Gradience/README.md

> **Warning**
> This software is currently in a **beta** state. It can break things, and it doesn't yet have a polished, _foolproof_ UX.
>
> Contributions are welcome!
>
> Please, if you got into some trouble with it, just create a [new issue](https://github.com/GradienceTeam/Gradience/issues/new?assignees=&labels=type%2Fbug&template=bug_report.yml&title=bug%3A+), or contact us on [Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#Gradience:matrix.org) and [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/4njFDtfGEZ).

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  <img src="data/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/com.github.GradienceTeam.Gradience.svg" alt="Gradience" width="192" height="192"/>
  <br>
  Gradience
</h1>

<p align="center">
  <strong>Change the look of Adwaita, with ease</strong>
</p>

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  <a href="https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.GradienceTeam.Gradience">
    <img width="200" alt="Download on Flathub" src="https://dl.flathub.org/assets/badges/flathub-badge-i-en.svg"/>
  </a>
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</p>

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    <img alt="Translation status" src="https://hosted.weblate.org/widgets/GradienceTeam/-/svg-badge.svg"/>
  </a>
  <a href="https://github.com/GradienceTeam/Gradience/actions/workflows/build.yml">
    <img alt="Build status" src="https://github.com/GradienceTeam/Gradience/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg"/>
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  <a href="https://repology.org/project/gradience/versions">
    <img alt="Packaging status" src="https://repology.org/badge/tiny-repos/gradience.svg">
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  <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#Gradience:matrix.org">
    <img alt="Chat on Matrix" src="https://img.shields.io/matrix/Gradience:matrix.org?color=%230dbd8b&label=Gradience&logo=matrix&logoColor=white"/>
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    <img alt="Chat on Discord" src="https://dcbadge.vercel.app/api/server/4njFDtfGEZ?style=flat&theme=default-inverted"/>
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<p align="center">
  <a href="https://stopthemingmy.app">
    <img alt="Please do not theme this app" src="https://stopthemingmy.app/badge.svg"/>
  </a>
</p>

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  <img src="https://github.com/GradienceTeam/Design/raw/main/Covers/preview.png" alt="Preview"/>
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Gradience is a tool for customizing Libadwaita applications and the adw-gtk3 theme.

> **Warning**
> [Gradience, stopthemingmy.app and Adwaita Developers](#%EF%B8%8F-gradience-stopthemingmyapp-and-adwaita-developers)

The main features of Gradience include the following:

- 🎨️ Changing any color of Adwaita theme
- 🖼️ Applying Material 3 color scheme from wallpaper
- 🎁️ Usage of other users presets
- ⚙️ Changing advanced options with CSS
- 🧩️ Extending functionality using plugins

<details>
  <summary>📷️ More screenshots</summary>

  ![Monet Tab](https://github.com/GradienceTeam/Design/raw/main/Screenshots/monet_purple.png)

  ![Proof of Work](https://github.com/GradienceTeam/Design/raw/main/Screenshots/proof_purple.png)
</details>

> **Note**
> You can download [latest nightly build](https://nightly.link/GradienceTeam/Gradience/workflows/build/main) from GitHub actions


## 🎨️ Theming setup

> **Note**
> You can go to `Preferences` and apply overrides for Flatpak

<details>
  <summary>🪛️ Manual setup</summary>

### Libadwaita applications

No additional setup is required for native Libadwaita applications.

For Flatpak Libadwaita applications, you need to override their permissions:

- Run `sudo flatpak override --filesystem=xdg-config/gtk-4.0` or
- Use [Flatseal](https://github.com/tchx84/Flatseal) and adding `xdg-config/gtk-4.0` to **Other files** in the **Filesystem** section of **All Applications**

### Vanilla GTK 4 applications

Use [this guide](https://github.com/lassekongo83/adw-gtk3/blob/main/gtk4.md) to theme vanilla GTK 4 applications.

### GTK 3 applications

- Install and apply the [adw-gtk3](https://github.com/lassekongo83/adw-gtk3#readme) theme (don't forget to install the Flatpak package!)
- For Flatpak applications, you need to override their permissions:
  - Run `sudo flatpak override --filesystem=xdg-config/gtk-3.0` or
  - Use [Flatseal](https://github.com/tchx84/Flatseal) and adding `xdg-config/gtk-3.0` to **Other files** in the **Filesystem** section of **All Applications**

</details>


## 🔄 Revert Theming
1. Open Preferences window

![Main Gradience Menu](https://i.imgur.com/bJMNX6d.png)

2. Go to Theming tab

3. In _Reset & Restore Presets_ group, click Reset button for either GTK 3 or Libadwaita applications

![Reset & Restore Presets Group](https://i.imgur.com/SynxTJT.png)

