Decision Workspace
wall vs wallpaper vs multibg-wayland
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
36
wall
growingv0.2.3
A OS and Desktop Environment indipendent get/set wallpaper library.
49
wallpaper
growingv3.2.0
Gets and sets the desktop wallpaper/background.
46
multibg-wayland
experimentalv0.2.4
Set a different wallpaper for the background of each Sway or Hyprland or niri workspace
Core Metrics
| wall | wallpaper | multibg-wayland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 36 | 49 | 46 |
| Total Downloads | 8.4K | 63.6K | 2.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 21 | 2.1K | 13 |
| Dependents | 5 | 67 | 0 |
| Releases | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 2024d ago | 1722d ago | 204d ago |
| Age | 5y 6m | 7y 8m | 11m |
Health Breakdown
wall
Maintenance
7
Quality
8
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
wallpaper
Maintenance
4
Quality
20
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
9
multibg-wayland
Maintenance
11
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| wall | wallpaper | multibg-wayland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.3 | 3.2.0 | 0.2.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Unlicense | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| Crate Size | 10KB | 6KB | 53KB |
| Features | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 83.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.87 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •wallpaper leads with a health score of 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ wall, wallpaper have not been updated in over a year.
- •wall, multibg-wayland are pre-1.0 — API may change.