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swww is an animated wallpaper engine and daemon for Wayland compositors. It functions as a shared-memory wallpaper manager that renders image frames and transitions to create moving desktop backgrounds.

The project enables dynamic wallpaper management across multiple monitors in real time, allowing users to update backgrounds or set solid colors without restarting the background process. It supports automated background rotation and smooth visual transitions, such as wipes and fades, when switching between images.

Features

Desktop Wallpaper Managers - Functions as a comprehensive manager for setting and displaying static or animated desktop wallpapers.
Shared Memory Buffers - Utilizes POSIX shared memory buffers to pass raw image data to the compositor for high-performance, zero-copy rendering.
Zero-Copy Image Buffers - Uses POSIX shared memory to push image buffers to the compositor for zero-copy rendering.
Frame-Based Animation Engines - Provides a frame-based engine to render sequential image buffers for smooth animated desktop backgrounds.

Features

Desktop Wallpaper Managers - Functions as a comprehensive manager for setting and displaying static or animated desktop wallpapers.
Shared Memory Buffers - Utilizes POSIX shared memory buffers to pass raw image data to the compositor for high-performance, zero-copy rendering.
Zero-Copy Image Buffers - Uses POSIX shared memory to push image buffers to the compositor for zero-copy rendering.
Frame-Based Animation Engines - Provides a frame-based engine to render sequential image buffers for smooth animated desktop backgrounds.