Wowl 1.3.1

Changed

• About window — the link now points to the developer's website, digitalent.dev, instead of the Wowl repository on GitHub.

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Portable and installed copies update from within Wowl (About → "Check for updates"); with Scoop, run scoop update wowl.

Windows x64 only for this release. macOS and Linux builds are planned.

Wowl is portable: just run Wowl.exe, or use the installer if you prefer a Start Menu entry. Settings are stored as wowl.toml next to the executable.

Wowl 1.3.0

New

• Scoop installs are recognized — when Wowl was installed with Scoop, the updater no longer tries to replace files that Scoop manages. It still tells you when a new version is available and points you to scoop update wowl, which keeps wowl.toml and the history.
• Install with Scoop — scoop bucket add naderi https://github.com/naderi/scoop-bucket and scoop install naderi/wowl.

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Portable copies and installed copies of 1.2.0 can update to 1.3.0 from within Wowl (About → "Check for updates").

Windows x64 only for this release. macOS and Linux builds are planned.

Wowl is portable: just run Wowl.exe, or use the installer if you prefer a Start Menu entry. Settings are stored as wowl.toml next to the executable.

Wowl 1.2.0

New

• About dialog — a new ⓘ button in the toolbar shows the version, license and a link to the project.
• In-app updates — Wowl can now check GitHub for a newer release (in the About dialog, or automatically once a day), download it with a progress bar and install it. Every download is verified against a signature key built into Wowl before it is used; anything that doesn't match is rejected.
  • Portable copy: Wowl replaces its own Wowl.exe and restarts. wowl.toml and the history next to it are left untouched.
  • Installed copy: the verified installer is started.
• "Updates" setting — check automatically (default) or only manually.

Fixed

• "Set as lock screen" could fail with "Access is denied (os error 5)" on systems where security software blocks overwriting the previously imported .reg file. Wowl now writes the lock-screen registry values directly (still a single UAC prompt) and no longer creates a .reg file. The leftover C:\ProgramData\Wowl\lockscreen.reg can be deleted.

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Earlier versions have no updater, so download 1.2.0 manually once; later versions can then be installed from within Wowl.

Windows x64 only for this release. macOS and Linux builds are planned.

Wowl is portable: just run Wowl.exe, or use the installer if you prefer a Start Menu entry. Settings are stored as wowl.toml next to the executable.

Wowl 1.1.1

Bugfix release.

Fixed

• Wallhaven search with multiple search terms (comma/semicolon-separated) could return "Wallhaven returned no wallpapers" — Wallhaven's search treats space-separated terms as AND (all must match), so combining several terms often collapsed the result set to zero. Terms are now joined with OR instead, matching how the other sources behave.

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Windows x64 only for this release. macOS and Linux builds are planned.

Wowl is portable: just run Wowl.exe, or use the installer if you prefer a Start Menu entry. Settings are stored as wowl.toml next to the executable.

Wowl 1.1.0

Two new image sources, plus stricter Unsplash attribution.

New sources

• Pixabay — add a free API key under Settings → source "Pixabay" (get one at pixabay.com/api/docs). Search supported.
• Wallhaven — works without a key; an optional key from wallhaven.cc/settings/account only raises the request limit. Search supported.

Other changes

• Lorem Picsum's photographer and source links now carry the Unsplash referral parameters, matching the Unsplash source.
• README updated with the new sources and how to obtain each key.

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Windows x64 only for this release. macOS and Linux builds are planned.

Wowl is portable: just run Wowl.exe, or use the installer if you prefer a Start Menu entry. Settings are stored as wowl.toml next to the executable.

Wowl 1.0.0

Desktop & lock-screen wallpapers from Unsplash, Bing's Picture of the Day, and Lorem Picsum — search, browse, set.

Windows x64 only for this release. macOS and Linux builds are planned.

Wowl is portable: just run Wowl.exe, or use the installer if you prefer a Start Menu entry. Settings are stored as wowl.toml next to the executable.