awtwall is a fast TUI wallpaper picker for Wayland with image previews, saved settings, and a keyboard-first workflow.
It is built for Hyprland-style setups and applies wallpapers through swww, hyprpaper, or mpvpaper.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Fast TUI wallpaper browser.
- Keyboard-first workflow with mouse support.
- Preview support with:
- SIXEL via img2sixel.
- SIXEL via chafa.
- SIXEL via ImageMagick built with SIXEL support.
- kitty image previews in kitty terminals.
- Wallpaper backends:
- swww for still images.
- hyprpaper for still images.
- mpvpaper for .mp4 video wallpapers.
- Saved settings and last selection.
- Recursive or non-recursive wallpaper scanning.
- Media type filtering for images, GIFs, and MP4s.
- Built-in version check.
Website: github.com/dillacorn/awtwall
Support:
Developer: dillacorn
License: MIT License
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