chwp

Changes the wallpaper from the command line.

Installation

Build from source

Use the cargo package manager to install the chwp crate:

shell cargo install chwp

Download latest binary

This snippet will download and install the latest chwp release:

shell LATEST_VERSION=$(curl -L -s -H 'Accept: application/json' https://github.com/RouHim/chwp/releases/latest | sed -e 's/.*"tag_name":"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/') && \ sudo curl -L -o /usr/bin/chwp https://github.com/RouHim/chwp/releases/download/$LATEST_VERSION/chwp-linux-x86_64 && \ sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/chwp

Arch Linux

Install chwp-bin AUR package:

shell yay -S chwp-bin

Usage

shell chwp [keywords]|[imageurl] span

Examples

Set a random wallpaper for the keyword ocean:

shell chwp ocean

Set a wallpaper from a specific image url:

shell chwp https://source.unsplash.com/1920x1080

Set a wallpaper from multiple keywords, a random one will be selected:

shell chwp water,sky,ocean

Combine multiple keywords with a +:

shell chwp night+city

The span parameter can be used to span the wallpaper over multiple screens:

shell chwp ocean span