adw-gtk3

An unofficial GTK3 port of libadwaita.

^{This port does not claim to be a 100% look-a-like of libadwaita. There are some limitations to what GTK3 can do.}

Light theme	Dark theme

^{Wallpapers: here and here}

How to install

Tarball

1. Go to the releases section and download the latest tar.xz file.
2. Extract the file to ~/.local/share/themes/

Note: Do not extract it to multiple locations. Only use one path.

3. If you use flatpak applications it's recommended to use flatpak override. From a terminal run:

sudo flatpak override --filesystem=xdg-data/themes

Note: This requires that the theme is installed in ~/.local/share/themes/. Installing the theme as root, with a package manager, or any other method is not supported when it comes to flatpak.

To prevent outdated packages from flathub being installed, run: sudo flatpak mask org.gtk.Gtk3theme.adw-gtk3 && sudo flatpak mask org.gtk.Gtk3theme.adw-gtk3-dark

IMPORTANT: If you previously used the outdated flatpak packages, then uninstall them and prevent them from being installed with:

flatpak uninstall org.gtk.Gtk3theme.adw-gtk3 org.gtk.Gtk3theme.adw-gtk3-dark && sudo flatpak mask org.gtk.Gtk3theme.adw-gtk3 && sudo flatpak mask org.gtk.Gtk3theme.adw-gtk3-dark

4. You can then enable adw-gtk3 in the application gnome-tweaks. (Some applications may require a relog.)

If you use the dark theme you'll also need to enable the dark appearance in gnome-control-center.

Alternatively you can set the theme with your terminal:

Change the theme to adw-gtk3 light:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'adw-gtk3' && gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface color-scheme 'default'

Change the theme to adw-gtk3-dark:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'adw-gtk3-dark' && gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface color-scheme 'prefer-dark'

Revert to GNOME's default theme:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Adwaita' && gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface color-scheme 'default'

Other installation options

These are maintained by contributors.

• Fedora: dnf install adw-gtk3-theme
• Arch: pacman -S adw-gtk-theme
• Manjaro: pamac install adw-gtk3
• Debian: https://gitlab.com/julianfairfax/package-repo#how-to-add-repository-for-debian-based-linux-distributions

Thanks to @dusansimic (Flatpak, AUR), @solopasha (Fedora), @julianfairfax for the help.

Installation from source

This will install the latest version from the main branch. Use this installation method if you want to contribute and help testing the theme.

See CONTRIBUTING.md for the instructions.

Customizing

If you want to change your accent color for most applications in GNOME 47 or later, then you can use the small cli program accent-color-change.

^{Wallpaper: here | Customization: Peninsula-dark}

Adw-gtk3 and libadwaita can be customized with GTK named colors. See adw-colors for more info.

Note: GTK3 doesn't support the accent color feature introduced in GNOME 47. Only libadwaita does.

For more consistency

• GTK4: Info on how to extract libadwaita from source.
• GTK2: https://github.com/eylles/adw-gtk2-colorizer
• Kvantum: https://github.com/GabePoel/KvLibadwaita
• Firefox: https://github.com/rafaelmardojai/firefox-gnome-theme
• Steam: https://github.com/tkashkin/Adwaita-for-Steam
• VSCode: https://github.com/piousdeer/vscode-adwaita
• Discord: https://github.com/GeopJr/DNOME
• Obsidian: https://github.com/birneee/obsidian-adwaita-theme
• xfwm4: https://github.com/FabianOvrWrt/adw-xfwm4

How to uninstall the theme(s)

• For a local installation: rm -r ~/.local/share/themes/adw-gtk3*
• For a global installation: sudo rm -r /usr/share/themes/adw-gtk3*

Flatpak: flatpak uninstall org.gtk.Gtk3theme.adw-gtk3 org.gtk.Gtk3theme.adw-gtk3-dark

Credits

• Libadwaita source: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libadwaita
• Adw-gtk3 contributors: https://github.com/lassekongo83/adw-gtk3/graphs/contributors