matugen is a cross-platform color generation tool that helps users build Material You and base16 based themes from a single source image or color.
It is designed for workflows where generated palettes need to be reused across configuration files, theme templates, programs, and websites. On Linux, it can be used as part of a broader theming setup to generate consistent palette data and feed that data into template-driven outputs.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Generates Material You and base16 palettes from an image or a single color.
- Exports generated palettes as JSON or exposes palette keywords directly inside templates.
- Includes a custom templating engine with support for nested expressions, conditionals, loops, includes, arithmetic operations, and escaped output.
- Provides built-in keyword and color filters for transformations such as replacement, case conversion, hue, saturation, lightness, and opacity adjustment.
- Supports importing custom JSON data and custom colors for use inside templates.
- Lets users adjust contrast, lightness, and scheme type for palette customization.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, NetBSD, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/InioX/matugen
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Developer: InioX
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
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