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wallpaper

A cross-platform (Linux, Windows, and macOS) Golang library for getting and setting the desktop background.

Installation

go get github.com/reujab/wallpaper

Example

package main

import (
	"fmt"

	"github.com/reujab/wallpaper"
)

func main() {
	background, err := wallpaper.Get()
	check(err)
	fmt.Println("Current wallpaper:", background)

	err = wallpaper.SetFromFile("/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/adwaita-day.jpg")
	check(err)

	err = wallpaper.SetFromURL("https://i.imgur.com/pIwrYeM.jpg")
	check(err)

	err = wallpaper.SetMode(wallpaper.Crop)
	check(err)
}

Supported desktops

• Windows
• macOS
• GNOME
• KDE
• Cinnamon
• Unity
• Budgie
• XFCE
• LXDE
• MATE
• Deepin
• Most Wayland compositors (set only, requires swaybg)
• i3 (set only, requires feh)