Overview#

Goal Screener is a desktop utility built with Python that embeds your daily goals directly onto your wallpaper. Using PyQt for the GUI and Pillow for image processing, it updates your background dynamically—providing a subtle, visual reminder of what matters every day.

Key Features#

• Wallpaper Overlay: Combines user-specified goals with an image and sets it as desktop wallpaper via Pillow.
• GUI Configuration: Built with PyQt for easily adding, removing, or rearranging goals.
• Auto-Refresh: Periodic wallpaper updates ensure today’s goals stay visible.

Technologies Used#

• Python – Core application logic
• PyQt5 – GUI development
• Pillow – Image drawing and manipulation
• Platform Integrations – OS-specific wallpaper setting

Skills Learned#

• Designing desktop GUI applications with PyQt
• Integrating image processing pipelines for automated wallpapers
• Handling OS-level interactions (wallpaper setting, file I/O)
• Managing scheduling logic and auto-refresh mechanisms

Challenges & Lessons#

• Adapting wallpaper-setting logic across different OSes (Windows, Linux)
• Ensuring text legibility and non-intrusiveness through dynamic overlay placement

Outcome#

• Achieved a visual, daily reminder system embedded into desktop environments
• Open-sourced on GitHub
• Showcases practical use of Python GUI and image-processing libraries for personal productivity