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Materia

widget-factory

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, LightDM, GDM, Chrome theme, etc.

Also Materia can be customized with oomox theme designer.

Features

Ripple effect animations for GTK+ 3 are supported:

Button

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 >=3.18

  • Budgie >=10.2.5

  • Cinnamon >=3.x

  • MATE >=1.14

  • Unity >=7.4

Requirements

  • GTK+ >=3.20

  • gnome-themes-extra (or gnome-themes-standard)

  • Murrine engine — The package name depends on the distro.

    • gtk-engine-murrine on Arch Linux

    • gtk-murrine-engine on Fedora

    • gtk2-engine-murrine on openSUSE

    • gtk2-engines-murrine on 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

3 variants (Materia, Materia-dark, Materia-light) 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
flatpak install flathub org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Materia-dark
flatpak install flathub org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Materia-light

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{,-compact,-dark,-dark-compact,-light,-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 9.75 or 10.5 (i.e. 13px or 14px at 96dpi).

Chrome Theme

To use the Chrome theme;

  1. Open the chrome folder on /usr/share/themes/Materia<-variant>.

  2. Drag and drop the .crx files 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

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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![widget-factory](../images/widget-factory.png?raw=true)
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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, 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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![Button](../images/Button.gif?raw=true)
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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 `>=10.2.5`
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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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## 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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3 variants (Materia, Materia-dark, Materia-light) 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
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flatpak install flathub org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Materia-dark
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flatpak install flathub org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Materia-light
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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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`-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{,-compact,-dark,-dark-compact,-light,-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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