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AstroPic ~ Image Downloader and Wallpaper App'

Downloads and manages images from various online providers:

  • the NASA Astronomy Pictures of the Day (APOD)
  • Bing Wallpaper of the day
  • Google Earth View images
  • NASA Epic (Camera onboard the DSCOVR spacecraft.)
  • OpenVerse.Org

Then...

  • Set image as Wallpaper (Windows Only for now)
  • Rotating wallpapers
  • Include your own images into the wallpaper collection.
  • Managing the image collection
  • Handle user settings.

Localization:

  • Human translated: Spanish, Italian, French and English
  • Machine translated: Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Armenian, Greek, German, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Magyar, Hindi and Bengali.

Last Improvements...

  • Upgraded to .Net 10
  • Now showing translated image title and descriptions.
  • Image information overlay
  • Localization for additional languages using this translation tool: https://github.com/LaurentInSeattle/Lyt.Avalonia.Translator
  • The localization tool has been integrated in the Visual Studio 2026 build as a "pre-build event".

Given up, On hold:

  • Mac OS support. (No machine for testing.)
  • Autostart: Tired to struggle with account security and permissions

Settings

Build your own...

  • Clone this repo'
  • => Clone the "Lyt.Framework" repo' side by side
  • => Clone the "Lyt.Avalonia" repo' side by side
  • Open the solution in Visual Studio 2026 and build.

Tested with Visual Studio 2026 and Avalonia 12.0.0 Should likely work with Rider, but not tested.