WhiteSur-gtk-theme/README.md

WhiteSur GTK Theme

A macOS BigSur-like theme for your GTK apps

Installation is easy!

Required dependencies info for nerds

• gtk-murrine-engine Fedora/RedHat
• gtk2-engines-murrine Ubuntu/Mint/Debian
• gtk-engine-murrine Arch/Manjaro
• sassc
• imagemagick
• dialog
• optipng (optional for asset rendering)
• inkscape (optional for asset rendering)
• libglib2.0-dev-bin ubuntu 20.04
• libglib2.0-dev ubuntu 18.04 debian 10.03 linux mint 19
• libxml2-utils ubuntu 18.04 debian 10.03 linux mint 19
• glib2-devel Fedora Redhat

Don't worry, WhiteSur installer already provides all of those dependencies.

Quick install

You can run ./install.sh to install the default WhiteSur GTK theme pack which includes GNOME Shell (Pantheon), Cinnamon, XFWM (XFCE), Metacity, and Plank themes.

There's so many customizations you can do!

Usage: ./install.sh [OPTIONS...]

Change theme color and accent

Install theme color

Parameter: --color -c (repeatable)

Example:

./install.sh -c light          # install light theme color only
./install.sh -c dark -c light  # install dark and light theme colors

Install theme accent

Parameter: --theme -t (repeatable)

Example:

./install.sh -t red            # install red theme accent only
./install.sh -t red -t green   # install red and green theme accents
./install.sh -t all            # install all available theme accents

Change Nautilus sidebar minimum width

Parameter: --sidebar -s

Example: ./install.sh -s 220

Change GNOME Shell 'Activities' icon

Parameter: --icon -i

Example: ./install.sh -i fedora

Change Nautilus style

Parameter: --nautilus-style -N

Example: ./install.sh -N mojave

Explore more customization features!

You can run ./install.sh -h to explore more customization features we have like changing panel opacity, theme opacity (normal and solid variant), window control button variant, etc.

Let's tweak!

Usage: ./tweaks.sh [OPTIONS...]

There's more themes you can try!

Install and edit Firefox theme

Install Firefox theme

Parameter: --firefox -f

Example: ./tweaks.sh -f

Edit Firefox theme

Parameter: --edit-firefox -e

Example:

./tweaks.sh -f -e  # install and edit Firefox theme
./tweaks.sh -e -f  # it's reversible!
./tweaks.sh -e     # edit the installed Firefox theme

Install and customize Dash to Dock theme

Install Dash to Dock theme

Parameter: --dash-to-dock -d

Example: ./tweaks.sh -d

Change its color

Parameter: --color -c

Example: ./tweaks.sh -d -c dark

Install and customize GDM theme

Install GDM theme

Parameter: --gdm -g (requires to be ran as root)

Example: sudo ./tweaks.sh -g

Change the background

Parameter: --background -b

Example:

sudo ./tweaks.sh -g -b "my picture.jpg" # use the custom background
sudo ./tweaks.sh -g -b default          # use the default background
sudo ./tweaks.sh -g -b blank            # make it blank

Make the background darker

Parameter: --darken -D

Example:

sudo ./tweaks.sh -g -D                          # darken the default background
sudo ./tweaks.sh -g -D -b "wallpapers/snow.jpg" # darken the custom background

Don't blur the background

Parameter: --no-blur -n

Example:

sudo ./tweaks.sh -g -n                           # don't blur the default background
sudo ./tweaks.sh -g -n -b "wallpapers/rocks.jpg" # don't blur the custom background

Do more GDM customizations

You can do the similar customization features in ./install.sh like changing theme color (dark and light variant) and accent, GNOME Shell 'Activities' icon, etc. related to GDM. Run ./tweaks.sh -h to explore!

Using WhiteSur theme on app sandboxing platforms

Connect WhiteSur theme to Flatpak

Parameter: --flatpak -F

Example: ./tweaks.sh -F

Connect WhiteSur theme to your Snap apps

Parameter: --snap -S

Example: ./tweaks.sh -S

Note:

This can only connect WhiteSur theme to your currently installed Snap apps. You may need to run this command again to connect to your newly installed Snap apps

Other recommended stuffs

Whitesur KDE Theme

Whitesur Icon Theme

Whitesur Wallpaper

Technical details and getting involved

Please go read CONTRIBUTING.md for more info