xanimated

A lightweight animated wallpaper program for X11 on Linux.

Tested on Debian 12 using i3 WM.

Setup

sudo apt install libx11-dev libavformat-dev libglew-dev libswscale-dev libxrandr-dev libgtkmm-3.0-dev libgtk-3-dev

chmod +x compile_ffmpeg.sh &∓& ./compile_ffmpeg.sh

cmake . && make
p; make

./xanimated FILE [monitor]

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Latest commit BirdRoad1 use gtk file picker Aug 20, 2025 a0ee740 · · Aug 20, 2025 History 19 Commits
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.gitignore	.gitignore	chore: use custom ffmpeg build and add required deps	Aug 19, 2025
CMakeLists.txt	CMakeLists.txt	use gtk file picker	Aug 20, 2025
README.md	README.md	use gtk file picker	Aug 20, 2025
compile_ffmpeg.sh	compile_ffmpeg.sh	build: remove .git from ffmpeg dir	Aug 19, 2025