xwinwrap VS linux-wallpaperengine

xwinwrap allows you to map pretty much anything to the root window. Not sure if it works with st, but that's what i use to run mpv as my animated wallpaper so that might work for you

xwinwrap. livewallpaper...

Removed the xwinwrap binary from the files and added it as a dependency. The installer will download it from this repository as part of the installation process.

xwinwrapand mpv (and if you use sxivlivewall you will need sxiv, ffmpeg and imagemagik but it is optional it's just to have a nice way to choose a wallpaper)

If you use the KDE desktop environment you can use the following repo: wallpaper-engine-kde-plugin There is a generic repo but for me it never worked, but I'll leave it here anyways: linux-wallpaperengine

And before people start saying I can use things like feh or xwinwrap to set the desktop, that won't work as my use case is to use this plugin to run wallpaper engine in kde. There are alternatives like this but they don't render all the effects so its not as pretty.

Pop os use Gnome so it would not work. There is this work in progress project working on this problem. https://github.com/Almamu/linux-wallpaperengine

Im attempting to use https://github.com/Almamu/linux-wallpaperengine and in order for it run as a desktop wallpaper I have to stop anything else from drawing the wallpaper. Ive done some googling around and am unable to find anything regarding this, so I figured what better place than here to ask.

Wallpaper Engine doesn't work on Linux. but if you like to Tinker, there is this project https://github.com/Almamu/linux-wallpaperengine which aims to provide a compatible version. But if you don't really know how to Tinker with Linux, you might need help or might not want to try it.

There is a clone in development: https://github.com/Almamu/linux-wallpaperengine

There might be a back-end way to make it work, but I'm not sure. For instance, this program is "an attempt to make wallpaper engine wallpapers compatible with Linux"