Important

This repository is highly under development.

Updates and features will be added. Please check back often. Last update: 05/10/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)

Checklist of features:

• Logo and image of the setup
• Explanation of what it means to have a wallpaper-driven setup
• List of software included in the setup
• List of command-line tools included in the setup
• Software configuration files
• Command-line tool configuration files
• Wallpaper collection
• AI policy
• Star history
• Credits
• Wiki

Wallpaper Rice

A wallpaper-driven setup for Windows 11, using pywal16.

Explanation · Getting Started · Wiki

What it means

• A wallpaper-driven setup adapts to your wallpaper. This means the colors of your taskbar, apps, tiling manager, and other UI elements change based on the tones in your wallpaper.
• It also supports dynamic wallpapers, so when your wallpaper changes, your setup updates to match it automatically.
• The goal is to keep the overall experience minimal, clean, and cohesive.
• Speed and performance are important, so the setup stays lightweight without sacrificing responsiveness.

What this repository contains

• Wallpapers selected to complement the wallpaper-driven setup.
• Scripts and configuration files for customizing supported software to match your wallpaper's colors.
• Setup and customization guides to help you get started and tailor the experience.
• Windows 11 quality-of-life tweaks for a more polished desktop.

Software included

• YASB - A highly configurable Windows status bar written in Python.
• Komorebi - A tiling window manager for Windows.
• Nilesoft-Shell - Powerful context menu manager for Windows File Explorer.
• Powershell 7+ - PowerShell for every system!
• Chromium-based browsers - Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, Opera, Helium Browser, etc.
• Firefox-based browsers - Mozilla Firefox, Waterfox, Pale Moon, Zen Browser, etc.
• Spicetify - Command-line tool to customize the official Spotify client. (work in progress)
• Windhawk - The customization marketplace for Windows programs.
• Visual Studio Code - Open source code editor.
• THide - A lightweight Windows 10/11 application to hide/show the taskbar with system tray and CLI control

Command-line tools included

• Oh My Posh - The most customisable and low-latency cross platform/shell prompt renderer.
• Fastfetch - A maintained, feature-rich and performance oriented, neofetch like system information tool.
• Cava - Cross-platform Audio Visualizer
• Yazi - Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O.

AI policy

I have nothing against the usage of LLMs in the project — in fact, I use them myself. I believe that AI can speed up development in a lot of meaningful ways and be a useful tool for learning new concepts.

However, using AI cannot act as an excuse for failing to understand, review, and test the changes proposed. Furthermore, I expect communication with a real person, not a computer. This includes but is not limited to PR/issue text generation, comments in discussions, etc. A short summary of minor changes can be generated and does not need to be disclosed explicitly, but the reasoning and motivation behind a change must come from the contributor and reflect their own understanding.

Note that PRs that fail to adhere to these requirements may be rejected without further notice.

Credits

• MrDLingters - Motivated me to start this project.
• r/unixporn - For the inspiration.
• pywal16 - 16 colors fork of pywal - Generate and change color-schemes on the fly.