Since the introduction of Spaces in Mac OS X, changing the desktop image has been a chore for those of us who enjoy the same image on all spaces and monitors; each has its own image that must be updated individually. Lucky for you, a recent breakthrough in technology had made changing your desktop drag-n-drop easy.

desktop lets us update the desktop image on every space and monitor at the same time from the command line.

desktop can be installed from RubyGems.

$ gem install desktop

Usage can be seen from the command line:

$ desktop help
Commands:
  desktop help [COMMAND]  # Describe available commands or one specific command
  desktop set IMAGE_PATH  # Set all desktops to the image at IMAGE_PATH
  desktop version         # Show gem version

Desktop images can be set using a file path:

$ desktop set /path/to/image.jpg

Or a web URL:

$ desktop set https://desktops.amazing/image.jpg

The set command is optional:

$ desktop /path/to/image.jpg

Want to include the features of desktop in your awesome app? Please do!

Add the gem to your Gemfile:

gem 'desktop'

Require the library:

require 'desktop'

And use the same CLI interface that you already know:

Desktop::CLI.start %w[set path/to/image.jpg]

Simple Desktops - A collection of wallpapers curated by Tom Watson designed to make your computer beautiful without distraction.

Vladstudio - The project of Russian digital artist Vlad Gerasimov. He creates wallpapers for computers and mobile devices.

Please see the Contributing Document

Please see the Changelog Document

Copyright (C) 2014 Chris Hunt, MIT License