Basic i3ipc based script to blur an output's wallpaper when a client is present in it. Available via pypi, the AUR, or the NUR.

Swayblur is available in the AUR, NUR or from pypi:

pip install --user swayblur

git clone https://github.com/willpower3309/swayblur
cd swayblur
pip install --user .

• python-i3ipc: build dependency for communicating with Sway
• ImageMagick: used to generate the blurred wallpaper
• oguri: used to set the wallpaper without displaying a gray screen for a split second

In order for the script to run as expected, your sway config should not set any wallpaper. Remove the output * bg PATH line.

swayblur does not spawn oguri at launch. If spawning swayblur with a sway config via exec, ensure that exec oguri occurs before swayblur is executed!

swayblur [-h] [-b BLUR] [-a ANIMATE] [-c CONFIG-PATH] [-v] [--verbose]

Since swayblur requires oguri, it reads its config file: ~/.config/oguri/config. I personally use the below config, it's about as minimal as you can get:

[output *]
image=PATH_TO_YOUR_WALLPAPER
filter=nearest
scaling-mode=fill
anchor=center