quiet by design
A sleek, minimal, and thoughtfully crafted setup for Wayland using Quickshell. This setup includes a status bar, notification system, control panel, wifi & bluetooth support, power profiles, lockscreen, tray, workspaces, and more — all styled with a warm lavender palette.
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⚠️ Note:
This setup currently only supports Niri and Hyprland (for the most part), mostly due to the workspace integration. For anything else you will have to add your own workspace logic.
- Status Bar: Modular and informative with smooth animations.
- Notifications: Non-intrusive alerts styled to blend naturally.
- Control Panel: Centralized system controls for quick adjustments.
- Connectivity: Easy management of WiFi and Bluetooth devices.
- Power Profiles: Quick toggles for CPU performance.
- Lockscreen: Secure and visually consistent lock experience.
- Tray & Workspaces: Efficient workspace switching and tray icons.
- Applauncher: Stylized Applauncher to fit into the setup.
Theme Colors
| Color Role | Color | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Background Primary | #0C0D11 |
Deep indigo-black |
| Background Secondary | #151720 |
Slightly lifted dark |
| Background Tertiary | #1D202B |
Soft contrast surface |
| Surface | #1A1C26 |
Material-like base layer |
| Surface Variant | #2A2D3A |
Lightly elevated |
| Text Primary | #CACEE2 |
Gentle off-white |
| Text Secondary | #B7BBD0 |
Muted lavender-blue |
| Text Disabled | #6B718A |
Dimmed blue-gray |
| Accent Primary | #A8AEFF |
Light enchanted lavender |
| Accent Secondary | #9EA0FF |
Softer lavender hue |
| Accent Tertiary | #8EABFF |
Warm golden glow |
| Error | #FF6B81 |
Soft rose red |
| Warning | #FFBB66 |
Candlelight amber-orange |
| Highlight | #E3C2FF |
Bright magical lavender |
| Ripple Effect | #F3DEFF |
Gentle soft splash |
| On Accent | #1A1A1A |
Text on accent background |
| Outline | #44485A |
Subtle bluish-gray line |
| Shadow | #000000B3 |
Standard soft black shadow |
| Overlay | #11121ACC |
Deep bluish overlay |
Installation
Install quickshell:
yay -S quickshell-git
or use any other way of installing quickshell-git (flake, paru etc).
Download and install the latest release:
mkdir -p ~/.config/quickshell && curl -sL https://github.com/Ly-sec/Noctalia/releases/latest/download/noctalia-latest.tar.gz | tar -xz --strip-components=1 -C ~/.config/quickshell/
Or download manually from releases and extract:
mkdir -p ~/.config/quickshell && tar -xzf noctalia-*.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C ~/.config/quickshell/
Add this to your layout section:
background-color "transparent"
That is to make swww work properly.
Usage
qs
(If you want to autostart it, just add it to your niri configuration.)
It is recommended to set the following in your Niri configuration (hyprland equivalent):
window-rule {
geometry-corner-radius 20
clip-to-geometry true
}
To make the weather widget, wallpaper manager and record button work you will have to open up the settings menu in to right panel (top right button to open panel) and edit said things accordingly.
The launcher supports special commands for math calculation and clipboard history. Once the launcher open you can invoke those special command by typing ">"
- >calc : lets you do simple math
- >clip : shows clipboard history
Keybinds
qs ipc call globalIPC toggleLauncher
qs ipc call globalIPC toggleLock
qs ipc call globalIPC toggleNotificationPopup
qs ipc call globalIPC toggleIdleInhibitor
You will need to install a few things to get everything working:
cavaso the audio visualizer worksgpu-screen-recorderso that the record button worksxdg-desktop-portal-gnomeor any other xdg-desktop-portal (forgpu-screen-recorder)material-symbols-gitso the icons properly show upswwwto add fancy wallpaper animations (optional)wallustto theme the setup based on wallpaper (optional)
The zigstat and zigbrightness utilities are automatically built from source during release creation. Source code can be found here.
It is perfect now
Huge thanks to @ferrreo and @quadbyte for all the changes they did and all the cool features they added!
Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests.
While I actually didn't want to accept donations, more and more people are asking to donate so... I don't know, if you really feel like donating then I obviously highly appreciate it but PLEASE never feel forced to donate or anything. It won't change how I work on Noctalia, it's a project that I work on for fun in the end.
Thank you to everyone who supports me and this project 💜!
- Gohma
This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT License.