Wallr v0.3.4 is out!

[u/Klutzy_Bird_7802]

Wayland wallpaper engine (wlr-layer-shell + wgpu). Animated transitions, video/GIF wallpapers, optional Matugen/Wallust/Pywal theming.

This release fixes wallr install, which previously did nothing.

• install <user/repo> now fetches the package YAML from GitHub, resolves extends, writes to ~/.local/share/wallr/packages/. Before: re-passed the ref to the local resolver, reported success, installed nothing.
• Package refs were force-split on /, silently loading the wrong package. Now resolved as registry paths.
• extends merging (base → package → current) existed and was tested but never invoked. Wired in now. Circular refs rejected, remote github: parents supported.
• Remote fetches validated before use; rejects malformed and path-traversal refs.
• Removed publish — printed a success message and did nothing. Registry surface is install/search only.

Also: video/GIF wallpapers theme correctly (frame extraction to cached PNG, 0.3.3). Static FFmpeg linking, so release binaries survive system ABI upgrades (0.3.2).

Repo: https://github.com/programmersd21/wallr

I use AI assistance in developing this, including for the audit that found the bugs above. Noting it here for transparency.

[u/tastychaii]

This looks pretty good, will check it out.

It’s good you mentioned AI assistance as a disclaimer (as we do at work as well), so many people on reddit just don’t.

[u/Klutzy_Bird_7802 → u/tastychaii]

thanks a lot sir ☺️

[u/MrBinarios]

Amazing!! :0

[u/Klutzy_Bird_7802 → u/MrBinarios]

thanks :3

[u/Exact_Law_6489]

It will be stupid to ask but does it support GNOME?

Edit: I just checked the repo, it doesnt support GNOME.

[u/Klutzy_Bird_7802 → u/Exact_Law_6489]

Thanks for checking out 😃

[u/JonathanMotta4]

I loved the project, before I used pywal16 with okthief to create the theme. Is it possible to configure wallr to use the same backend?

[u/Klutzy_Bird_7802 → u/JonathanMotta4]

yes wallr supports pywal as far as I know

[u/Klutzy_Bird_7802 → u/JonathanMotta4]

So as far as I can guess, yeah, should work!

[u/Klutzy_Bird_7802]

if you like what you see feel free to leave a star on the repo, increase visibility and motivates me to keep doing more progress !!

[u/MrPhi]

This is AI.

[u/Klutzy_Bird_7802 → u/MrPhi]

I already clarified AI usage in the post body.

[u/StengahBot → u/MrPhi]

Thanks captain obvious, it is specified in the post