Skip to content

Navigation Menu

Sign in
Appearance settings

Search code, repositories, users, issues, pull requests...

Provide feedback

We read every piece of feedback, and take your input very seriously.

Saved searches

Use saved searches to filter your results more quickly

Sign up
Appearance settings

madanlalit/progress

Folders and files

NameName
Last commit message
Last commit date

Latest commit

History

26 Commits

Repository files navigation

Progress Header

Progress - Year Calendar Wallpaper Generator

Beautiful year calendar wallpapers for macOS showing your progress through the year.

Features

  • ✨ Modern design with clean aesthetics
  • 🎯 Multiple display modes: Day (365 dots), Week (52 dots), or Month (12 dots)
  • 🧩 Multiple layout presets: centered, split-left, split-right, bottom-band, top-band
  • 🎨 Fully customizable colors and appearance
  • 🌈 Curated built-in themes: dark, light, ocean, forest, sunset, mono, linen, pastel, bloom, candy, cream
  • πŸ“Š Visual progress tracking with color-coded past/current/future periods
  • πŸ”„ Automatic daily updates via LaunchAgent
  • πŸ–₯️ 5K resolution (×ば぀2880) optimized for macOS Retina displays

Installation

From source

git clone https://github.com/madanlalit/progress.git
cd progress
pip install -e .

Usage

Generate Wallpaper

# Day mode (default)
progress generate
# Split layout with metadata
progress generate --layout split-left --show-metadata
# Right split layout
progress generate --layout split-right
# Band layouts
progress generate --layout bottom-band
progress generate --layout top-band
# Day mode with 365 dots
progress generate --mode day
# Month mode
progress generate --mode month
# Sunset theme
progress generate --theme sunset
# Extra light background themes
progress generate --theme linen
progress generate --theme cream
# Custom output location
progress generate --output ~/Desktop/calendar.png
# Custom colors
progress generate --bg-color "#1a1a1c" --current-color "#ff7350"
# Custom future color opacity
progress generate --theme ocean --future-color "#7AE5FF33"

Enable Daily Auto-Updates

# Install LaunchAgent for daily updates at midnight
progress install
# Uninstall
progress uninstall

Command-Line Options

usage: progress [-h] [--version] {generate,install,uninstall} ...
Commands:
 generate Generate wallpaper
 install Install daily auto-update
 uninstall Uninstall daily auto-update
Generate options:
 --mode {day,week,month} Display mode (default: day)
 --theme THEME Theme: dark/light/ocean/forest/sunset/mono/linen/pastel/bloom/candy/cream
 --layout {centered,split-left,split-right,bottom-band,top-band}
 Layout preset (default: centered)
 --output PATH Output file path
 --bg-color HEX Background color (e.g., "#1a1a1c")
 --past-color HEX Past periods color
 --current-color HEX Current period color
 --future-color HEX Future periods color (#RRGGBB or #RRGGBBAA)
 --dot-size INT Override dot size
 --show-metadata Show weekday/week/remaining metadata line
 --no-set Generate only, don't set as wallpaper

Display Modes

Week Mode

52 dots representing each week of the year in a single row.

Day Mode

365 dots representing every day of the year in 5 rows - perfect for daily tracking!

Day Mode Wallpaper

Month Mode

12 large dots representing each month - for a cleaner, simpler view.

Layout Presets

  • centered: Original balanced vertical stack
  • split-left: Text column on the left, grid on the right
  • split-right: Grid on the left, text on the right
  • bottom-band: Header at top, grid in lower middle, progress line near bottom
  • top-band: Grid in upper middle, text below, progress line near bottom

Customization

All display modes feature:

  • Past periods: Subtle gray dots
  • Current period: Bright coral dot
  • Future periods: Semi-transparent theme-matched dots
  • Theme rendering: Theme-aware vignette, glow, and texture controls
  • Light theme variety: Multiple bright palettes for daytime desktops
  • Display: Year, current date, progress info, and completion percentage

Requirements

  • macOS
  • Python >=3.8
  • Pillow >=9.0.0

Development

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/madanlalit/progress.git
cd progress
# Install in development mode
pip install -e .
# Run locally
python -m progress.cli generate

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Author

Created by Lalit Madan


Made with ❀️ for tracking your year's progress

About

Python CLI for generating wallpapers that visualize yearly progress with custom themes and automatic daily updates.

Topics

Resources

License

Stars

Watchers

Forks

Contributors

AltStyle γ«γ‚ˆγ£γ¦ε€‰ζ›γ•γ‚ŒγŸγƒšγƒΌγ‚Έ (->γ‚ͺγƒͺγ‚ΈγƒŠγƒ«) /