jeffshee/hidamari
Video wallpaper for Linux. Written in Python. 🐍 observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
82/100
- Activity 91
- Release rhythm 60
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 552
- age_days: 2376
- days_rel: 55
- days_push: 55
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
2091 stars · 78 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Hidamari is a video wallpaper application for Linux written in Python that lets users set videos, streaming URLs, or webpages as their desktop wallpaper. It supports hardware-accelerated playback via VLC, GNOME Wayland, multi-monitor setups, and auto-pauses when maximized or fullscreen windows are detected.
Use cases
- set a video as my desktop wallpaper on linux
- play youtube videos as a live wallpaper
- use a webpage as my wallpaper
- video wallpaper that pauses when a window is maximized
- animated wallpaper with hardware accelerated decoding
- live wallpaper on gnome wayland
- different video wallpaper on each monitor
When to choose
- You want video or webpage wallpapers on Linux with a GUI instead of hand-rolling xwinwrap + mpv
- You need GNOME Wayland support, multi-monitor wallpapers, or streaming URL playback via yt-dlp
- You want playback to auto-pause on fullscreen/maximized windows and mute/pause from the tray
When to avoid
- You are on Windows or macOS - it is Linux-only
- You need static image wallpapers with advanced effects on non-GNOME desktops, since blur wallpaper is GNOME-exclusive
- You use Nvidia with Wayland, where hardware-accelerated decoding does not work
Facets
application · maturity active
video-processing gui streaming desktop-applications media operating-systems entertainment video-wallpaper live-wallpaper wallpaper gnome wayland yt-dlp vlc multi-monitor webpage-wallpaper linux desktop flatpak
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/jeffshee/hidamari · fetched 2026-08-28 · d6a6fe051960
- homepage: https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.github.jeffshee.Hidamari · fetched 2026-08-29 · a380ec245346
- site_page: https://docs.flathub.org/docs/for-app-authors/submission · fetched 2026-08-29 · f71a83e36969
- site_page: https://flathub.org/en/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8786526c4967
- site_page: https://docs.flathub.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 651dbfb8e5ee
- site_page: https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.jeffshee.Hidamari/install · fetched 2026-08-29 · 41c621591da5
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| jeffshee/hidamari | main | 82 |
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