WallLust

WallLust is a modern wallpaper daemon and GUI for Wayland and Hyprland. It features Pywal integration for dynamic color scheme generation, smooth transitions, and support for both image and video wallpapers.

Features

• Dynamic Transitions: Smooth fade, slide, and grow transitions for image wallpapers.
• Video Wallpaper Support: Seamless integration with mpvpaper.
• Pywal Integration: Automatically update your system colors when the wallpaper changes.
• GUI & CLI: Choose between a powerful CLI or a user-friendly GUI built with Slint.
• IPC Daemon: Lightweight daemon to manage wallpaper states across multiple outputs.

Installation

Dependencies

Ensure you have the following installed:

• slint
• mpvpaper (for video wallpapers)
• ffmpeg (for video thumbnails)
• python-pywal (for color scheme generation)

From Source

git clone https://github.com/rajchauhan28/WallLust
cd WallLust
cargo build --release

Debian/Ubuntu

Download the .deb package from the Releases page and install it:

sudo dpkg -i walllust_*.deb

Arch Linux

Use the provided PKGBUILD or install from AUR (once available).

Usage

Starting the Daemon

walllust-daemon &

Or enable the systemd user service:

systemctl --user enable --now walllust-daemon

CLI Commands

# Set a wallpaper
walllust-cli set path/to/wallpaper.jpg --transition fade --duration 1000

# List available wallpapers
walllust-cli list

# Get status
walllust-cli status

GUI

Simply run walllust-gui to open the wallpaper selector.

License

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.