komorebi: A beautiful and customizable wallpaper manager

We continue with the reviews of applications in charge of customize and give a new face to our distro Linux favorite, this time we have the good fortune to let you know Komorebi, a nice, customizable and simple wallpaper manager, which has a number of interesting styles, images and options.

What is komorebi?

Komorebi it is a beautiful and impressive wallpaper manager for any Linux distro, it is open source and was developed in Vala by Abraham Masri.

The tool has customizable backgrounds They can be configured in various ways and at any time, using multiple screen backgrounds (animated, static, gradient, among others), they are enriched with various options that the tool offers us.

This wallpaper manager allows us to add to our background the statistics of our system (use of ram memory, disk, ...), add a dark style, date and time, optimize the performance of funds, among other excellent functionalities.

Its panel is very easy to use and the effects of the backgrounds are just great.wallpaper manager

How to install komorebi

To install Komorebi, just follow the steps below on any Linux distro

  1. Install the following dependencies from your package installer libgtop2-dev, libgtk-3-dev, cmake, and valac
  2. git clone https://github.com/iabem97/komorebi.git
  3. cd komorebi
  4. mkdir build && cd build
  5. cmake .. && sudo make install && ./komorebi

Install komorebi on Debian and derivatives

Debian and derivative users can enjoy komorebi using the official .deb of the application, for it follow the steps below

  1. Download Komorebi from the Komorebi releases page.
  2. Install Komorebi using your favorite package installer.
  3. Run Komorebi from the applications menu.

Install komorebi on Arch Linux and derivatives

To install komorebi on Arch Linux and derivatives, we can use AUR, executing the following command:

yaourt -S komorebi

Conclusions about the komorebi wallpapers manager

Installing komorebi is fairly straightforward and its easy-to-access menu makes it an ideal tool for novices and experts. 

The default funds that komorebi brings already makes it excellent, its rotation functionalities, low memory consumption and the possibility of viewing system information without the use of other tools I think is fantastic.

It has quite nice effects and we can also create our own backgrounds for komorebi using the following tutorial, this allows you to add a few more points. Combined with some good desktop icons and themes, komorebi can become a great tool for customizing your distro.

Here are some screenshots of the developer that will whet your appetite to try this beautiful, fast and excellent tool.


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  1.   Marc058 said

    Nice very nice I will try it later thanks for the info info

  2.   Ren Canteros Sousa said

    It looks pretty good, I'll install it on my laptop with Debian. Cheers!

  3.   Michael Jackson said

    Interesting, thanks for these blog posts to make our operating system more beautiful

  4.   Wilman sanchez said

    Hi I really like this page !!! install the Komorebi everything fine but when running the app it does not start. What could it be? I use debian

    1.    Anonymous said

      Hi Wilman.

      I am like you. It does not start the graphical interface of the program. Does anyone know how to launch it?

      1.    lizard said

        Can you try to run it from the console? ./komorebi

        1.    Wilman sanchez said

          I do a search for Komorebi on my computer and it brings this:

          / System / Resources / Komorebi
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / abstract_light_lines
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / blue_pink_gradient
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / city_lights
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / cloudy_forest
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/cpu_32_dark.svg
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/cpu_32_light.svg
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/cpu_64_dark.svg
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/cpu_64_light.svg
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / dark_forest
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / dark_night_gradient
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / day_night_mountain
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / foggy_sunny_mountain
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/komorebi.svg
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / parallax_cartoon_mountain
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / parallax_man_mountain
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / parallax_sky
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/ram_dark.svg
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/ram_light.svg
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / sunny_sand
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / yosemite_cloudy
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/abstract_light_lines/assets.png
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/abstract_light_lines/bg.jpg
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / abstract_light_lines / config
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/blue_pink_gradient/bg.jpg
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / blue_pink_gradient / config
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/city_lights/assets.png
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/city_lights/bg.jpg
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / city_lights / config
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/cloudy_forest/assets.png
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/cloudy_forest/bg.jpg
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / cloudy_forest / config
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/dark_forest/assets.png
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/dark_forest/bg.jpg
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / dark_forest / config
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/dark_night_gradient/bg.jpg
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / dark_night_gradient / config
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/day_night_mountain/assets.png
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/day_night_mountain/bg.jpg
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / day_night_mountain / config
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/foggy_sunny_mountain/assets.png
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/foggy_sunny_mountain/bg.jpg
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / foggy_sunny_mountain / config
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/parallax_cartoon_mountain/assets.png
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/parallax_cartoon_mountain/bg.jpg
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / parallax_cartoon_mountain / config
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/parallax_man_mountain/assets.png
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/parallax_man_mountain/bg.jpg
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / parallax_man_mountain / config
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/parallax_sky/assets.png
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/parallax_sky/bg.jpg
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / parallax_sky / config
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/sunny_sand/assets.png
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/sunny_sand/bg.jpg
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / sunny_sand / config
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/yosemite_cloudy/assets.png
          /System/Resources/Komorebi/yosemite_cloudy/bg.jpg
          / System / Resources / Komorebi / yosemite_cloudy / config

          where is the executable?

  5.   sainos said

    I want to uninstall komorembi from my pc, how can I do it in the terminal or another alternative.