# GhostNaN/mpvpaper

A video wallpaper program for wlroots based wayland compositors.

Repository: https://github.com/GhostNaN/mpvpaper
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mpvpaper
Language: C
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-24T02:11:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 86/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 61, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2223, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": 46, "gap_med": 434, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1584, forks 52 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:07.171018+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, graphics
- domain: desktop-applications, media, operating-systems
- platform: cli
- tags: wayland, wlroots, wallpaper, mpv, video-wallpaper, sway, linux

## Member repositories
- GhostNaN/mpvpaper (main) score 86

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:07.171018+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 2026-08-30T03:55:53.236937+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/GhostNaN/mpvpaper (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:07.171018+00:00, sha 6d265ab5c487)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.