/wallpappr

A desktop wallpaper application using r/wallpapers subreddit and ElectronJS

Primary LanguageVueMIT LicenseMIT

A desktop wallpaper engine for http://reddit.com/r/wallpapers

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WallpappR is a desktop application made using ElectronJS and VueJS and the Reddit web API to fetch wallpapers from the subreddit r/wallpapers, no Login required.

Users can download, or set wallpapers directly from the app. Users can also change the download directory. Additionally, links to the original posts can be opened from the app.

To install npm dependencies
npm install
To compile and run development server
npm run electron:serve
To build the installer in /dist_electron
npm run electron:build

Youtube demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNU3o8XMJS4

Setup

Windows & Mac

Binaries are available from the Releases section.

Linux (Snap)

Get it from the Snap Store

Other formats (i.e. AppImage) can be built manually by following the above-mentioned build process.

Note 1

Some times after system upgrade the snap package may stop working. In that case, please reinstall the snap package.

Note 2

For Linux users, changing wallpapers do not work on Gnome version 42 or above, since it depends on npm package wallpaper, which is currently having the same problem. See more here.