Clarity — Vector Icon Theme for GTK

Clarity is a clean monoshape icon theme for Linux, that alows you to customize your system just as you want.

• one command to pick any color you want,
• 1000 unique icons, over 3000 including symlinks,
• 13 builtin styles, with additional provided by cummunity.

Website: clarity.pl.eu.org

Repo: jcubic/Clarity

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Quick Install

curl -sL https://clarity.pl.eu.org/install | bash

Then pick a variant and build your icons:

clarity use caeruleus

Usage

clarity use <variant>             # switch to a built-in variant
clarity list                      # show available variants and installed themes
clarity install @user/theme       # download a community theme from the gallery
clarity use @user/theme           # activate a community theme
clarity update                    # update CLI, base theme, and community themes
clarity create ./template.svg     # create a local theme from an SVG file
clarity remove @user/theme        # remove a community theme
clarity uninstall                 # remove Clarity completely

Install from Source

git clone https://github.com/jcubic/Clarity.git
cd Clarity/theme
make install

Install from Packages

Download .deb, .rpm, or .tar.gz from the releases page:

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo dpkg -i clarity-icons_*.deb

# Fedora/RHEL
sudo rpm -i clarity-icons-*.rpm

# Tarball (any distro)
tar xzf clarity-icons-*.tar.gz
cd clarity-icons-*/
make install

Repository Structure

This is a monorepo with two projects:

Directory	Description	Docs
theme/	CLI manager, icon sources, templates, build system	theme/README.md
web/	PHP website — gallery, upload wizard, icon API	web/README.md

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for how to create and submit new icons.

You can also create and share your own theme template — upload it to the gallery from the website or use the CLI.

License

Copyright (c) 2010-2026 Jakub T. Jankiewicz

Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0.

horned skull by Juicy Fish from Noun Project (CC BY 3.0)