boramalper/himawaripy
Set near-realtime picture of Earth as your desktop background observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3863
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 896
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1684 stars · 238 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A Python 3 CLI script that downloads near-realtime (10-minute delayed) images of Earth taken by the Himawari 8 satellite and sets them as your desktop wallpaper. It is designed to run on a cronjob or systemd timer every 10 minutes and supports multiple Linux desktop environments plus macOS.
Use cases
- set a live picture of Earth as my desktop wallpaper
- show near-realtime satellite imagery of Earth on my desktop
- automatically refresh my wallpaper every 10 minutes with the latest Himawari 8 image
- download the latest Earth photo without changing my wallpaper
- save battery by pausing wallpaper updates on laptop battery power
When to choose
- you want a near-realtime Earth satellite photo as your wallpaper on a supported Linux desktop environment or macOS
- you can schedule it with cron or a systemd timer
- you want configurable image quality levels and download deadlines
When to avoid
- you use a desktop environment outside the tested list (Unity 7, Mate, Pantheon, LXDE, GNOME 3, Cinnamon, KDE, macOS)
- you need Windows support
- you want true realtime imagery rather than 10-minute-delayed satellite data
- you cannot run scheduled jobs
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
image-processing cli workflow-automation desktop-applications developer-tools media python cli wallpaper satellite-imagery himawari-8 earth desktop-background cron linux macos desktop
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/boramalper/himawaripy · fetched 2026-08-28 · 08236f5fa777
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
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| boramalper/himawaripy | main | 10 |
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