Motion Wallpaper Studio

A Linux X11 alternative to Lively Wallpaper. Independent open-source project, not affiliated
with or endorsed by Lively Wallpaper.

Motion Wallpaper Studio renders real-time animated desktop scenes on Linux X11 / XWayland
environments using procedural QPainter shaders, local image/frame sequences, HTML canvas
theme files, and live /proc/stat CPU telemetry.

FEATURES
• Live Scenes & Library: Built-in Plasma Aurora shader, Matrix Glyph Rain, Starfield Warp,
and live /proc/stat CPU Pulse Bars, plus local $HOME/Pictures scanning, PNG/JPG image
picker, sorted frame-folder sequences, and HTML canvas theme parser.
• X11 Desktop Layer & Root Pixmap: Applies a borderless click-through NETWMWINDOWTYPEDESKTOP
lowered window via EWMH/XShape and/or sets the X11 root wallpaper pixmap (XROOTPMAPID),
with one-click static PNG snapshot export to ~/Pictures/motion-wallpaper-studio/.
• Playback & Performance Rules: Configurable 10–60 FPS cap, live /proc/stat CPU usage and
per-core load readout, RandR multi-monitor target selector, and automatic pause when an
EWMH fullscreen (or maximized) X11 window is active.
• Custom Generator & Presets: Customize primary, secondary, and background colors, particle
count, speed, wave scale, matrix charset, and save/load JSON presets.

LIMITATIONS
• Designed for X11 desktop sessions and XWayland layers. Wayland-native desktop surfaces and
compositors that override desktop-type windows (such as some GNOME/KDE desktop modes) may
prevent NETWMWINDOWTYPEDESKTOP or root pixmap visibility.

SUPPORT & DONATE
• Created by Thanh Nguyen — https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b