wallpaper
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Get or set the desktop wallpaper
Works on macOS 10.14.4+, Linux, and Windows 10+.
Maintainer needed for the Linux part of the code. No new Linux-related changes will be accepted until someone with good Linux knowledge volunteers.
npm install wallpaper
import {getWallpaper, setWallpaper} from 'wallpaper';
await setWallpaper('unicorn.jpg');
await getWallpaper();
//=> '/Users/sindresorhus/unicorn.jpg'
Returns a Promise<string> with the path of the current desktop wallpaper.
Type: object
Type: string | number
Values: 'all', 'main', or the index of a screen from .screens()
Default: 'main'
The screen to get the wallpaper from.
If you set 'all' then getWallpaper() will return a Promise<string[]>.
Returns a Promise.
On macOS, it sets the wallpaper on the active space. There is no way to set it on all spaces.
Type: string
The path to the image to set as the desktop wallpaper.
Type: object
Type: string | number
Values: 'all', 'main', or the index of a screen from .screens()
Default: 'all'
The screen to set the wallpaper on.
On Linux and Windows it's hard-coded to 'main'.
Type: string
macOS Values: 'auto' | 'fill' | 'fit' | 'stretch' | 'center'
Windows Values: 'center' | 'stretch' | 'tile' | 'span' | 'fit' | 'fill'
Default macOS: 'auto'
Default Windows: 'span'
Scaling method.
Returns a Promise.
Type: string
The color to set as a RGB Hex value. For example, 000000 for black.
Type: object
Type: string | number
Values: 'all', 'main', or the index of a screen from .screens()
Default: 'all'
The screen to set the wallpaper on.
import {setSolidColorWallpaper} from 'wallpaper';
await setSolidColorWallpaper('000000');
Returns a Promise<string[]> with the available screens.
import {screens} from 'wallpaper';
await screens();
//=> ['Color LCD']
If you only need a static snapshot of the website, you can use capture-website and then pass the result to this package. You can make it semi-dynamic, by capturing the website snapshot every 10 seconds, for example.
You cannot use this package to set a dynamic wallpaper.
On macOS, check out Plash, which lets you set any website as your wallpaper. The website could contain a fullscreen video, WebGL, slideshow, animated, etc.
You can also do this with Electron on macOS and Linux by using new BrowserWindow({type: 'desktop'}).
On Windows, you can use Wallpaper Engine. It's available on Steam, HumbleBundle, and Green Man Gaming for around 4 USD.
FAQs
Manage the desktop wallpaper
The npm package wallpaper receives a total of 192 weekly downloads. As such, wallpaper popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that wallpaper demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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