Daily Reddit Wallpaper is a free open-source Python tool that sets your desktop background to the top image from any subreddit. See setup and features.
Daily Reddit Wallpaper is a lightweight script that automatically finds the most upvoted image in a chosen subreddit and sets it as your desktop background. It is commonly configured to run on system startup so the wallpaper refreshes with fresh, popular content on a regular basis.
The tool uses the Python Reddit API Wrapper (PRAW) to pull ranked posts from Reddit and the requests library to download the winning image, then applies it as the wallpaper using operating-system-specific commands.
The script supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, with explicit support for the GNOME, KDE, MATE, and LXDE desktop environments on Linux, making it more broadly compatible with Linux setups than many similar wallpaper-changing tools.
Setup requires Python along with the requests and PRAW packages, plus a free Reddit API application to authenticate requests. Users configure which subreddit to pull from and which time window (day, week, month, and so on) to use when ranking posts.
Daily Reddit Wallpaper is released under the GPL-3.0 license and hosted on GitHub, with the original repository from developer ssimunic showing around 298 stars and 54 forks, alongside an actively maintained fork by developer federicotorrielli.
As a community-maintained hobby project rather than a commercial product, there is no company, pricing, or formal support behind it. Users install and configure it themselves directly from the source code.
Yes, it is a free, open-source Python script released under the GPL-3.0 license with no cost to use.
It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, including the GNOME, KDE, MATE, and LXDE desktop environments.
You need a free Reddit API application, created through Reddit's developer settings, so the script can authenticate with Reddit's API via PRAW.
Yes, the subreddit is configurable, so you can use r/wallpapers, r/EarthPorn, or any other image-based subreddit you prefer.
Yes, it is typically configured to run at system startup or on a recurring schedule so your wallpaper updates without manual intervention.
The core project is a script rather than a packaged GUI application, so setup involves installing Python dependencies and editing configuration rather than a typical installer.
The original project is maintained by developer ssimunic on GitHub, with an actively maintained fork available from developer federicotorrielli.
It uses PRAW to query Reddit's API for the top-voted image post in the configured subreddit and time window, then downloads and applies that image as the wallpaper.