Wallpaper.sh is a Bash script that aims to automate the tedious process of finding new wallpapers, downloading and switching them via the GUI. wallpaper.sh can search for specific wallpapers from unsplash or download a random image from the specified subreddits.
This script is based on https://github.com/thevinter/styli.sh. It is adapted and made to work on MacOS
Homebrew Package Manager https://brew.sh/index
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
gnu-getopt
brew install gnu-getopt
git clone https://github.com/solidsniper/wallpaper.sh
cd wallpaper.sh
chmod +x wallpaper.sh
./wallpaper.sh
# To set a random 1920x1080 background
$ ./wallpaper.sh
# To specify a desired width or height
$ ./wallpaper.sh -w 1080 -h 720
$ ./wallpaper.sh -w 2560
$ ./wallpaper.sh -h 1440
# To set a wallpaper based on a search term
$ ./wallpaper.sh -s island
$ ./wallpaper.sh -s "sea sunset"
$ ./wallpaper.sh -s sea -w 1080
# To get a random wallpaper from one of the set subreddits
# NOTE: The width/height/search parameters DON'T work with reddit
$ ./wallpaper.sh -l reddit
# To get a random wallpaper from a custom subreddit
$ ./wallpaper.sh -r <custom_reddit>
$ ./wallpaper.sh -r wallpaperdump
Cron needs full disk access
To change background every hour launch the following command
crontab -e
and add the following to the opened file
@hourly path/to/script/wallpaper.sh
To manage custom subreddits just edit the subreddits file by placing there all your desired communities, one for each newline