hyprwm/hyprpaper
Hyprpaper is a wayland wallpaper utility with IPC controls. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
88/100
- Activity 97
- Release rhythm 69
- 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: 38
- age_days: 1524
- days_rel: 126
- days_push: 20
- n_releases_24m: 10
Adoption not part of the score
1346 stars · 110 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Hyprpaper is a fast, lightweight wallpaper utility for Wayland compositors, built primarily for the Hyprland ecosystem. It supports per-output wallpapers, multiple scaling modes, and dynamic wallpaper switching via IPC sockets.
Use cases
- set a wallpaper on a wayland compositor
- change wallpapers dynamically via IPC
- use different wallpapers per monitor
- tile or scale wallpapers with fractional scaling support
- manage desktop backgrounds on Hyprland
When to choose
- you use Hyprland or another wlroots-based Wayland compositor
- you need fast, scriptable wallpaper switching
- you want per-monitor wallpaper configuration
When to avoid
- you are on X11 rather than Wayland
- you use GNOME or KDE which have built-in wallpaper management
- you need animated or video wallpapers
Facets
application · maturity stable
gui developer-tools desktop-applications operating-systems developer-tools wallpaper wayland hyprland wlroots ipc cpp20 linux
8 sources
- readme: https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprpaper · fetched 2026-08-28 · 929725114769
- homepage: https://wiki.hyprland.org/Hypr-Ecosystem/hyprpaper/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2d70157ca218
- site_page: https://wiki.hypr.land/Getting-Started · fetched 2026-08-29 · fd896f38cd05
- site_page: https://wiki.hypr.land/Getting-Started/Installation · fetched 2026-08-29 · e8019f2624ee
- site_page: https://wiki.hypr.land/Getting-Started/Master-Tutorial · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0fb33d88d11f
- site_page: https://wiki.hypr.land/Getting-Started/Preconfigured-setups · fetched 2026-08-29 · b5bbdfba6741
- site_page: https://wiki.hypr.land/Plugins/Development/Getting-Started · fetched 2026-08-29 · 29eb5a976102
- site_page: https://wiki.hypr.land/FAQ · fetched 2026-08-29 · d8869575bf3b
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| hyprwm/hyprpaper | main | 88 |
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