Themes

sysc-greet includes multiple color themes. Themes affect the entire color scheme of the greeter including backgrounds, borders, text, and accent ele...

sysc-greet includes multiple color themes. Themes affect the entire color scheme of the greeter including backgrounds, borders, text, and accent elements.

Available Themes

Theme	Primary Color	Description
Dracula	#bd93f9	Dark purple-blue theme
Gruvbox	#fe8019	Warm dark theme
Material	#80cbc4	Material Design dark theme
Nord	#81a1c1	Arctic blue-toned dark theme
Tokyo Night	#7aa2f7	Modern dark theme
Catppuccin	#cba6f7	Soft pastel dark theme
Solarized	#268bd2	Solarized dark theme
Monochrome	#ffffff	Black and white minimal theme
TransIsHardJob	#5BCEFA	Transgender flag colors
Eldritch	#37f499	Purple and green theme
RAMA	#ef233c	RAMA keyboard aesthetics
Dark	#ffffff	True black and white minimal theme
Ayu	#e6b450	Dark theme with a gold primary and green and blue accents
Amber	#ffc107	Brown-black with amber accents
Blue	#42a5f5	Blue-grey with a blue primary
Purple	#d0bcff	Near-black with Material violet
Green	#4caf50	Green-black with a green primary
Orange	#ff6d00	Brown-black with an orange primary
Coral	#ffb4ab	Brown-black with a soft coral primary
Cyan	#00bcd4	Dark slate with a cyan primary
Eldritch-Abyss	#2dcc82	Deep indigo with green, teal, and violet accents
Kanagawa	#76946a	Ink-wash dark theme with pine and wave blue accents
Noctalia	#fff59b	Midnight blue with pale yellow, periwinkle, and mint accents
Pink	#e91e63	Brown-black with a magenta-pink primary
Red	#f44336	Brown-black with a red primary
Rose-Pine	#ebbcba	Warm rose and foam accents on a plum base
Void	#ffffff	True black with a white primary

Fifteen themes ship as TOML files in /usr/share/sysc-greet/themes/: Ayu, Amber, Blue, Coral, Cyan, Eldritch-Abyss, Green, Kanagawa, Noctalia, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red, Rose-Pine, and Void. Ayu, Amber, Blue, Purple, Green and Orange use the same names and palette colors as sysc-shell. To change one, copy it to ~/.config/sysc-greet/themes/; a user theme with the same name wins.

Changing Themes

Press F1 → Themes to cycle through available themes. Your selection is saved automatically.

Use --theme blue to choose a startup theme. Names are case insensitive; an explicit theme overrides the saved selection. Test mode ignores saved preferences.

Custom Themes

Create custom themes by placing TOML files in:

/usr/share/sysc-greet/themes/ (system-wide)
~/.config/sysc-greet/themes/ (user)

Custom themes appear in F1 → Themes alongside built-in themes.

Format

# my-theme.toml
name = "My Theme"

[colors]
bg_base = "#1a1a2e"
bg_active = "#2a2a3e"
primary = "#e94560"
secondary = "#0f3460"
accent = "#16213e"
warning = "#f59e0b"
danger = "#ef4444"
fg_primary = "#ffffff"
fg_secondary = "#cccccc"
fg_muted = "#888888"
border_focus = "#e94560"

All color fields are required. Use hex format (#RRGGBB).

Example themes are provided in the repository at examples/themes/.

Community Examples

Piink

A vibrant pink and magenta theme by Pat8998.

# piink.toml
name = "Piink"

[colors]
bg_base = "#000000"
bg_active = "#ad1a5d"
primary = "#f72585"
secondary = "#a71aad"
accent = "#f72585"
warning = "#ffff00"
danger = "#ff0000"
fg_primary = "#ee33ee"
fg_secondary = "#a125f7"
fg_muted = "#ee33ee"
border_focus = "#711aad"

Piink theme

This theme also pairs well with a custom ASCII config using braille-art. See examples/themes/piink.toml in the repository.

Have a custom theme you'd like to share? Open an issue and we'll add it here.

Generating Wallpapers

After adding a new theme, regenerate wallpapers to include theme-matched backgrounds:

cd scripts/
python3 generate-wallpapers.py

This creates wallpapers for all themes in /usr/share/sysc-greet/wallpapers/. See Wallpapers for more options.

Background Effects

Custom themes color the built-in effects, including Fire, Matrix, ASCII Rain, Fireworks, Aquarium, Sonar, Cracktro, Plasma, AK-47, Australian SLR, Higgs Field, and rotating models. The effects use palettes derived from your theme's colors:

Fire uses bg_base → warning → danger → primary gradient
Matrix uses bg_base → secondary → primary for the falling characters
Rain uses primary, secondary, accent for the drops
Fireworks uses all accent colors for variety

No additional configuration needed - just select your custom theme and enable an effect.

Kitty color output

greetd starts sysc-greet as a fullscreen Kitty process under the selected Wayland compositor. Kitty provides the TrueColor profile used by the greeter. Color profile fallback behavior is not a substitute for testing the greeter in Kitty on the target compositor.

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