we_manager/README.md

we_manager

A Wallpaper Engine manager for Linux. Browses the Steam Workshop through steamworks.js, keeps a local library of subscribed wallpapers with folders and tags, and plays animated wallpapers on the desktop via linux-wallpaperengine.

Steam must be running and Wallpaper Engine (app id 431960) must be in the library for workshop browsing and subscriptions to work. Without Steam the app still works as a local library manager.

Running

npm install
npm run dev      # dev mode with hot reload
npm run build    # compile to out/
npm run dist     # package with electron-builder

Notes

• Settings can build and install linux-wallpaperengine from source (needs sudo for the package manager and make install). A custom repository (git URL or local path) and branch can be set there to build from a fork instead of the official repo.
• The optional desktop icons overlay (src/main/services/desktop-icons-overlay.py) draws KDE Folder View icons on a transparent layer-shell surface above the wallpaper. It needs python3, GTK4, gtk4-layer-shell and pycairo, and only works on Wayland.
• steam_appid.txt is required by the Steamworks SDK and must stay next to the app.