Command-line tool

awww

brew/awww

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Answer to your Wayland Wallpaper Woes

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Linux

brew install awww

Set wallpaper

awww img path/to/image

Set wallpaper to specified outputs

awww img -o output1,output2,... path/to/image

Restore last wallpaper

awww restore

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