hpaper is a blazingly fast Go-based wallpaper management daemon for Wayland compositors that provides automated and manual rotation, multi-backend support, and seamless integration with your desktop environment.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Multi-Backend Support: Works with Swaybg, Hyprpaper, and KDE Plasma 6 (via Plasma Shell DBus scripting).
- Smart Daemon Architecture: Runs as a background daemon with instant client commands for seamless wallpaper switching.
- Configuration-Driven: Comprehensive configuration file support with runtime overrides and automatic defaults.
- Pywal Integration: Optional automatic color scheme generation using pywal for system-wide theming.
- Flexible Rotation: Customizable auto-rotation intervals with manual control and timer reset functionality.
- Monitor-Specific Control: Supports per-monitor wallpaper management for multi-display setups.
- Low Memory Usage: uses just about 1 to 8 megabytes of memory.
Website: github.com/Hcode00/hpaper
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Developer: Hazem Ahmed
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
hpaper is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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