gSlapper is a wallpaper utility for Wayland that combines the best of swww and mpvpaper by allowing both static and video wallpapers. It uses GStreamer instead of libmpv making it more efficient and NVIDIA friendly for Wayland.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Video & Image Support – Play videos (MP4, MKV, WebM) and display static images (JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF).
- Smooth Transitions – Fade transitions between static images.
- Multi-Monitor – Independent wallpaper control for each display.
- High Performance – 10x faster than mpvpaper with efficient GPU resource management.
- IPC Control – Runtime control via Unix domain socket (pause, resume, change wallpaper).
- Flexible Scaling – Fill, stretch, original, and panscan modes for perfect display.
- NVIDIA Optimized – Fixes memory leaks and improves compatibility on NVIDIA Wayland systems.
Website: github.com/Nomadcxx/gSlapper
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Developer: RAMA
License: MIT License
gSlapper is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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