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Materia
Materia (formerly Flat-Plat) is a Material Design theme for GNOME/GTK+ based desktop environments. It supports GTK+ 3, GTK+ 2, GNOME Shell, Budgie, Cinnamon, MATE, Unity, Xfce, LightDM, GDM, Chrome theme, etc.
Also Materia can be customized with oomox theme designer.
Features
Ripple effect animations for GTK+ 3 are supported:
3 color variants and 2 size variants are available:
Materia | standard | compact :-: | :-: | :-: standard | ![Materia][1] | ![Materia-compact][2] dark | ![Materia-dark][3] | ![Materia-dark-compact][4] light | ![Materia-light][5] | ![Materia-light-compact][6]
[1]: ../images/Materia.png?raw=true [2]: ../images/Materia-compact.png?raw=true [3]: ../images/Materia-dark.png?raw=true [4]: ../images/Materia-dark-compact.png?raw=true [5]: ../images/Materia-light.png?raw=true [6]: ../images/Materia-light-compact.png?raw=true
Various desktop environments are supported:
GNOME Shell
>=3.18Budgie
>=10.4Cinnamon
>=3.xMATE
>=1.14Unity
>=7.4Xfce
>=4.13
Requirements
GTK+
>=3.20gnome-themes-extra(orgnome-themes-standard)Murrine engine — The package name depends on the distro.
gtk-engine-murrineon Arch Linuxgtk-murrine-engineon Fedoragtk2-engine-murrineon openSUSEgtk2-engines-murrineon Debian, Ubuntu, etc.
bc— build dependency
Installation
Distro Packages
Distro | Package Name / Link
- | -
Arch Linux | materia-gtk-theme
Debian testing / unstable Ubuntu 18.04+ | materia-gtk-theme
Ubuntu 16.04 / 17.10 | materia-gtk-theme from @igor-dyatlov's PPA
Fedora | materia-theme from @LaurentTreguier's Copr
Solus | materia-gtk-theme
Flatpak
All 6 variants are available via Flathub:
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Materia{,-dark,-light}{,-compact}
Manual Installation
Run the following commands in the terminal:
cd /tmp && wget -qO - https://github.com/nana-4/materia-theme/archive/master.tar.gz | tar xz cd materia-theme-master sudo ./install.sh
Tip: ./install.sh allows the following options:
Option | Description
- | -
-d, --destDIR_ | Specify theme destination directory. (Default: /usr/share/themes)
-n, --nameNAME_ | Specify theme name. (Default: Materia)
-c, --color _VARIANT... | Specify theme color variant(s). (Default: All [standard\|dark\|light] variants)
-s, --size _VARIANT | Specify theme size variant. (Default: All [standard\|compact] variants)
-g, --gdm | Install and apply GDM theme.
-h, --help | Show help.
Manual Uninstallation
Delete the installed directories:
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/themes/Materia{,-dark,-light}{,-compact}
Recommendations
Font
To properly display the theme, use a font family including Medium weight (e.g. Roboto or M+).
Set the font size to
9.75or10.5(i.e. 13px or 14px at 96dpi).
Chrome Theme
To use the Chrome theme;
Open the
chromefolder on/usr/share/themes/Materia<-variant>.Drag and drop the
.crxfiles into the Chrome/Chromium Extensions page (chrome://extensions).
GDM Theme
You can change the GDM (lock/login screen) theme by replacing the default GNOME Shell theme.
See gnome-shell/README.md for details.
Customization
Materia allows you to change the color scheme relatively easily. See HACKING.md for details.
Contributing
If you find bugs or have suggestions, please report it to the issue tracker. Any contribution would be much appreciated.
Todo list can be found at TODO.md.
Related Projects
Materia KDE by @PapirusDevelopmentTeam
Materia VSCode Theme by @m-thorsen
Materia Kolorizer by @DarthWound
License
Materia is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later. See the COPYING file for details.
Credits
Materia is based on Adwaita by GNOME.
Design and specifications are based on Google's Material Design.
The included symbolic icons are based on Material Design icons by Google.
Chrome/Chromium scrollbars extension was forked from Adwaita-chrome-scrollbar by GNOME Integration Team.
Yauhen Kirylau (@actionless) who is oomox author polished scripts and supported Materia with oomox.
@n3oxmind who helped improve the installation script.
@smurphos who made and provided the Cinnamon theme for Materia.
Also thank you to all contributors and upstream developers.
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# Materia
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Materia (formerly Flat-Plat) is a [Material Design](https://material.io) theme for GNOME/GTK+ based desktop environments.
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It supports GTK+ 3, GTK+ 2, GNOME Shell, Budgie, Cinnamon, MATE, Unity, Xfce, LightDM, GDM, Chrome theme, etc.
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Also Materia can be customized with [oomox theme designer](https://github.com/themix-project/oomox).
