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title: Install Motion Wallpaper Studio on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Motion Wallpaper Studio for Linux - Animated
  X11 desktop wallpaper engine with shaders, web canvas & frame scenes
url: https://snapcraft.io/motion-wallpaper-studio
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# Motion Wallpaper Studio

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latest/stable 2.0.0

Install latest/stable of Motion Wallpaper Studio

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install motion-wallpaper-studio
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* motion-wallpaper-studio

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* Today - latest/stable

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### Websites

* [buymeacoffee.com](https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b "https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b")

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### Contact

* [buymeacoffee.com](https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b "https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/motion-wallpaper-studio#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/motion-wallpaper-studio#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/motion-wallpaper-studio#tab-security)

#### Animated X11 desktop wallpaper engine with shaders, web canvas & frame scenes

A Linux X11 alternative to Lively Wallpaper. Independent open-source project, not affiliated
with or endorsed by Lively Wallpaper.

Motion Wallpaper Studio renders real-time animated desktop scenes on Linux X11 / XWayland
environments using procedural QPainter shaders, local image/frame sequences, HTML canvas
theme files, and live /proc/stat CPU telemetry.

FEATURES
• Live Scenes & Library: Built-in Plasma Aurora shader, Matrix Glyph Rain, Starfield Warp,
and live /proc/stat CPU Pulse Bars, plus local $HOME/Pictures scanning, PNG/JPG image
picker, sorted frame-folder sequences, and HTML canvas theme parser.
• X11 Desktop Layer & Root Pixmap: Applies a borderless click-through \_NET\_WM\_WINDOW\_TYPE\_DESKTOP
lowered window via EWMH/XShape and/or sets the X11 root wallpaper pixmap (\_XROOTPMAP\_ID),
with one-click static PNG snapshot export to ~/Pictures/motion-wallpaper-studio/.
• Playback & Performance Rules: Configurable 10–60 FPS cap, live /proc/stat CPU usage and
per-core load readout, RandR multi-monitor target selector, and automatic pause when an
EWMH fullscreen (or maximized) X11 window is active.
• Custom Generator & Presets: Customize primary, secondary, and background colors, particle
count, speed, wave scale, matrix charset, and save/load JSON presets.

LIMITATIONS
• Designed for X11 desktop sessions and XWayland layers. Wayland-native desktop surfaces and
compositors that override desktop-type windows (such as some GNOME/KDE desktop modes) may
prevent \_NET\_WM\_WINDOW\_TYPE\_DESKTOP or root pixmap visibility.

SUPPORT & DONATE
• Created by Thanh Nguyen — <https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b>

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## Install Motion Wallpaper Studio on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/motion-wallpaper-studio/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/motion-wallpaper-studio/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/motion-wallpaper-studio/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/motion-wallpaper-studio/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/motion-wallpaper-studio/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/motion-wallpaper-studio/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/motion-wallpaper-studio/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/motion-wallpaper-studio/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/motion-wallpaper-studio/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/motion-wallpaper-studio/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/motion-wallpaper-studio/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/motion-wallpaper-studio/ubuntu)