Clockwork Orange vs MuGen Wallpaper

Clockwork Orange manages desktop wallpapers on KDE Plasma 6, Windows 10/11 and macOS 13+. It can select random images from local folders, distribute choices fairly among sources and assign a different image to each monitor. On KDE Plasma, it can rotate the lock-screen image separately from the desktop. Download plugins fetch images from Wallhaven and DuckDuckGo Images on hourly, daily or weekly schedules, with a file limit configurable for each source. Wallhaven’s full catalogue requires an API key. The app records image URLs and content hashes to prevent duplicate downloads, even if a file has been deleted. Marking an image in the window deletes the file and adds its hash to a blacklist for future downloads. Version 4 is a native Go program with a command-line binary that also runs as the daemon, plus a Fyne desktop window with plugin controls, history, blacklist management and settings. It is free under the MIT License. On Linux it can run as a systemd user service; the macOS app is ad-hoc signed and not notarised.

MuGen Wallpaper is a macOS desktop app for dynamic video and programmable web wallpapers. It supports multiple screens, and web wallpapers can receive system utilization and screen-index information. Video speed and volume controls are included in both tiers. Playback can pause when every screen is in fullscreen mode, and the app can launch at startup. The maker says video playback uses Apple Silicon for efficient playback and lower power consumption. The MuGen Wallpaper Community lets users download and share wallpapers, with uploads reviewed before publication. Web wallpapers may opt into weather updates through OpenWeatherMap, using a supplied API key and location access, but they are limited to local resources and cannot call external APIs directly. The free plan costs nothing and allows up to 10 dynamic wallpapers. An unlock is a one-time in-app purchase with no listed price and no wallpaper limit. Community registration collects an iCloud identifier and associated Apple ID email; tokens and the weather key are stored in Keychain.