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GhostNaN/mpvpaper

A video wallpaper program for wlroots based wayland compositors. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/GhostNaN/mpvpaper · C · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

86/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 61
  • 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: 434
  • age_days: 2223
  • days_rel: 46
  • days_push: 10
  • n_releases_24m: 2

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1584 stars · 52 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

mpvpaper is a video wallpaper program for wlroots-based Wayland compositors such as sway, using mpv to render videos as desktop wallpapers. It supports per-output or all-output playback, forwarding mpv options, and IPC-based control while forked.

Use cases

  • play a video as my wallpaper on sway
  • set a live wallpaper on wayland
  • loop a video background on all monitors
  • control my wallpaper playback with mpv keybindings
  • pause my video wallpaper via ipc socket
  • stream a url playlist as my desktop background

When to avoid

  • you are on X11 rather than wayland
  • you use a GNOME or KDE desktop without wlroots
  • you only need static image wallpapers

Facets

application · maturity active

video-processing graphics desktop-applications media operating-systems cli wayland wlroots wallpaper mpv video-wallpaper sway linux

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
GhostNaN/mpvpapermain86

For agents

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Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem