What's different in pywal?

This Wiki page will list the differences between both pywal and wal to clear some confusion between the versions.

OS

• Supports macOS (iTerm2 only)

General

• Faster.
• Installable.

Code-wise

• Written in Python 3.
• Has tests!
• Split into multiple smaller files.
  • Easier to maintain.
• No global variables.
• Functions are general and have a clear purpose.
• Uses template files for export formats.
  • Cleaner and faster than generating them with loops.

Args

• Added -b to set a custom background color.
  • Example wal -i img.jpg -b "#222222"
• Added -R to restore the previous colorscheme.
• Removed -x.
  • This arg is no longer needed as colorscheme files now map to 0-15 by default.
• Relative paths now work in arguments. (wal -i ., wal -i ../img.png)
• Removed -t
• Removed -r

Dependencies

• Removed xprop dependency.

Export formats

• Exports colors in json.
• Exports colors in yaml.
• Exports colors as Konsole colorschemes.
• Exports xclock colors.

Other

• Vim colorscheme moved to own repo.
  • https://github.com/dylanaraps/wal.vim
• Wallpaper is now exported in the export files.