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Dynamic Wallpaper Studio vs Waypaper

Dynamic Wallpaper Studio

dynamicwallpaperengine.com

Waypaper

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FigureDynamic Wallpaper StudioWaypaper
Price from$2.50/moFree
Free plan—Yes
Free trial——
Open source—Yes
macOSYesYes
Linux—Yes
Plans published21
Spec score · Desktop Wallpaper Software7.6 (#16)8.0 (#10)

Plans

Dynamic Wallpaper Studio

  • Weekly premium$2.99 a month
  • Yearly premium$29.99 a year

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Waypaper

  • WaypaperFree

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Dynamic Wallpaper Studio

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Waypaper

Waypaper is a free graphical wallpaper setter for Linux window managers and macOS. It provides a single interface for backends such as swaybg, swww, awww, wallutils, hyprpaper, mpvpaper, gslapper, feh, xwallpaper, linux-wallpaperengine, and macOS. It supports multiple monitors and can restore a wallpaper when a window manager launches. The interface also offers Vim-style keyboard navigation, caching, a distraction-free Zen mode, post-change script hooks, and customizable CSS theming. Animated wallpaper support depends on the backend: selected backends handle GIFs, while mpvpaper, gslapper, or linux-wallpaperengine can provide video wallpapers. Waypaper needs at least one supported wallpaper backend installed to work. On Linux, installation options include pipx and packages or repositories for Arch-based distributions, NixOS, OpenSUSE, and Fedora. macOS setup requires GTK3 and PyGObject through Homebrew before Waypaper is installed with pipx. The repository identifies the project as GPL-3.0 licensed. Its documentation names Roman Anufriev as developer and says development began in 2023.

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