i3 wallpaper manager is a command-line tool designed to change the wallpaper depending of active workspaces on i3.
Pre-compiled versions are available in the Releases. For Debian users, a package is also provided.
If you want to compile the project from source, you will need at least the GO compiler version 1.22. Clone the project and run the make command. The compiled output will be located in the build directory.
build
$ git clone https://gitnet.fr/deblan/i3-wallpaper-manager $ make
To start, you need to create a configuration file in YAML format. This file consists of two keys: default to define the path of the default wallpaper, and workspaces which allows you to associate each workspace with its corresponding wallpaper.
default
workspaces
default: /home/alice/wallpapers/default.jpg workspaces: "Name of the workspace 1": /home/alice/wallpapers/1.jpg "Name of the workspace 2": /home/alice/wallpapers/2.jpg "Name of the workspace 3": /home/alice/wallpapers/3.jpg
Next, you simply need to run i3-wallpaper-manager while specify the path to the configuration file.
i3-wallpaper-manager
DISPLAY=:0 i3-wallpaper-manager /path/to/config.yaml
To run it when i3 starts, add this to your i3 configuration:
exec_always DISPLAY=:0 i3-wallpaper-manager /path/to/config.yaml
