kwin-forceblur

A fork of the KWin Blur effect that allows blurring any user-specified window. Both X11 and Wayland are supported.

This effect cannot be used along with the stock blur effect, or any other fork of it.

Installation

Arch Linux

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/kwin-effects-forceblur

NixOS

https://gist.github.com/taj-ny/c1abdde710f33e34dc39dc53a5dc2c09

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Building from source

Required dependencies:

• CMake
• Extra CMake Modules
• Plasma 6
• Qt 6
• KF6
• KWin development packages

git clone https://github.com/taj-ny/kwin-forceblur
cd kwin-forceblur
mkdir qt6build; cd qt6build; cmake ../ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr && make && sudo make install

Usage

1. Install the plugin.
2. Open the Desktop Effects page in System Settings.
3. Disable the Blur effect, and any other forks of the blur effect as well (such as the one provided by LightlyShaders).
4. Enable the Force Blur effect.

You can specify the classes of windows to blur in the effect settings.

Window borders will be blurred only if decoration blur is enabled.

Credits

• a-parhom/LightlyShaders - CMakeLists.txt files
• Alban-Boissard/kwin-effects-blur-respect-rounded-decorations - Rounded corners
• thegeekywanderer/kwin-effects-blur-respect-rounded-decorations - Fix for bottom corners