Features

Multi monitor support.
Four different types of playlists (Time of day, daily,interval based or static).
Easy configuration of all swww options.
Tray controls.
CLI Support.
All of swww features such as wallpaper change animations and wallpaper persistance through reboots.
Filter images by format, resolution,name,etc.
Run scripts on image set.

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Why

I started this project for two main reasons, one as a learning oportunity, and two because the available options for a tool like this didn't suit my needs fully. I really like swww but it lacks a lot of the features that I missed from wallpaper engine in windows, so this is my attempt to bridge that gap a little.

Install

Simply install from the aur like so:

yay -S waypaper-engine

yay -S waypaper-engine-git

Both the normal and -git version conflict with each other, so make sure to delete the other with yay -Rns package_name package_name-debug before installing either.

Manual installation

Be advised you will need to run some of the commands with sudo privileges as you will be copying files to protected paths.

Clone this repo git clone git@github.com:0bCdian/Waypaper-Engine.git or download and extract the zip file
cd into Waypaper-Engine
run npm run build
cd into release cd release
Optional: if you want to change the tray icon, change the 512x512.png image inside linux-unpacked/resources/icons
Optional: copy the 512x512.png file to the icons system directory cp linux-unpacked/resources/icons/512x512.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/waypaper-engine.png
copy the whole directory to it's final destination sudo cp ./linux-unpacked -rt /opt/waypaper-engine
go back to root dir cd ..
cd into cli cd cli
copy waypaper-engine file to your $PATH or /usr/bin sudo cp ./waypaper-engine /usr/bin or cp ./waypaper/engine $HOME/.local/bin be advised, if you do not copy the cli file to /usr/bin, the path you're copying it into must be in your $PATH, read this for more info
go back to root cd ..
copy the .desktop file to /usr/share/applications sudo cp ./waypaper-engine.desktop /usr/share/applications/

and you're done!

Usage

Simply start the app and add wallpapers to the gallery, from there you can double click to set the wallpapers or right click for more options, to create playlists simply click on the checkboxes that appear when hover over the images, and configure it, and then save it to auto start it.