - WinPE / Recovery Toolkits
• r/TechSupport / Wiki - Tech Support Subreddit / Discord
• Hardforum, TechGuy, Eleven Forums or Ten Forums - Tech Support Forums

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► Customization

• 🌐 Windows-Ricing, Frutiger Aero Archive or Heliohost Guide - Windows Ricing Resources
• ⭐ Rainmeter / Discord or ⁠Seelen UI / Discord - Desktop Customization Environments
• ⭐ OpenRGB / Beta, WLED, Aurora, LiquidCTL, Artemis, SignalRGB or FireLight - RGB Lighting Control
• ⭐ VSThemes, WindowsCustomization or 7Themes - Theme Indexes
• Styled Themes - Anime / Modern Style / macOS Style / Old School Style, 2
• VirtualCustoms, ⁠WinClassic or winthemers - Customization Communities
• Desktops - Customization Showcases
• ⁠ExplorerPatcher - Win 10 Style Customization App for Win 11
• SecureUxTheme or UltraUXThemePatcher - UX Patcher
• MechvibesDX or MechaKeys - Keyboard Sound Effects
• ElectricSheep or After Dark CSS - Screensavers
• FolderMarker, Flaired Folder or CustomFolder - Custom Folder Icons
• Recycle Bin Themes - Custom Recycle Bin Icons
• msstyleEditor - Visual Style Editor
• Taskbar Tweaker, TranslucentTB, NiceTaskbar - Taskbar Customization / Old School Style
• ⁠Sweezy Cursors - Custom Animated Cursors / Requires no Extension
• AccentColorizer - Accent Color Customization
• BeautySearch - Search Customization
• ElevenClock - Clock Customization
• HackBGRT - Boot Logo Changer
• WinDynamicDesktop or Dynamic Theme - Auto Change Wallpaper
• ExplorerBlurMica - File Explorer Effects
• QTTabBar - Windows File Explorer Enhancement
• WinSetView - Globally Set Explorer Folder Views
• MicaForEveryone - Title Bar Effects
• FluentFlyout / GitHub (use github) or ModernFlyouts - Modernized Flyout Menus
• Alternative Windows Shells Wiki - Alt Windows Shells
• Aerial - Apple TV Screensaver
• ExcelDarkThemeFix - Fix Excel on Themed Windows
• MacType - Use Mac Fonts on Windows / GitHub

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▷ App Themes

• ⭐ Dracula / Discord or Catppuccin / Discord - Custom App Themes
• Rosé Pine / Discord, Aura Theme or theme.park - Custom App Themes
• Totally Awesome List - Old School App Themes
• Pokemon Terminal - Pokémon Terminal Themes
• Traffic Monitor - System Monitor Themes
• terminal.sexy, TerminalSplash, Solarized or WindowsTerminalThemes - Terminal Themes

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▷ Wallpapers

• 🌐 WallSync, 2 - Wallpaper Site Index / GitHub
• ⭐ wallhaven.cc - Search Wallpapers / Downloader
• ⭐ Wallpaper Abyss - Search Wallpapers
• ⭐ Rev Wallpaper or r/WallpaperRequests - Reverse Wallpaper Search
• ⭐ Studio Ghibli Wallpapers - Studio Ghibli Wallpapers
• ⭐ LWP, DesktopHut / Discord, r/LivingBackgrounds, WALLegend or MoeWalls - Live Wallpapers
• WallpaperCave - Search Wallpapers
• ⁠WallsCloud - Search Wallpapers
• WallpapersCraft - Search Wallpapers
• ⁠WallBrowser - Search Wallpapers
• VSThemes - Search Wallpapers
• r/Wallpaper - Wallpapers Community
• ⁠WallWidgy / GitHub, Simple Desktops, Minimalistic Wallpaper or SetAsWall - Minimalist Wallpapers
• Frutiger Aero Archive - 2000s Style Wallpapers
• ⁠Kawaii Hoshi - Cute Wallpapers
• DualMonitorBackgrounds - Dual Monitor Wallpapers
• CoolBackgrounds - Customizable Wallpapers
• Aesthetic Wallpapers - Aesthetic Wallpapers
• Xbox Wallpapers - Xbox Wallpapers
• Anime Pictures, WallpaperWaifu or MyLiveWallpapers - Anime Wallpapers
• WallsPic, WallpaperFlare, HDQwalls or UHD Wallpaper - Misc Wallpapers
• G_Walls - Telegram Wallpaper Channels
• Engine Workshop File - Wallpaper Engine Wallpapers

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▷ Wallpaper Tools

• ⭐ Wallpaper Engine / 2 (search) - Wallpaper / Live Wallpaper Manager
• ⭐ Wallpaper Engine Tools - PKG to Zip / Collections, 2 / Workshop DL
• ⭐ Lively or ScreenPlay - Live Wallpaper Manager
• backiee - Wallpaper Manager
• wallhaven-desktop - Wallhaven Wallpaper Manager
• SuperPaper - Cross-Platform Multi-Monitor Wallpaper Manager
• Background Switcher - Multi-Host Wallpaper Switcher
• AutoWall - Turn Videos / GIFs to Live Wallpapers
• Awesome Wallpaper - Show System Information on Wallpaper