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tty7 is a fast, GPU-accelerated terminal workbench with persistent sessions, built-in input tools, SSH support, and coding agent awareness.
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FR-AI / ANALYSISWhy it is worth attention
It does not wrap hyprpaper, swww, or swaybg; instead it implements its own rendering and transitions directly on wlr-layer-shell and wgpu, with 11 tunable effects and wall-clock-accurate timing.
Who it is for
- Wayland users on compositors like Hyprland, Sway, niri, or KDE Plasma 6
- Desktop customization enthusiasts who want animated wallpapers and smooth transitions
- Rust developers interested in wgpu and Wayland layer-shell rendering
- Users who want scriptable or directory-watched wallpaper automation
Use cases
- Set a wallpaper with a custom transition effect and duration
- Use an animated GIF as a live wallpaper
- Preview an effect before applying it to the desktop
- Watch a directory and automatically apply newly added images
Strengths
- Native Wayland implementation using wlr-layer-shell and wgpu rather than wrapping external tools
- 11 transition effects with CLI and YAML package tuning
- Daemon architecture with Unix socket, auto-start, per-monitor control, and preview window
- GIF wallpapers play frame-by-frame after transitions, with wall-clock-accurate timing
Considerations
- Requires a compositor with wlr-layer-shell support; GNOME/Mutter does not implement the protocol
- Building from source requires Rust toolchain and Wayland client headers
- Theme generation is treated as an optional post-step, not the core feature
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Description
🎨 GPU-accelerated animated wallpaper engine for Wayland
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