A free live screensaver: watch the planet think

A calming, always-moving 3D globe for a second monitor, a TV, or an OBS stream — powered by Wikipedia edits happening right now.

Launch the live globe → Launch the photo globe →

Then press F11 for full screen. Move the mouse to bring the controls back.

The Planet Thinks is a realistic day/night Earth that glows with every live edit to Wikipedia — each spark is a real change to an article about a place, drawn where that place is on the map. An auto-piloted camera drifts gently from one edit to the next, with optional generative ambient music, so it works beautifully as a live wallpaper, a lean-back screensaver, or an ambient background you leave running. Nothing is looped: the scene is genuinely different every minute, which is exactly why it holds a glance on a second screen.

Use it as an ambient screen

On a TV or second monitor

  1. Open theplanetthinks.com/?cinematic in a browser.
  2. Press F11 (or your browser's full-screen button). The interface disappears.
  3. Lean back. Move the mouse any time to reveal the controls or leave.

Works on any smart TV, streaming stick, or spare laptop with a browser. Prefer photographs? Launch the photo globe — freshly uploaded Wikimedia Commons photos appearing where they were taken.

As an OBS "be right back" screen or stream background

  1. In OBS, add a Browser source.
  2. Set the URL to https://theplanetthinks.com/?cinematic
  3. Set width/height to your canvas (e.g. 1920 × 1080).

The heads-up display is hidden automatically, giving you a clean, living scene for a BRB screen, a "starting soon" card, or an intro — free, and different every stream.

Frequently asked

Is this screensaver free?

Yes — it runs in any modern browser with nothing to download, no sign-up, no ads, and no tracking. It is open source, and the Earth imagery is NASA's public-domain Blue Marble and Black Marble.

What is actually moving on the globe?

Every spark is a real Wikipedia edit happening at that moment, drawn where its subject is on Earth. Nothing is pre-recorded or looped — see how often Wikipedia is updated for the live rate.

Does it need a fast computer?

No. It is a lightweight WebGL scene and runs comfortably on modest laptops, streaming sticks, and most smart TVs.

Launch the live globe →

Part of The Planet Thinks — a live 3D globe of Wikipedia edits. Also: watch the world being photographed · live edit statistics.