Live wallpaper for Windows 11 x64

A koi pond for your Windows desktop

Koi drawn with ASCII characters swim behind your desktop icons. Choose the pond theme, how many koi to keep, and how fast they swim.

ASCII koi swimming on a dark desktop background
Koi in the dark pond, captured from the Windows app

Live wallpaper guides

Articles about ASCII Japanese Garden and live wallpapers for Windows.

  1. English settings and koi preview in ASCII Japanese Garden

    Getting started with ASCII Japanese Garden Wallpaper on Windows 11

    Install ASCII Japanese Garden Wallpaper from Microsoft Store and put the koi pond on your desktop. Learn how to keep it running when you minimize settings, pause it, or start it at sign-in.

  2. ASCII koi swimming on a light desktop background

    ASCII Live Wallpaper for Windows: Still Images and Moving Character Art

    Bring character art to your desktop. Compare still images and live wallpapers, then see what a pond of swimming ASCII koi looks like.

  3. ASCII koi swimming on a dark desktop background

    Koi Pond Live Wallpaper for Windows: Still or Animated?

    Choose between a still koi image and fish that swim on your desktop. Compare varieties, fish counts, and motion.

  4. ASCII koi swimming on a dark desktop background

    How to choose a live wallpaper for Windows 11

    Choose a Windows 11 wallpaper that fits the way you use your desktop, from looping a video to setting up a pond of swimming ASCII koi.

  5. ASCII koi swimming on a light desktop background

    Japanese Garden Live Wallpaper for PC: Layout and Motion

    See how a Japanese garden scene looks across the whole desktop and in the space left around your everyday windows and icons.