A Collection of Sway Config Files

Includes several themes which include my personal configs for sway, swaylock(-effects), waybar, dunst and rofi.

There are no dependencies apart from the above packages and their dependencies. The sway configs contain references to grim (bindsym $mod+Shift+p), kitty (terminal), and have a few window assignments. Modify these settings if needed.

My system font is IBM Plex Sans which should be downloadable through your package manager, but is also available here.

Themes

• brutalist-bw (Dec 2023)

  

  • A utilitarian, opaque black and white scheme with sharp, square edges
  • Can be used with both swaylock and swaylock-effects

• cards-bw (Jan 2024)

  

  • A friendlier black and white scheme with transparency, rounded edges and some use of blur
  • Requires swaylock-effects for screen blur and clock
    • Similar to default config but cleaner, monochrome
    • To use with swaylock, remove lines 1-14 and set a background image or color of your choosing

• fluid-light (Jan 2024)

  

  • A minimal, flat and mostly white scheme with subtle highlighting and transparency throughout
  • Requires swaylock-effects for screen blur and clock
    • To use with swaylock, remove lines 1-14

• fluid-dark (Jan 2024)

  

  • A minimal, sleek dark scheme with subtle gradient highlights and transparency throughout
    • Adds smooth transitions to conditional color accents
  • Requires swaylock-effects for screen blur and clock
    • To use with swaylock, remove lines 1-14

Usage

Themes can be managed with the config-update.sh bash script or manually copied into default config folders.

• The sway configs should be reviewed and modified before loading
  • Input, output and keybind settings will likely have to be changed
• The script will automatically back up your existing configs before making any changes.
• Running the batch file and selecting one of the [#]0 options (i.e. 10 or 20) will copy the respective configs to the following locations:
  • dunst: ~/.config/dunst/
  • sway: ~/.config/sway/
  • swaylock: ~/.config/swaylock/
  • waybar: ~/.config/waybar/
  • rofi: /usr/share/rofi/
• Included wallpapers will be copied to ~/Pictures/sway-wallpapers/
• Rofi themes will have to be manually set with rofi's theme selector

Single digit options (i.e. 1 or 2) were made to make managing this repository easy for me, but they can also be used to quickly store modifications you've made to loaded configs.

Notes

• I've tested all this on a laptop running Fedora 39, things might look different on different setups
• For displays > 1080p, font sizes will probably need to be changed

Todo

• Handle included wallpaper better: have script copy to a designated directory, reflect in configs
• Add a handful of extra wallpaper options
• Add rofi themes + script implementation
• Update fluid rofi themes
• Change directory for rofi themes to ./local/...
• Incorporate some gradients and transitions from fluid-dark into fluid-light
• Make some more colorful themes with more eyecandy
  • Terminal schemes like everforest, rose pine, nord, catpuccin, solarized, tokyo night, etc.
  • More animations and transitions
• Transition to a simpler theme naming scheme
  • Something like: [style]-[color scheme]-[iteration]

Long term:

• Make new sway configs that omit modified input/output/keybind settings, add respective install options in the script
• Clean up config and .css files - more consistent and readable
• Add some sort of stow support

More Screenshots

brutalist-bw
cards-bw
fluid-light
fluid-dark

(I don't know how to take a screenshot of swaylock lol)