velvet noir

a glass-forward, dynamically themed hyprland experience.

velvet noir in action: dynamic themes, glassmorphism, and smooth animations.

about • gallery • features • install

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about

velvet noir is a minimalist, dark-glass rice built for speed and aesthetics. it uses matugen to generate system-wide color palettes from your wallpaper on the fly, managed entirely by chezmoi.

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gallery

waybar	fastfetch
floating pill modules	minimal system info

terminal	swaync
85% kitty glass	blurred notification center

yazi	btop
terminal file manager	resource monitor

apps menu	emoji picker
snappy glass launcher	quick unicode selector

wallpaper selector	power menu
visual theme switcher	glass session control

lock screen	main workspace
animated blurred locker	static main workspace

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features

• hyprland: 14px rounding, 4-pass blur, and whooshZap animations.
• waybar: 44px top bar with debossed pill modules and hover-lift effects.
• starship: tokyo-night powerline prompt with dynamic matugen colors.
• rofi: snappy, expanding glass launcher with blurred backgrounds.
• kitty: jetbrainsmono nerd font, 85% opacity, and 64-level blur.
• automation: single-command theme syncing via theme-switch.sh.

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details

window rules

# glass & layout
windowrule = opacity 0.88 0.82, kitty
windowrule = float, pavucontrol|blueman-manager
layerrule = blur, rofi|swaync

core binds

$mod = SUPER

bind = $mod, RETURN, exec, kitty
bind = $mod, SPACE,  exec, rofi -show drun
bind = $mod, W,      exec, wallpaper-picker
bind = $mod, W,      exec, emoji.sh
bind = $mod, C,      exec, clipboard-manager
bind = $mod, Q,      killactive
bind = $mod, E,      exec, kitty -e yazi

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install

01. bootstrap (arch only)

git clone https://github.com/programmersd21/velvet.git
cd velvet && chmod +x dot_config/install.sh && ./dot_config/install.sh

02. sync colors

# pick a wallpaper to generate the palette
~/.config/scripts/theme-switch.sh ~/.config/wallpapers/others/default.jpg

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voided by programmersd21