Noctalia shell

quiet by design

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Sky1-Linux Fork

This is the Sky1-Linux fork of Noctalia Shell. We are evaluating Noctalia as a desktop shell option for Sky1-Linux, a Debian-based distribution for ARM SoCs built on the CIX Sky1 (CD8180) platform.

Current status: Minor patches for ARM SoC compatibility, being submitted upstream.

Changes in this fork:

• Thermal zone fallback for CPU/GPU temperature monitoring on ARM SCMI-based SoCs (PR #1660)

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What is Noctalia?

A beautiful, minimal desktop shell for Wayland that actually gets out of your way. Built on Quickshell with a warm lavender aesthetic that you can easily customize to match your vibe.

✨ Key Features:

• 🪟 Native support for Niri, Hyprland, Sway, MangoWC and labwc
• ⚡ Built on Quickshell for performance
• 🎯 Minimalist design philosophy
• 🔌 Plugin support (explore plugins)
• 🔧 Easily customizable to match your style
• 🎨 Many color schemes available

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Preview

noctalia-v3-showcase.mp4

Screenshots

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📋 Requirements

• Wayland compositor (Niri, Hyprland, Sway, MangoWC or labwc recommended)
• Quickshell
• Additional dependencies are listed in our documentation

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🚀 Getting Started

New to Noctalia?
Check out our comprehensive documentation and installation guide to get up and running!

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🖥️ Wayland Compositors

Noctalia provides native support for Niri, Hyprland and Sway. Other Wayland compositors will work but may require additional workspace logic configuration.

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🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions of any size - bug fixes, new features, documentation improvements, or custom themes and configs.

Get involved:

• Found a bug? Open an issue
• Want to code? Check out our development guidelines
• Need help? Join our Discord

✨ Nix DevShell

Nix users can use the flake's devShell to access a development environment. Run nix develop in the repo root to enter the dev shell. It includes packages, utilities and environment variables needed to develop Noctalia.

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💜 Credits

A heartfelt thank you to our incredible community of contributors. We are immensely grateful for your dedicated participation and the constructive feedback you've provided, which continue to shape and improve our project for everyone.

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☕ Donations

While all donations are greatly appreciated, they are completely voluntary.

Buy Me a Coffee - Credit Card

Ko-fi - Paypal & Credit Card

Thank you to everyone who supports the project 💜!

• Gohma
• DiscoCevapi
• PikaOS
• LionHeartP
• Nyxion ツ
• RockDuck
• Eynix
• MrDowntempo
• Tempus Thales
• Raine
• JustCurtis
• llego
• Grune
• Maitreya (Max)
• sheast
• Radu

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📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.