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Where pictures come from
kakemono takes pictures from places called sources. A source can be a wallpaper website or a folder on your computer. You can have as many as you like, and kakemono mixes them.
What you get without changing anything
Section titled “What you get without changing anything”A new install has three sources:
- Wallhaven hot: the wallpapers that are popular on wallhaven.cc right now.
- Wallhaven top: the best-rated wallpapers on Wallhaven.
- Favorites: the pictures you marked with the heart.
Sources you can add
Section titled “Sources you can add”| Source | What it gives you |
|---|---|
| Wallhaven | Wallpapers from wallhaven.cc for any search, such as mountains or city night. |
| Unsplash | Photos from unsplash.com for any search. Needs a free key, see below. |
| Pictures posted to a subreddit, such as EarthPorn. | |
| Bing | Bing’s photo of the day. |
| APOD | NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day. |
| Web page | The large pictures on any web page, gallery or feed. |
| Folders | Random pictures from a folder on your computer. |
| Images | Picture files you choose one by one. |
Add a source
Section titled “Add a source”- Open Settings from the kakemono icon.
- Under Images, click Add….
- Choose a source, then fill in what it asks for: a search, a subreddit, a link or a folder.
kakemono checks the new source right away. If something is wrong, the source shows Invalid. Hover over the word to see why.
To stop using a source for a while, untick it. To remove it, select it and click Remove….
Use a search you made on the website
Section titled “Use a search you made on the website”On Wallhaven, Reddit or Unsplash, search the way you like and set the filters. Then copy the link from the browser’s address bar, and paste it as the source’s location in Settings. kakemono uses the same search and filters.
For example, this Reddit link gives the month’s top posts of r/EarthPorn:
https://www.reddit.com/r/EarthPorn/top/?t=monthUnsplash needs a key
Section titled “Unsplash needs a key”Unsplash asks every app to use its own free key.
- Create an account at unsplash.com/developers and create an app there.
- Copy its Access Key.
- In kakemono, open Settings > Advanced, and paste it into Unsplash access key.
Web pages that don’t work
Section titled “Web pages that don’t work”Some sites, such as Google Images, Pinterest and Instagram, build their pages in a way kakemono can’t read. They show Invalid. Use a direct link to a picture instead.
Sources in detail has every option for each source.