# catsout/wallpaper-engine-kde-plugin

A kde wallpaper plugin integrating wallpaper engine

Repository: https://github.com/catsout/wallpaper-engine-kde-plugin
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wallpaper-engine-kde-plugin
Homepage: https://store.kde.org/p/1475528/
Language: QML
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: wallpaper-engine, kde, live-wallpaper, video-wallpaper
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-05-03T08:26:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 80, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2124, "days_push": 122, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2723, forks 118 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:15.664993+00:00)

## What it is
A KDE Plasma plugin that integrates Wallpaper Engine wallpapers, enabling live and video wallpapers on the Linux desktop. The project has moved to the waywallen repository, with the original README pointing to the new location.

## Use cases
- use wallpaper engine wallpapers on kde plasma
- set live video wallpapers on linux
- play animated wallpapers on kde
- port wallpaper engine projects to linux
- customize desktop backgrounds with interactive wallpapers

## When to choose
- you run KDE Plasma on Linux and want Wallpaper Engine content
- you want live or video wallpapers instead of static images
- you prefer an open-source desktop wallpaper integration

## When to avoid
- you use GNOME or another non-KDE desktop
- you need official Wallpaper Engine Workshop support on Windows
- you want a fully maintained upstream project without checking the new waywallen repo

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, graphics, video-processing
- domain: desktop-applications, graphics, cross-platform
- platform: cpp
- tags: wallpaper-engine, live-wallpaper, kde-plasma, video-wallpaper, qt, linux, kde, desktop, qml

## Member repositories
- catsout/wallpaper-engine-kde-plugin (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:15.664993+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 2026-08-30T02:14:56.415088+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/catsout/wallpaper-engine-kde-plugin (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:15.664993+00:00, sha 63850d6a2090)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.