velvet noir

a glass-forward, dynamically themed hyprland experience.

main workspace: blurred terminal, floating bar, and dynamic colors.

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

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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