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A wallpaper plugin integrating Wallpaper Engine content into KDE Plasma 6 wallpaper settings.

Originally derived from catsout/wallpaper-engine-kde-plugin, now maintained as an independent project focused on Plasma 6 + Qt 6, with the Python dependency removed and the KDE 6.5+ theme-reactivity bug fixed.

Getting started

1. Installation — AUR, Fedora, generic source build, RPM for Bazzite/rpm-ostree.
2. First-Run Setup — point the plugin at your Steam library.
3. Usage — day-to-day, per-screen wallpapers, per-wallpaper properties.

Reference

• Wallpaper Types & Support — Scene / Web / Video, what works and what doesn't.
• Video Backends — QtMultimedia (GStreamer) vs MPV.
• Scene Renderer — the open-source Vulkan back-end (wallpaper-scene-renderer) that draws Scene wallpapers, with a full feature matrix.
• Performance Tuning
• System Requirements

Troubleshooting

• Known Issues — crashes, panel edit mode, lock screen.
• Troubleshooting — symptom → fix recipes.
• FAQ

Maintenance

• Updating
• Uninstalling

Reference

• Glossary
• Credits & License

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About this project

• ✅ No Python dependency — file operations are native C++ (no more python-websockets issues)
• ✅ KDE 6.5+ theme reactivity fixed — UI no longer disappears when switching light/dark themes
• ✅ Plasma 6 / Qt 6 target

If you're on Plasma 5, this project is not for you — use the Qt5 branch of the original catsout project.