Marble shell theme

Shell theme for GNOME DE. Based on https://www.pling.com/p/1939902/.

🏞 Screenshots

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Icon theme: https://github.com/vinceliuice/Colloid-icon-theme

Overview [Blur My Shell / Light / Dark] (Neon Gas Station - AI Generated)

Panel

Quick settings (Fresh green leaves with fragile veins / Close-Up Photo of Wrinkled Parchment Paper)

Modal dialog (Wide Angle Photography of Mountain)

Calendar & notifications

Dash (Dash To Dock)

• Position and size:
  • Icon size: 42px.
• Appearance:
  • Shrink the dash.
  • Default opacity.

🚧 Requirements

• GNOME 42-48. Correct functionality on other versions is not guaranteed.
• User Themes extension.
• Python 3.10 or higher.

💡 Installation

Important

If you have another theme installed globally (changed the appearance of the login window (GDM)), please remove it before installing this theme.

1. Open the terminal.
2. Clone the git repository and change the directory:

   git clone https://github.com/imarkoff/Marble-shell-theme.git
   cd Marble-shell-theme
   

3. Run the program (install all accent colors, light and dark mode):

   python install.py -a
   

   • more vibrant color in active buttons:

     python install.py -a --filled
     

4. After successful file creation open Extensions app, go to User Themes - ··· - Settings.
5. Select the shell theme you want.

Tip

For updating the theme, run the git pull command in the Marble-shell-theme directory and run the program again. If Marble theme is used, updates will be applied automatically.

Tip

If you want to install only one color, use the --red, --yellow, --green, --blue, --purple, --gray option.

See the installation tweaks section for more information.

If you want to remove the theme, see the uninstallation section.

🖥️ GDM theme

Image: Network Abstract.

Config: sudo python install.py --gdm --blue --filled --gdm-image /path/to/image.jpg --gdm-blur=40 --gdm-darken=30

Warning

I am not responsible for any damage caused by the installation of the theme. If you have any problems, please open an issue.

🚧 Additional requirements

• glib2-devel (libglib2.0-dev on Debian-based distros).
• imagemagick (if you want to apply filters to the background image).

1. Open the terminal.
2. Go to the directory with the theme.
3. Run the program with the --gdm option

   sudo python install.py --gdm (--your color) (--is filled)
   

   • Example:

     sudo python install.py --gdm --blue --filled
     

     sudo python install.py --gdm --gray --gdm-image /path/to/image.jpg --gdm-blur=40 --gdm-darken=30
     

4. After successful file restart GDM service:

   sudo systemctl restart gdm
   

• 🗑️ If you want to remove the theme or theme is broken, run the program with the --remove option:

  sudo python install.py --gdm -r
  

• ☠️ If you got a death screen, you can switch to the console with the Ctrl + Alt + F3 key combination, log in, go to the Marble-shell-theme directory and run the command above. If it doesn't help, try reinstalling gnome-shell package.

🏮 Installation tweaks

Tip

Wanna use accent color from your favorite wallpaper? Use Chromaflow.

Install default color

Option	Description
-a, --all	Install all available colors
--red	red theme only
--yellow	yellow theme only
--green	green theme only
--blue	blue theme only
--purple	purple theme only
--gray	gray theme only

Tip

You can install several themes in one string: python install.py --red --green --blue

Tip

If you don't like these colors, you can change them in the colors.json file (after the elements).

Install custom color

Option	Secondary option	Description
--hue	(0 - 360)	Generate theme from Hue prompt [0 - 360]
--name	NAME	Custom theme name

Theme colors

Option	Description
--filled	Make accent color more vibrant
-O, --opaque	Make background color opaque (by default is translucent)

Optional theme tweaks

Option	Secondary option	Description
--mode	light / dark	light / dark theme only
--sat	(0 - 250)	custom color saturation (<100% - reduce, >100% - increase)

GDM tweaks

Option	Secondary option	Description
--gdm-image	/absolute/path/to/image/	set background image to GDM
--gdm-blur	0+	apply blur to image (px)
--gdm-darken	0 - 100	darken image (%)
--gdm-lighten	0 - 100	lighten image (%)

Panel tweaks

Panel default size

Panel without button background

Option	Secondary option	Description
-Pds, --panel-default-size		set default panel size
-Pnp, --panel-no-pill		remove panel button background
-Ptc, --panel-text-color	#abcdef	custom panel HEX(A) text color
--wider-panel		make the panel a bit wider

Overview tweaks

Launchpad icon

Command	Description
--launchpad	Change Show Apps icon to macOS Launchpad icon

Examples

Command	Description
-a	Install all accent colors with light & dark mode
--all --mode dark	Install all accent colors with dark mode only
--purple --mode=light	Install purple accent color with light mode only
--hue 150 --name coldgreen	Install custom coldgreen accent color, light & dark mode
--red --green --sat=70	red, green accent colors, 70% of the stock saturation
--hue=200 --name=grayblue --sat=50 --mode=dark	custom grayblue accent color, 50% of the stock saturation, dark mode
--gdm --blue --gdm-image /path/to/image.jpg --gdm-blur=40	Install GDM theming in blue color with own GDM background image and blur

🗑️ Uninstallation / Reinstallation

• To remove the theme, run the program with the --remove option:

  python install.py -ra
  

• To reinstall the theme, run the program with the --reinstall option:

  python install.py -ri -a  # (other installation options)
  

Tip

If you want to remove the GDM theme, use the --gdm option with the --remove option.

The program allows you to specify the color of the theme and the mode to remove. For example, to remove purple and green themes in light mode, use the command:

python install.py -r --purple --green --mode light

Also, you can use the command above to reinstall purple and green themes in light mode with the --reinstall option.

python install.py -ri --purple --green --mode light

Options

Option	Description
-r, --remove	Remove the theme
-ri, --reinstall	Reinstall the theme