https://github.com/swaywm/swaybg
Wallpaper tool for Wayland compositors
https://github.com/swaywm/swaybg
sway wayland wlroots
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Wallpaper tool for Wayland compositors
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/swaywm/swaybg
- Owner: swaywm
- License: mit
- Created: 2019-04-25T15:04:36.000Z (about 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-05-25T13:47:46.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-05-29T12:13:36.964Z (about 1 year ago)
- Topics: sway, wayland, wlroots
- Language: C
- Homepage:
- Size: 88.9 KB
- Stars: 588
- Watchers: 21
- Forks: 37
- Open Issues: 14
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# swaybg
swaybg is a wallpaper utility for Wayland compositors. It is compatible with
any Wayland compositor which implements the wlr-layer-shell protocol and
`wl_output` version 4.
See the man page, `swaybg(1)`, for instructions on using swaybg.
## Release Signatures
Releases are signed with [E88F5E48](https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=34FF9526CFEF0E97A340E2E40FDE7BE0E88F5E48)
and published [on GitHub](https://github.com/swaywm/swaybg/releases). swaybg
releases are managed independently of sway releases.
## Installation
### From Packages
swaybg is available in many distributions. Try installing the "swaybg"
package for yours.
### Compiling from Source
Install dependencies:
* meson \*
* wayland
* wayland-protocols \*
* cairo
* gdk-pixbuf2 (optional: image formats other than PNG)
* [scdoc](https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/scdoc) (optional: man pages) \*
* git (optional: version information) \*
_\* Compile-time dep_
Run these commands:
meson build/
ninja -C build/
sudo ninja -C build/ install