Waypaper is a lightweight graphical wallpaper manager for Linux that makes it easier to browse wallpaper directories and apply backgrounds from a simple GTK interface.
It’s designed for users who run window managers or minimalist desktop setups and want a convenient frontend instead of working directly with backend wallpaper tools. Verified against the project repository, README, maintainer profile, and license.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Works on Wayland with backends such as awww, swaybg, hyprpaper, wallutils, and mpvpaper.
- Works on Xorg with feh, xwallpaper, and wallutils.
- Supports animated GIF wallpapers when used with awww or mpvpaper.
- Supports video wallpapers when used with mpvpaper.
- Supports multiple monitors with compatible backends.
- Supports linux-wallpaperengine for using animated wallpapers from Steam’s Wallpaper Engine.
- Includes Vim-style keybindings.
- Can restore the previous wallpaper after restart with the
waypaper --restoreoption. - Uses a small footprint and is intended to stay fast and minimal.
Website: github.com/anufrievroman/waypaper
Support:
Developer: Roman
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Waypaper is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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