Stily.sh is a Bash script that aims to automate the tedious process of finding new wallpapers, downloading and switching them via your wm config. Styly.sh can search for specific wallpapers from unsplash or download a random image from the specified subreddits.

Requirements

This script is made to work with feh so having it installed is a requirement. Currently it does not support anything other than that.

Install

git clone https://github.com/thevinter/styli.sh
cd styli.sh
./styli.sh

Usage

# To set a random 1920x1080 background
$ ./styli.sh

# To specify a desired width or height
$ ./styli.sh -w 1080 -h 720
$ ./styli.sh -w 2560
$ ./styli.sh -h 1440

# To set a wallpaper based on a search term
$ ./styli.sh -s island 
$ ./styli.sh -s sea -w 1080

# To get a random wallpaper from one of the set subreddits
# NOTE: The width/height/search parameters DON't work with reddit
$ ./styli.sh -l reddit

# To get a random wallpaper from a custom subreddit
$ ./styli.sh -r <custom_reddit>
$ ./styli.sh -r wallpaperdump

# To use the builtin feh --bg options
$ ./styli.sh -b <option>
$ ./styli.sh -b bg-scale -r widescreen-wallpaper 

# To add custom feh flags
$ ./styli.sh -c <flags>
$ ./styli.sh -c --no-xinerama -r widescreen-wallpaper

Tips And Tricks

To set a new background every time you reboot your computer add the following to your i3/config file (or any other WM config)

exec_always path/to/script/styli.sh

To change background every hour launch the following command

crontab -e

and add the following to the opened file

@hourly path/to/script/styli.sh

Custom subreddits

To manage custom subreddits just edit the subreddits file by placing there all your desired communities, one for each newline