awww is a wallpaper daemon for Wayland that lets you change wallpapers at runtime without restarting the daemon.
It is designed for compositors that support the wlr-layer-shell protocol, supports animated wallpapers, and can target specific outputs or namespaces, which makes it useful for multi-monitor and more advanced Wayland setups.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Displays animated GIF wallpapers.
- Supports a wide range of image formats including JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, WebP, BMP, farbfeld, and static SVG files, with optional AVIF support.
- Applies smooth transition effects when switching between wallpapers.
- Lets you change wallpapers without shutting down and restarting the daemon.
- Can target specific outputs, query active outputs, and work with multiple namespaces.
- Includes commands to restore wallpapers, clear outputs with a solid colour, clear the cache, and stop the daemon.
Website: codeberg.org/LGFae/awww
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Developer: LGFae
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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