pywal16 is a fork of pywal focused on generating 16-colour schemes from images.
It analyses the dominant colours in an image, builds a complementary palette, and provides a practical way to use that palette throughout a desktop environment. The project retains pywal’s emphasis on staying out of the way: rather than rewriting existing application configuration files, it generates colour data and templates that programs can consume. This makes it particularly useful for users who want the appearance of their Linux desktop to follow their wallpaper while retaining control over individual application configurations.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Generates 16-colour palettes from the dominant colours in an image.
- Offers multiple colour-generation backends with different approaches to palette creation.
- Includes more than 250 predefined themes.
- Supports user-created theme files which can be shared with others.
- Updates compatible terminal emulator colour schemes in real time.
- Can update TTY colours as part of the generated desktop scheme.
- Provides templates for extending generated colours to numerous applications and desktop components.
- Supports templates for formats including Lua and QML.
- Provides lightening and darkening methods for deriving additional shades.
- Works with wallpaper setters and desktop customisation workflows.
- Allows colour schemes to be generated without modifying existing program configuration files.
- Offers several optional colour-extraction engines for users wanting alternative palette-generation methods.
Website: github.com/eylles/pywal16
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Developer: eylles
License: MIT License
pywal16 is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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