Hyprpaper

What is Hyprpaper?

It’s responsible for setting and controlling wallpapers in Hyprland.

(It’s not activated by default; you have to install and configure it separately.)

It’s a wallpaper daemon (a background wallpaper program that can: Support multiple monitors, Use very little resources, and integrate seamlessly with Hyprland (made by the same developers).

1. Install

sudo pacman -S hyprpaper

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2. Create configuration

File in:

~/.config/hypr/hyprpaper.conf

If it’s not there and you already have hyprpaper installed, you can create the corresponding directory and file.

Example file text:

# Monitors and backgrounds
preload = ~/Images/background1.jpg
preload = ~/Images/background2.png

wallpaper = eDP-1, ~/Images/background1.jpg
wallpaper = HDMI-A-1, ~/Images/background2.png

# Scale the image
splash = false

Replace eDP-1 and HDMI-A-1 with the actual names of your monitors (hyprctl monitors displays them).

The syntax is very similar to hyprland, with a few changes.

3. Start it automatically with Hyprland

In your ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf, add:

exec-once = hyprpaper

This means that every time you log into your PC with hyprland, the hyprpaper program will run, meaning the wallpaper will be set when you start your PC.

Author: Fravelz