Peristyle is a free, open-source wallpaper manager for Android that works with images already stored on your device. You can add several folders, tag wallpapers, and apply blur or color filters before setting one. It even scans .nomedia directories, so pictures hidden from your gallery stay usable. Version 9.8.4 is 4.2 MB, needs Android 7.0 or newer, and shows no ads. The unmodified APK is kept with its SHA-256 checksum so you can verify the download.
A wallpaper app for files you already own
Many wallpaper apps push online catalogs and extra tools. Peristyle takes the opposite route. Its developer, Hamza Rizwan, built it for people who just want to browse locally stored wallpapers and set one.
The design is deliberately plain. You browse images and hand them to the system wallpaper manager to apply. The store description also mentions zero loading architecture and Material You theming, with dark mode support.
Folders, tags and .nomedia scanning
Peristyle supports multiple folders, so a collection does not need to live in one place. You can assign tags to any wallpaper, and those tags can drive the auto wallpaper feature, which uses dedicated folders and tags for each screen.
It can also scan .nomedia directories. That helps if you keep wallpapers out of your gallery but still want them available here.
Before applying an image, you can add blur and color filters dynamically. The app can also compress or reduce images on the fly, which suits large source files.
What to check before installing Peristyle
The package ID is app.simple.peri and the app was first released on January 30, 2024. The latest update is dated October 27, 2026. Android 7.0 is the minimum, so very old devices are excluded.
The app also includes a built-in WallHaven client for browsing and downloading wallpapers, along with a live wallpaper picker. The developer says the app requests no internet permissions, which sits oddly beside an online client, so check the permission list on your own device after installing.
Peristyle pros and cons
Pros
- Free, with no ads
- Open source under Apache-2.0, with a public source repository
- Small 4.2 MB download
- Tags, multiple folders and .nomedia scanning for organizing local wallpapers
- Blur and color filters can be applied before setting an image
Cons
- Requires Android 7.0 or newer
- No Google Play rating data yet
- Built for local files, so it is not a large online wallpaper catalog
Is Peristyle safe?
The APK on this page is the original, unmodified file, and its SHA-256 is 6252ffcb48df944c5baaa787fba8bec39cfd38dc9d875cd06b747fa0acd4025a. Peristyle is open source under Apache-2.0, so anyone can read the code on its GitHub page. The app has no ads, and we have not run our own audit of it.
How to install Peristyle
- Download the APK with the button on this page and wait for it to finish.
- Compare the file with the SHA-256 checksum shown here if you want to confirm it arrived intact.
- Open the file on your phone and allow installs from this source when Android asks.
- Finish the install, then open Peristyle from your app drawer.
