WinDynamicDesktop brings macOS Mojave-style dynamic desktop wallpapers to Windows, with themes and scheduling.
Open source
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Waywallen manages dynamic wallpapers on Linux desktops, according to its project description.
About Waywallen
Waywallen is an open-source wallpaper manager for Linux desktops, distributed through its GitHub repository under an MIT license. It provides dynamic wallpapers and began as a Wallpaper Engine plugin for KDE. Desktop integration is documented for KDE Plasma, GNOME, Hyprland, Niri, Wayfire, COSMIC and Sway, with mouse input and auto-pause listed for all of these except Sway, which lacks auto-pause. It can be installed from prebuilt AppImages, as a Flatpak, or built from source.
Key features
- Dynamic wallpaper management on Linux desktops
- Documented integration with KDE, GNOME, Hyprland, Niri, Wayfire, COSMIC and Sway
- Image and video wallpaper plugins
- Hardware video decoding via Vulkan and VA-API
- Wallhaven plugin for wallpaper sourcing
- Third-party plugins adding Wallpaper Engine scene and web support
Best for: Linux users who want dynamic or animated desktop wallpapers and are willing to install and manage plugins, including those coming from Wallpaper Engine.
Good for
- Open source under the MIT license
- Supports a broad set of Linux desktops and Wayland compositors
- Available as an AppImage, a Flatpak or built from source
Watch out for
- Recent NVIDIA drivers have an EGL bug requiring QSG_RHI_BACKEND=vulkan with plasmashell; web wallpapers on NVIDIA require disabling shared_texture_enabled
- Auto pause is not supported on Sway
- Third-party plugins run with the user account's privileges, so only trusted plugins should be installed
Waywallen at a glance
- Category
- Software & Utilities › Desktop Customization
- Type
- Open-source project
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Linux
- Open source
- Yes · Source code
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 6, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Waywallen FAQ
How does hardware video decoding work?
The default auto mode falls back in the order vulkan, then vaapi, then software. A hwdec mode can be selected manually in the waywallen-video settings. No dedicated NVDEC backend is planned; NVIDIA users are directed to nvidia-vaapi-driver to expose NVDEC through VA-API.
How do I get logs?
Daily daemon logs are written under ~/.local/state/waywallen/logs/daemon/ (or $XDG_STATE_HOME/waywallen/logs/daemon/) as waywallen.YYYY-MM-DD.log, with up to 8 kept. Restarting the daemon with WW_LOG=debug raises verbosity. For the Flatpak, logs are under ~/.var/app/org.waywallen.waywallen/.local/state/waywallen/logs/daemon/.
How do I install a third-party plugin?
Manually download the plugin's ZIP archive and install it from the plugins page in the UI. Waywallen then notifies you of plugin updates and installs them.
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