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Nitrogen is a lightweight wallpaper browser and setter for Linux desktops running X11. It supports multi-monitor layouts, wallpaper scaling modes, and restoring wallpaper settings during sessions.
💡 Pick it if you want automatic rotation, online sources, and wallpaper history instead of Nitrogen's manual workflow.
Variety is a wallpaper changer for Ubuntu that provides various wallpaper sources and options.
💡 Pick it if you want a tiny, scriptable X11 wallpaper setter rather than Nitrogen's graphical interface.
feh is an X11 image viewer aimed mostly at console users. It is designed to use less resources than other image viewers...
Roman Anufriev
💡 Pick it if you use Wayland or want a modern graphical manager that still supports X11.
Waypaper is a graphical wallpaper manager for Wayland and X11 that controls backends such as swaybg and swww. It is aimed at...
HydraPaper contributors
💡 Pick it if per-monitor wallpaper selection and a GTK interface matter more than Nitrogen's minimal X11 design.
HydraPaper is a GTK wallpaper manager designed for multi-monitor Linux desktops. It lets users assign different images to displays and supports common...
LGFae
💡 Pick it for native Wayland support, scripted control, and animated wallpaper transitions.
swww is a Wayland wallpaper daemon with command-line controls and animated transition effects. It targets users of wlroots-based compositors who want fast...
swaywm contributors
💡 Pick it if you need a minimal, reliable static wallpaper setter for a Wayland compositor.
swaybg is a small command-line wallpaper utility for Wayland compositors. It provides dependable static image placement with scaling modes and is best...
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