Open Source Linux Wallpaper Apps

Komorebi is an awesome animated wallpaper manager for all Linux platforms. It provides fully customizable image, video, and web page wallpapers that can be tweaked at any time.

PortalView delivers real-time wallpaper from thousands of webcams and weather sites worldwide. Launch this simple Python program on the boot or with a click to watch the sun set over the Mediterranean or Old Faithful erupt in Yellowstone Park. Automatic updating allows you to monitor your local webcam or road conditions without keeping a resource-hungry browser open. Doppler and Satellite maps keep you informed of approaching weather. World Sunlight maps (Earthlights) include rectangular, hemispheric and moon phase views. Includes scores of international webcams and weather maps to start with, then customize with your favorites. Supports .jpg, .gif and .png image formats.

Wallch is a general purpose Wallpaper Changer for the GNOME desktop which can change the desktop background image after an adjustable time. The aim of Wallch is to make it easier for you to keep your desktop "fresh" and new!

TaskbarX offers precise control over taskbar icon placement, providing a Windows dock-like ambiance. Enjoy customizable animations, speeds, and positioning options. Easily tailor your taskbar to your preferences, with support for vertical taskbars and multiple instances. Developed since May 6, 2018, under the aliases FalconX and Falcon10, TaskbarX ensures a seamless user experience.

SyncWall is quite a basic wallpaper changer with a special feature, it is the ability to synchronize wallpaper change between several workstations with a basic (and unsecured) client/server protocol. Each workstation must share the same pool of files, there is no FTP or Internet download. Because SyncWall is written with Qt, SyncWall runs on Windows and Linux (MacOSX isn't tested yet).

Wally is a Qt4 wallpaper / background changer, using multiple sources like files, folders, FTP remote folders, Flickr, Panoramio, Ipernity, Photobucket, Buzznet, Picasa, Smugmug, Google, Vladstudio and deviantART images.

From Stardock: DeskScapes enables users to customize their PC wallpapers and screensavers with pictures and video to create visually stunning results. Featuring an all new user interface and support for Windows 8, DeskScapes makes it easy to apply special effects to any wallpaper with just a few clicks. DeskScapes includes DreamMaker, which enables users to design their own animated wallpapers called Dreams. Users may also choose from the many Dreams available from Stardock's WinCustomize community. DeskScapes 8 also supports displaying different wallpapers on multiple monitors. What's new in this version: Fixed black screen if user locks the computer before restarting Windows after installing.

WebWallpaper periodically downloads the newest/latest image from a Webcam or any specified Url on the Internet, stores it to a file on the hard disk and sets it as current wallpaper.

WallBash - a simple bash script that brings to your computers Ubuntu wallpapers

A simple yet useful wallpaper changer. This app does what it says on the title, it changes your wallpaper based on album set by You as the User. It has nightmode, random wallpaper feature, and multi-monitor support. It is made in electron using vanilla js, some npm modules, Bulma CSS, and electron forge. Support windows and linux. Project repository: https://github.com/Dadangdut33/simple-wallpaper-changer

Tired of your wallpaper? Open Papr and search for the desired theme, it can be the name of a movie, series, game or artist, as well as common keywords like "nature" or "motorcycles", as soon as you press "enter" you will see a list of related wallpapers with the perfect size for your screen, just choose one and click to apply it. Easy breezy!

Changes wallpapers. Written in .NET (C#). To use it you just need to specify a folder where your wallpapers is stored. To add a new wallpaper you just need to copy file in the wallpapers folder. All subfilders will be seen as wallpaper categories.

This simple application automatically changes the desktop wallpaper on your desktop periodically according to the users settings. It chooses images from a user specified folder.

BackDrop makes precision layouts of images for use as wallpaper on multi-monitor systems.

Wallpaper changer software for Windows and Linux.

A random wallpaper generator which places photos randomly or tiled on the background with new photos being added at specified intervals.

BgChanger is a simple set of python scripts adding wallpaper rotation functionality to gnome. It is designed to be *simple* above all else. No complicated menus or options. Add images and change options for bgchanger via terminal or included gui.

BuzzyWall is a wallpaper site creator script that has been created for ease of installation and use by webmasters of any expertise. This is completely written in PHP, Javascript and uses MySQL database backend.

CWallpaper is a front end for fbsetbg, Esetroot, feh, and other wallpaper changers. It can also be used to change the wallpaper for Rox's pinboard. It has the ability to work with any root wallpaper changer, and can now load the last wallpaper used.

ChBg is desktop background manager which allows you to exchange periodicaly your wallpaper. With same functionality you can use it as simple screensaver or xscreensaver hack. Also it is posible to use it as quite good image viewer.

ChBg2 is desktop background manager which allows you to exchange periodicaly your wallpaper. With same functionality you can use it as simple screensaver or xscreensaver hack. This is the new version ported to Gtk2 and Imlib2 libraries.

Create a cross themed wallpaper by adjusting the sliders then pressing the camera icon. Change background or particle shape. A free live wallpaper version is available for Android via the Play Store ("ColorCross Free".) The video is of that live wallpaper in action. Done in 9 events in Construct 2.

Desktop wallpaper management application for Gnome. Cortina changes wallpapers by time. It works as an tray application with an configuration interface. It works great under Ubuntu Lucid and all other gnome using distributions.Cortina is a lightweigh Repository: ppa:cs-sniffer/cortina http://ppa.launchpad.net/cs-sniffer/cortina/ubuntu