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waywallen

waywallen is a wallpaper program, available on Linux: plugins and add-ons.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

waywallen is a wallpaper program, available on Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing: plugins and add-ons.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Wallpaper Manager for Linux” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Waywallen is a dynamic wallpaper solution for Linux desktops with local media libraries, plugin-based discovery, and per-display controls.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of waywallen is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Waywallen is a dynamic wallpaper solution for Linux desktops with local media libraries, plugin-based discovery, and per-display controls.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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