Background Rotator for Windows Terminal

Rotates the background images for Windows Terminal on a set interval with images retrieved from a folder.

You can configure:

• Which profile to rotate images for
• The folder used for the background images
• The image rotation interval

The application will save a backup of the profiles.json for your Windows Terminal, and restore it on exit so that it can be edited from the Terminal settings menu.

For Use With

https://github.com/microsoft/terminal

Usage

1. Build the application
2. Edit the appsettings.json
3. Run TerminalBackgroundRotator.exe

Press CTRL+C when you are ready to exit. Your previous profiles.json should be restored. If it is not, restore one of the backup copies that the application has made.

Currently, the application runs only as a .NET Core 3.1 generic host service. In the future, running it as a Windows service may be possible.

Config

The application can be configured in appsettings.json:

  "Terminal": {
    "ProfilePath": "%LocalAppData%\\Packages\\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe\\LocalState\\profiles.json",
    "ProfileGuid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",
    "WallpaperDirectory": "%UserProfile%\\Pictures\\Wallpaper",
    "WallpaperIntervalInSeconds": 30
  }