# hyprwm/hyprpaper

Hyprpaper is a wayland wallpaper utility with IPC controls.

Repository: https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprpaper
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hyprpaper
Homepage: https://wiki.hyprland.org/Hypr-Ecosystem/hyprpaper/
Language: C++
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: cpp20, wallpaper, wayland, wlroots
Last push: 2026-08-13T18:14:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 69, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1524, "days_push": 20, "days_rel": 126, "gap_med": 38, "n_releases_24m": 10}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1346, forks 110 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:27.476687+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: gui, developer-tools
- domain: desktop-applications, operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: wallpaper, wayland, hyprland, wlroots, ipc, cpp20, linux

## Member repositories
- hyprwm/hyprpaper (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:27.476687+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:42:41.840972+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprpaper (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:27.476687+00:00, sha 929725114769)
  - homepage: https://wiki.hyprland.org/Hypr-Ecosystem/hyprpaper/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:01:59.090329+00:00, sha 2d70157ca218)
  - site_page: https://wiki.hypr.land/Getting-Started (fetched 2026-08-29T12:01:59.102724+00:00, sha fd896f38cd05)
  - site_page: https://wiki.hypr.land/Getting-Started/Installation (fetched 2026-08-29T12:01:59.105220+00:00, sha e8019f2624ee)
  - site_page: https://wiki.hypr.land/Getting-Started/Master-Tutorial (fetched 2026-08-29T12:01:59.108002+00:00, sha 0fb33d88d11f)
  - site_page: https://wiki.hypr.land/Getting-Started/Preconfigured-setups (fetched 2026-08-29T12:01:59.109984+00:00, sha b5bbdfba6741)
  - site_page: https://wiki.hypr.land/Plugins/Development/Getting-Started (fetched 2026-08-29T12:01:59.111807+00:00, sha 29eb5a976102)
  - site_page: https://wiki.hypr.land/FAQ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:01:59.113684+00:00, sha d8869575bf3b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.