swaybg - Man Page

• Set the wallpaper to an [i]mage: swaybg --image path/to/image
• Set the wallpaper [m]ode: swaybg --image path/to/image --mode stretch|fit|fill|center|tile|solid_color
• Set the wallpaper to a static [c]olor: swaybg --color "#rrggbb"

tldr.sh

swaybg [options...]

Displays a background image on all outputs of your Wayland session.

Without an output specified, appearance options apply to all outputs. Per-output appearance options can be set by passing -o, --output followed by these options.

-c,  --color <#rrggbb>

Set the background color.

-h,  --help

Show help message and quit.

-i,  --image <path>

Set the background image.

-m,  --mode <mode>

Scaling mode for images: stretch, fill, fit, center, or tile. Use the additional mode solid_color to display only the background color, even if a background image is specified.

-o,  --output <name>

Select an output to configure. Subsequent appearance options will only apply to this output. The special value * selects all outputs.

-v,  --version

Show the version number and quit.

Maintained by Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>, who is assisted by other open source contributors. For more information about swaybg development, see https://github.com/swaywm/swaybg.