Pywal Alternatives

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   hellwal

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   Pywal-like color palette generator, but faster and in C.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Origin

   • Poland
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Homebrew
   • Nix Package Manager
   • Linux
   • Mac

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   Paletty

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   Generate terminal color schemes from scratch or any image. Browse and share community and user-created themes. Export to any terminal.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Terminal Emulator

   Platforms

   • Online

   

   

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   walrs

    2 likes

   pywal but if its Fast-Minimal-Simple.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Rust

   

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   pywal16

    1 like

   16 colors fork of pywal.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Origin

   • Guatemala

   Platforms

   • Python
   • Linux

   • Guatemala

   

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   Positive comment by ngoomie · Nov 28, 2025

   It's essentially a still-maintained version of pywal

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   • pywal16 is Free and Open SourcePywal is also Free and Open Source
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   lule

    1 like

   A command line tool to generate 8bit ANSI colors from wallpaper (an enhanced version of pywal but in rust) There is the old bash version in: https://github.com/warpwm/lule_bash

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD

   

   

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   lule_bash

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   A bash(y) alternative to Pywal by mostly using pastel to generate the full 255 colors from an image.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Platforms

   • GNU Bourne Again SHell
   • Linux

   

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9. C

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   cwal

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   Fast and lightweight command-line tool for generating dynamic color schemes from images. It extracts dominant colors from your chosen image and applies them to your terminal, applications, and other system components, providing a cohesive and visually appealing desktop...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux
   • Homebrew

   

   

   

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