Everything Wideframe can do.

Install & first run

Wideframe is a native macOS app. Requires macOS 15 or later, on Apple Silicon or Intel.

1. Download Wideframe from the Mac App Store and open it. No account or sign-in — the full editor is ready immediately.
2. On first launch, Wideframe asks what display you own so it can target real pixels from the start. You can change this any time.
3. Drag an image onto the window — or press ⌘O — and you're framing.

Choose your display

Wideframe targets a real resolution, not an abstract ratio. Tell it what you own once and it remembers.

Open the display menu in the top bar and pick your monitor. Built-in presets cover the ultrawide favorites — the 34″ UltraWide (3440×1440), 40″ 5K2K (5120×2160), the Odyssey G9 (5120×1440), and a Triple 27″ span (7680×1440) — and Detect my displays reads your actual connected monitors, so any 16:9, 4K, MacBook, or multi-monitor setup works too.

Adding a display

Not listed? Choose Add a display… and enter the width and height, or let Wideframe detect connected monitors. Any resolution works — ultrawide, standard, or anything in between. Every crop, warning, and export then targets that exact pixel size, so guidance reads "great on your display" instead of "below 5120×1440."

Frame your image

Fitting a wide image should feel like a photographer's loupe, not a spreadsheet field.

Manual framing

• Pan — drag the image inside the frame.
• Zoom — pinch on a trackpad, scroll, or use + / −.
• Nudge — arrow keys move the framed area for precise alignment; the step size is adjustable in Settings.

Rule-of-thirds guides appear while you adjust, so you compose with intent.

Auto-framing

Click Auto-frame (or press ⌘⇧A) and Wideframe finds the main subject and frames the best slice for your display — and it won't apply a crop that scores worse than the one you already have. Keep adjusting afterward; auto-framing is a starting point, never a lock.

Live desktop preview

A number readout can't tell you whether a wallpaper actually works. The preview shows you.

Toggle the Desktop Preview to drop your framed wallpaper behind a scale mock of your monitor — menu bar, dock, and a few icons. Flip between light and dark mode to judge both. What you see is exactly what lands on your desktop when you set it.

Readability adjustments

Wallpapers compete with icons and text. These keep a busy image calm — without wrecking it.

Each adjustment is optional, non-destructive, has a single slider, and is off by default:

• Auto-darken — gently lowers overall brightness so light text and icons stay legible.
• Edge vignette — softly darkens the corners to settle a busy frame.
• Dock scrim — a soft gradient under the dock so labels don't fight the image.
• Warmth — nudges the color temperature toward a warmer, golden-hour tone.

Quality & resolution

Guidance that teaches instead of scolds — so you never ship a blurry wallpaper by accident.

Wideframe shows a quality score and the exact output resolution for your current frame and display. If your source is narrower than your display's pixel width, scaling up softens it — Wideframe tells you plainly: "3840 wide — a touch soft for your 5120 display, but fine if it's mostly sky."

To raise quality: pick a higher-resolution source or frame a tighter slice. Wideframe always shows the exact output width versus your target, so there are no surprises.

Set as wallpaper

One click, per display, without leaving the app.

Press Set as Wallpaper and Wideframe applies the result to the display you've selected in the top bar. On a multi-monitor setup, choose each display and set it individually, or use spanning to flow one image across the whole rig.

Export

Save a file sized exactly for your display.

Choose Export (⌘E) to write a PNG, HEIC, or JPEG at your target resolution. By default exports land in ~/Pictures/Wideframe, named by resolution; choose a different destination folder any time in Settings. In the free version, every image Wideframe produces — exports and wallpapers you set — carries a small corner watermark; Wideframe Pro removes it everywhere.

Library & Collections Pro

Stop treating each image as disposable.

The library keeps your sources and outputs together: favorite the keepers, group them into collections, and re-open any wallpaper to tweak its non-destructive edit. Add tags — including Finder tags written to the filesystem — so your wallpapers stay organized everywhere, not just inside Wideframe.

Multi-monitor spanning

One image across the whole rig, bezel-aware.

Arrange your displays — set their order, relative size, and which is primary — and Wideframe stretches a single image across all of them, compensating for the bezels so the picture lines up across the gaps. Each monitor still gets a file at its exact resolution.

Spanning is available to everyone. Your first three successfully generated span sets are clean. After that, spanning remains fully functional with a small Wideframe mark; Pro keeps every span clean and mark-free.

Keyboard shortcuts

Wideframe is built to be driven from the keyboard.

Privacy & files

Your images never leave your Mac.

There are no accounts, no third-party analytics, no ads, and no tracking. Opening an image only reads the file you pick; all framing and scaling happen on-device; exports go where you choose. Your images, your file names, and your folders are never uploaded. Wideframe requests file access solely to open images you select and save exports you ask for — manageable in System Settings → Privacy & Security.

Wideframe does send an anonymous record of how the app itself ran — session length, broad feature and surface use, coarse display and quality ranges, and an error code when something breaks. It's on by default, the app tells you so the first time, and you can switch it off in Settings. Every field is listed on the Privacy Policy.