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## Features
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**Ripple effect** animations for GTK+ 3 are supported:
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**3 color variants** and **2 size variants** are available:
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**Materia** | **standard** | **compact**
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:-: | :-: | :-:
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**standard** | ![Materia][1] | ![Materia-compact][2]
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**dark** | ![Materia-dark][3] | ![Materia-dark-compact][4]
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**light** | ![Materia-light][5] | ![Materia-light-compact][6]
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[1]: ../images/Materia.png?raw=true
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[2]: ../images/Materia-compact.png?raw=true
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[3]: ../images/Materia-dark.png?raw=true
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[4]: ../images/Materia-dark-compact.png?raw=true
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[5]: ../images/Materia-light.png?raw=true
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[6]: ../images/Materia-light-compact.png?raw=true
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Various **desktop environments** are supported:
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- GNOME Shell `>=3.18`
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- Budgie `>=10.4`
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- Cinnamon `>=3.x`
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- MATE `>=1.14`
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- Unity `>=7.4`
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- Xfce `>=4.13`
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## Requirements
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- GTK+ `>=3.20`
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- `gnome-themes-extra` (or `gnome-themes-standard`)
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- Murrine engine — The package name depends on the distro.
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- `gtk-engine-murrine` on Arch Linux
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- `gtk-murrine-engine` on Fedora
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- `gtk2-engine-murrine` on openSUSE
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- `gtk2-engines-murrine` on Debian, Ubuntu, etc.
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- `bc` — build dependency
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## Installation
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### Distro Packages
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Distro | Package Name / Link
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--- | ---
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Arch Linux | [`materia-gtk-theme`](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/any/materia-gtk-theme)
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Debian testing / unstable <br> Ubuntu 18.04+ | [`materia-gtk-theme`](https://packages.debian.org/unstable/materia-gtk-theme)
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Ubuntu 16.04 / 17.10 | `materia-gtk-theme` from [@igor-dyatlov's PPA](https://launchpad.net/~dyatlov-igor/+archive/ubuntu/materia-theme)
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Fedora | `materia-theme` from [@LaurentTreguier's Copr](https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/tcg/themes)
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Solus | [`materia-gtk-theme`](https://dev.getsol.us/source/materia-gtk-theme/)
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### Flatpak
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All 6 variants are available via Flathub:
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```
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flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
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flatpak install flathub org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Materia{,-dark,-light}{,-compact}
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```
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### Manual Installation
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Run the following commands in the terminal:
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```sh
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cd /tmp && wget -qO - https://github.com/nana-4/materia-theme/archive/master.tar.gz | tar xz
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cd materia-theme-master
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sudo ./install.sh
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```
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Tip: `./install.sh` allows the following options:
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Option | Description
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--- | ---
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`-d`, `--dest` _DIR_ | Specify theme destination directory. (Default: `/usr/share/themes`)
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`-n`, `--name` _NAME_ | Specify theme name. (Default: `Materia`)
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`-c`, `--color` _VARIANT..._ | Specify theme color variant(s). (Default: All [`standard`\|`dark`\|`light`] variants)
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`-s`, `--size` _VARIANT_ | Specify theme size variant. (Default: All [`standard`\|`compact`] variants)
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`-g`, `--gdm` | Install and apply GDM theme.
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`-h`, `--help` | Show help.
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### Manual Uninstallation
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Delete the installed directories:
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```sh
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sudo rm -rf /usr/share/themes/Materia{,-dark,-light}{,-compact}
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```
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## Recommendations
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### Font
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- To properly display the theme, use a font family including **Medium** weight (e.g. [Roboto](https://github.com/google/roboto) or [M+](https://mplus-fonts.osdn.jp)).
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- Set the font size to `9.75` or `10.5` (i.e. 13px or 14px at 96dpi).
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### Chrome Theme
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To use the Chrome theme;
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1. Open the `chrome` folder on `/usr/share/themes/Materia<-variant>`.
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2. Drag and drop the `.crx` files into the Chrome/Chromium Extensions page (`chrome://extensions`).
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### GDM Theme
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You can change the GDM (lock/login screen) theme by replacing the default GNOME Shell theme.
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See [`gnome-shell/README.md`](src/gnome-shell/README.md) for details.
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## Customization
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Materia allows you to change the color scheme relatively easily. See [`HACKING.md`](HACKING.md#how-to-change-the-color-scheme) for details.
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## Contributing
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If you find bugs or have suggestions, please report it to the [issue tracker](https://github.com/nana-4/materia-theme/issues). Any contribution would be much appreciated.
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Todo list can be found at [`TODO.md`](TODO.md).
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## Related Projects
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- [**Materia KDE**](https://github.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/materia-kde) by @PapirusDevelopmentTeam
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- [**Materia VSCode Theme**](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=m-thorsen.vscode-material-mt) by @m-thorsen
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- [**Materia Kolorizer**](https://github.com/DarthWound/materia-kolorizer) by @DarthWound
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## License
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Materia is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later. See the [`COPYING`](COPYING) file for details.
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## Credits
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- Materia is based on [Adwaita](HACKING.md#upstream-theme-sources) by GNOME.
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- Design and specifications are based on Google's [Material Design](https://material.io).
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- The included symbolic icons are based on [Material Design icons](https://github.com/google/material-design-icons) by Google.
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- Chrome/Chromium scrollbars extension was forked from [Adwaita-chrome-scrollbar](https://github.com/gnome-integration-team/chrome-gnome-scrollbar) by GNOME Integration Team.
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- Yauhen Kirylau (@actionless) who is oomox author polished scripts and supported Materia with [oomox](https://github.com/themix-project/oomox).
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- @n3oxmind who helped improve the installation script.
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- @smurphos who made and provided the Cinnamon theme for Materia.
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Also thank you to all contributors and upstream developers.
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