Snowfall Screensaver_
A free falling-snow screensaver for your browser
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Guide — gentle falling snow on any screen, fullscreen
Six presets, nine flake colours plus multicolour and a custom picker, six physics sliders and a snowbank that builds up. Drawn on an HTML5 canvas, nothing to install.Choose Classic, Blizzard, Christmas, Calm, Night or Magic, or press 1 to 6. A preset sets every slider, the colour and the sky in one go and starts fresh snow.
Click one of eight swatches (Snow White, Ice Blue, Cyan, Frost Pink, Gold, Holly Red, Violet, Mint), the Multicolor swatch for twinkling pastel flakes, or the colour picker for any colour you like.
Drag Speed, Flake Size and Density (1 to 10), Wind (−5 blows left, +5 blows right), Sway and Glow (0 to 10).
With Snow accumulation on, flakes that land build a snowbank along the bottom, up to just under half the screen height. Clear Snow or C empties it; Sky gradient off gives a plain black background.
Press Enter Fullscreen, click the snow or press F. The Exit Fullscreen and Pause buttons sit top right; Space pauses, R resets to Classic, Esc leaves.
Presets and shortcuts
- 1 Classic
- White snow, speed 4, light wind, with snowbank
- 2 Blizzard
- Speed 9, density 9, strong wind to the right
- 3 Christmas
- Mostly white with red, gold and green flakes
- 4 Calm
- Slow, sparse, big flakes, no wind
- 5 Night
- Ice-blue flakes on a dark blue sky, wind to the left
- 6 Magic
- Twinkling pastel flakes, strong glow, no snowbank
- F
- Fullscreen on/off
- Space
- Pause / resume
- C
- Clear the snowbank
- 1–6
- Switch preset
- R
- Reset to Classic
- Esc
- Leave fullscreen
- TV / monitor
- Open the page, press F, leave it running
- screen sleep
- The page does not keep the display awake: set your sleep timer to Never while it runs
- sound
- None: the snow falls in silence
The snowfall screensaver, explained
What is the snowfall screensaver?
It is a browser-based screensaver that fills your screen with gently falling snow. Every flake is drawn live on an HTML5 canvas with its own depth, so near flakes are bigger and faster than far ones, and they drift with the wind, sway and glow. On a full HD screen that means a few hundred flakes at the default density. When accumulation is on, landed snow builds a snowbank along the bottom. There is nothing to download or install.
What preset modes are available?
Six presets are built in: Classic (gentle white snow), Blizzard (fast, dense snow in a strong wind), Christmas (mostly white flakes mixed with red, gold and green ones over a dark red-tinted sky), Calm (slow, sparse, oversized flakes), Night (ice-blue flakes on a deep blue night sky) and Magic (twinkling pastel flakes with a strong glow and no snowbank). Press keys 1–6 to switch instantly.
What is the snow accumulation effect?
When Snow accumulation is on, every flake that touches the ground settles where it lands and raises the snowbank at that spot a little, spreading slightly to its neighbours, so an uneven drift builds up along the bottom of the screen. It stops growing at just under half the screen height. Turn it off in the Options panel, or click Clear Snow (or press C) to empty the pile at any time.
How do I run this fullscreen as a screensaver?
Click the snow, press Enter Fullscreen in the sidebar or press F. The snow fills your entire screen, with Exit Fullscreen and Pause buttons in the top-right corner; Escape or F returns to the normal view. Where a browser blocks the fullscreen API, the snow fills the browser window instead. The page does not keep the display awake, so set your screen’s sleep timer to Never if it should keep running.
Can I use this as a Christmas screensaver?
Yes. Select the Christmas preset for white snow mixed with red, gold and green flakes, or Magic for twinkling multicolour sparkles. Run it fullscreen on a monitor or TV as a festive backdrop for a party or the holiday season.
Do I need to download or install anything?
No. This snowfall screensaver runs entirely in your browser using HTML5 Canvas. There is nothing to download or install. It works on any modern browser on Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android.
Can I change the color of the snow?
Yes. Choose one of eight swatches (snow white, ice blue, cyan, frost pink, gold, holly red, violet, mint), switch on Multicolor for twinkling flakes in random pastel colours, or use the colour picker to choose any colour. Changes apply instantly to the snow already falling.
Can I use this as a live wallpaper on my desktop?
Not directly: a web page can’t become your desktop wallpaper or register as your operating system’s screensaver. Open this page and press F (or F11 for browser fullscreen) to cover your screen with falling snow. For a permanent animated wallpaper you need dedicated wallpaper software, such as Wallpaper Engine on Windows.