nothing-os-desktop

Nothing OS for Desktop

An unofficial recreation of Nothing OS design language built on Arch Linux + Hyprland

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Why this exists

I've been a Nothing fan since the Nothing phone 1. When Nothing OS 1.0 dropped, I wanted that same design language on my Linux workstation — pixel-perfect.

Eight months later, here it is.

This is a love letter to the Nothing team — not affiliated, not endorsed, just built out of admiration for your design philosophy.

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Features

• ● Authentic NDot dot-matrix font rendered via Cairo in every UI element
• ● 12 desktop popups matching Nothing OS Control Center / Quick Settings / etc
• ● Workspace switcher overlay with proportional window thumbnails
• ● Custom waybar — dot indicators, hero clock, mono technical labels
• ● Hyprlock — dot-matrix lockscreen with side-tracked mono details
• ● Plymouth boot animation — NDot logo + 12-dot progress
• ● Custom GTK 3/4 themes — every legacy app inherits Nothing palette
• ● Premium animations — spring easing on workspaces and windows
• ● Pure #141416 / #F7F7F7 / #FF2D2D palette — no compromises

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Gallery

Desktop with about/td>	Control Center Hero NDot clock, circular toggles, minimal sliders
Launcher Fuzzy search, frequency tracking, flat list UI	Bluetooth Massive dot-matrix icon
Calendar Add events, monitoring date	Volume panel Per-app mixer, device picker, mic controls

More screens in docs/gallery

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Components

Desktop popups

Name	Description	Trigger
nothing-control	Quick toggles, brightness, volume, media, power	Click ● in waybar
nothing-volume	Full audio mixer (output/input/apps)	Click 70 in waybar
nothing-network	Wi-Fi picker, ethernet status	Click WIFI in waybar
nothing-bluetooth	BT scan, pair, connect with battery	Click BT in waybar
nothing-notifications	Notification center, history, DND	Click bell
nothing-calendar	Month grid, agenda, CRUD events	Click clock
nothing-launcher	App launcher with fuzzy search	Super + Space
nothing-recorder	Screen recorder (full/region/audio)	Click ● in waybar
nothing-screenshot	Screenshot picker with delay/preview	PrintScreen
nothing-osd	On-screen volume/brightness display	Scroll waybar
nothing-about	System info panel	Settings → About
nothing-workspaces	Mission Control overlay	Super + Tab

System integration

• waybar — top bar with dot workspace indicators
• hyprlock — Nothing-style lockscreen
• hypridle — idle timeout management
• plymouth-nothing-os — boot splash
• greetd + tuigreet — login screen
• gtk-3.0 / gtk-4.0 themes — Nothing palette for all apps

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Install

⚠️ Warning: This is an opinionated, full-system setup. It expects Arch Linux + Hyprland. Read INSTALL.md before running.

One-line install

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vxsetup/nothing-os-desktop/main/install.sh | bash

Manual install

git clone https://github.com/vxsetup/nothing-os-desktop.git
cd nothing-os-desktop
./install.sh

Dependencies

sudo pacman -S hyprland hyprlock hypridle waybar grim slurp wf-recorder \
               wl-clipboard pavucontrol brightnessctl playerctl \
               jq python python-gobject python-pycairo gtk4 gtk4-layer-shell \
               ttf-jetbrains-mono-nerd starship eza bat fastfetch \
               bluez bluez-utils networkmanager mako greetd greetd-tuigreet

# NDot font (manual download)
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fonts
# Download Ndot 55, Ndot 57 from https://nothing.tech (or community fonts)
fc-cache -fv

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Customization

All popups, widgets, and theme files live under ~/.config/nothing-os/. Edit any Python file — changes are live (no compile step).

Change accent color

Edit ~/.local/lib/nothing-os/nothing_style.py:

TOKENS = {
    'accent': '#FF2D2D',   # change to your color
    ...
}

Reposition widgets

Edit ~/.local/state/nothing-os/widgets.json.

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Project status

This is a personal project — code reflects my taste and Arch+Hyprland setup. PRs welcome but not actively maintained for other distros.

Tested on

• Arch Linux (rolling)
• Hyprland 0.55+
• Wayland session
• 1440p and 4K displays

Known issues

• ❌ Not tested on Sway / River / other compositors
• ❌ AMD GPU specific issues with VAAPI hardware encoding (uses libx264 fallback)
• ⚠️ Plymouth theme requires manual mkinitcpio rebuild

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Credits

• Nothing — for the original design language (nothing.tech)
• NDot font — community port of Nothing's display typeface
• Hyprland — the compositor that made this possible
• vaxerski + Hyprland contributors

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License

MIT — do what you want, just don't claim affiliation with Nothing.

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_{Built with ❤️ for Nothing}

_{Not affiliated with Nothing Technology Limited}