UPDATE: I have made this project into a proper app: https://www.aiwallpapergenerator.ai/

macOS AI Wallpaper Generator

This script generates AI wallpapers for your macOS system using OpenAI's DALL-E 3 model. It automatically sets the generated images as your desktop background on login, and generates some for the next time (works for multiple displays)

Prerequisites

• macOS operating system
• Node.js and npm
• Homebrew package manager (if you don't have npm, brew will install npm, or actually just install npm yourself up to u)
• OpenAI API key

Installation

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/macos-gen-ai-wallpaper.git
   cd macos-gen-ai-wallpaper
   

2. Run the setup script to install dependencies:

   ./setup.sh
   

   This script will install the required dependencies, including the wallpaper-cli tool.

First Run

Run the script manually the first time to generate the initial set of wallpapers:

./macos-gen-ai-wallpaper.sh "<YOUR_API_KEY>" "a breathtaking view of an interesting part or thing in the world that will really just wow me emotionally. Be creative and make it look realistic. it can be literally anything surprise me. i like technology so maybe incorporate that in too." <past-generations-dir-to-save(optional)>

This will create a queue of images for the next run.

Automatic Run on Login

Create a macOS shortcut (in shortcuts.app) that runs this script.

PATH=<whatever your path is when you echo $PATH>

cd <path to project>/macos-gen-ai-wallpaper-on-login

./macos-gen-ai-wallpaper.sh "<YOUR_API_KEY>" "<Your prompt here>" <past-generations-dir-to-save(optional)>

Get Shortery (it's free) and set it to run the shortcut on login

Now, the script will run automatically each time you log in, setting a new AI-generated wallpaper straight away (from the queue) and generating new images for the next run