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waywallen

Wallpaper Manager for Linux

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org.waywallen.waywallen
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Waywallen is a dynamic wallpaper solution for Linux desktops with local media libraries, plugin-based discovery, and per-display controls.

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Screenshots

Wallpaper library in light and dark themes
Wallpaper library in light and dark themes
Display layout and wallpaper controls
Display layout and wallpaper controls
Renderer and component status
Renderer and component status

Observed history

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updated0.4.46 Oct 2026

Upstream releases

Release notes supplied by the developer. These dates are not Flathub package publication times.

0.4.46 Oct 2026

Added:

  • Automatic playback rules support window exclusions by application ID or title, with wildcard matching.
  • Wallpapers can be flipped horizontally, vertically, or both.
  • Wallpapers can be hidden from the library and managed from the playlist sheet. #300 by @barrence01
  • Optional update checks show a notification badge in the sidebar. #302 by @wehrwolfmann

Improved:

  • Thumbnails share animated playback and support configurable decoded-image caching.
  • Display controls stay open when switching between displays and canvases.
  • Detail actions fold to fit compact layouts.
  • Status page labels are translated. #303 by @wehrwolfmann
  • Russian translations are updated. #296 by @wehrwolfmann
  • The daemon restart button has been removed.

Fixed:

  • Pointer leave events are forwarded correctly across shared outputs. #293 by @LostAttractor
  • Window size and maximized state are restored correctly, and detail thumbnails reserve space while loading.
  • Closed UI processes are reaped instead of remaining as zombie processes.
  • QML singleton registration and property bindings work with Qt 6.12.
  • AppImage FFmpeg builds include the image demuxers and parsers required for thumbnails.
0.4.326 Sept 2026

Improved:

  • Wallpaper and Discover details use adaptive sheets on compact layouts.
  • Displays page support vertical layout.
  • Sidebar content follows navigation drawer expansion.

Fixed:

  • Selecting one of exactly two presentation targets no longer selects both. #262
  • Displays page open failed due to qml material changes. #291
0.4.225 Sept 2026

Added:

  • GameMode can trigger configurable automatic playback actions. #280 by @PolisanTheEasyNick

Improved:

  • Static image wallpapers release staging memory after publishing.

Fixed:

  • Changing wallpapers when displays paused .
  • Unable to add wallpapers to playlists. #290
0.4.123 Sept 2026

Improved:

  • Remote MPRIS artwork is cached locally before being sent to wallpaper renderers. #283 by @CatSema

Fixed:

  • Embedded and oversized MPRIS artwork no longer exceeds renderer IPC limits. #282 by @barrence01
  • The mouse parallax setting stays in the built-in property section. #274 by @ales-drnz
  • The UI no longer fails to load because of stale QML Material cache metadata.