DankMaterialShell is a complete desktop shell for niri, Hyprland, MangoWC, Sway, labwc, and other Wayland compositors. It replaces waybar, swaylock, swayidle, mako, fuzzel, polkit, and everything else you’d normally stitch together to make a desktop.
This is free and open source software.
Features include:
- Dynamic Theming Wallpaper-based color schemes that automatically theme GTK, Qt, terminals, editors (vscode, vscodium), and more using matugen and dank16.
- System Monitoring Real-time CPU, RAM, GPU metrics and temperatures with dgop. Process list with search and management.
- Powerful Launcher Spotlight-style search for applications, files (dsearch), emojis, running windows, calculator, and commands. Extensible with plugins.
- Control Center Unified interface for network, Bluetooth, audio devices, display settings, and night mode.
- Smart Notifications Notification center with grouping, rich text support, and keyboard navigation.
- Media Integration MPRIS player controls, calendar sync, weather widgets, and clipboard history with image previews.
- Session Management Lock screen, idle detection, auto-lock/suspend with separate AC/battery settings, and greeter support.
- Plugin System Extend functionality with the plugin registry.
Website: github.com/AvengeMedia/DankMaterialShell
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Developer: Avenge Media LLC
License: MIT License
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