<details>
  <summary>🪛️ Manual revert</summary>

### Remove GTK 3 and GTK 4 configs

- Run `rm -rf .config/gtk-4.0 .config/gtk-3.0`

### Remove adw-gtk3 theme

- Run `flatpak uninstall adw-gtk3` to remove Flatpak adw-gtk3 theme
- Run `rm -rf .themes/adw-gtk3 .themes/adw-gtk3-dark .local/share/themes/adw-gtk3 .local/share/themes/adw-gtk3-dark` to remove local adw-gtk3 theme

### Reset Flatpak overrides

- Run `sudo flatpak override --reset`

> **Warning**
> This will reset all Flatpak overrides, such as Firefox Wayland override

</details>


## 📦️ Alternative installation methods

> **Warning**
> The main installation method is Flatpak from Flathub

> **Note**
> There are number of Gradience packages that are not tested by Gradience Team and not listed here, available at [Repology](https://repology.org/project/gradience/versions)

### Fedora (COPR)

Gradience is available for Fedora via COPR:

```shell
dnf copr enable lyessaadi/gradience
dnf install gradience
```

### Debian (And derivatives)

> **Warning**
> Not available yet.

### Arch Linux (AUR)

Gradience is available for Arch Linux via AUR:

Using [Paru](https://github.com/morganamilo/paru):

```shell
paru -S gradience
```

For latest changes:

```shell
paru -S gradience-git
```

<details>
  <summary>🪛️ Without AUR helpers</summary>

```shell
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/gradience.git
cd gradience
makepkg -sic
```

For latest changes:

```shell
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/gradience-git.git
cd gradience-git
makepkg -sic
```

</details>

### NixOS

Gradience is available for NixOS 23.05 (Stoat) and later:

To run in a temporary shell:
```shell
nix-shell -p gradience
```

To install:
```shell
nix-env -iA nixos.gradience
```


## 🏗️ Building from source (for getting Nightly features like Shell Theming)

### Use the Nightly Repo

First of all, you need to have GNOME Nightly Repo installed, run `flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists gnome-nightly https://nightly.gnome.org/gnome-nightly.flatpakrepo` if not. After, add the Gradience Flatpak repo with `flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists gradience https://gradienceteam.github.io/Gradience/index.flatpakrepo`. And finally, install Gradience by running `flatpak install com.github.GradienceTeam.Gradience.Devel`

### GNOME Builder

GNOME Builder is the environment used for developing this application.
It can use Flatpak manifests to create a consistent building and running
environment cross-distro. Thus, it is highly recommended you use it.

1. Download [GNOME Builder](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.Builder).
2. In Builder, click the "Clone Repository" button at the bottom, using `https://github.com/GradienceTeam/Gradience.git` as the URL.
3. Click the build button at the top once the project is loaded.

For more building and installation methods, see [HACKING.md](HACKING.md)


## 🎛️ Miscellaneous

### Show welcome window again

The following command will make Gradience show welcome screen on next launch, like you just installed it

#### Flatpak

```shell
flatpak run --command=gsettings com.github.GradienceTeam.Gradience reset com.github.GradienceTeam.Gradience first-run
```

#### Alternative installation methods

```shell
gsettings reset com.github.GradienceTeam.Gradience first-run
```


## ℹ️ FAQ

### How can I launch a CLI?
Refer to [temporary CLI documentation](https://github.com/GradienceTeam/Gradience/wiki/Using-CLI) in repo's wiki for instructions on how to launch a CLI.


## 🙌 Contribute to Gradience

See [HACKING.md](HACKING.md)


## ✨️ Contributors

[![Contributors](https://contrib.rocks/image?repo=GradienceTeam/Gradience)](https://github.com/GradienceTeam/Gradience/graphs/contributors)


## 🏷️ About the Name

Gradience was originally named Adwaita Manager.

You can see the meaning of Gradience on [Wiktionary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gradience).

The icon represents: _A Paint Roller repainting an Adwaita window, keeping its functionality._

##  🖌️ About the "Pretty Purple"

The Pretty Purple theme comes from the very beginning, directly from the original author of Gradience, [Artyom Fomin](https://github.com/ArtyIF).

It was called "Purple Guy", presumably as a reference to the FNaF, later it was renamed to Pretty Purple.

Pretty Purple preset was originally shared in the https://github.com/GradienceTeam/Gradience/discussions/23.

Pretty Purple is built-in in the Gradience and used in all Gradience artworks.


## 🌱️ Gradience, [stopthemingmy.app](https://stopthemingmy.app) and Adwaita Developers

> See [gradienceteam.github.io/hack](https://gradienceteam.github.io/hack)

Gradience Team is not against the ideas of [stopthemingmy.app](https://stopthemingmy.app) and the developers of Adwaita. Gradience is a tool for tinkerers who want to theme their desktop to their liking, and **not a tool for distributions** to ship in their releases. Gradience Team agrees with importance of unified look of Adwaita to make sure that all apps function correctly and that developers have a unified and stable tool for creating their apps.


## 💝 Acknowledgment

Special thanks to:

- Original author of Gradience, [Artyom Fomin](https://github.com/ArtyIF) for creating this project
- [Weblate](https://weblate.org) for providing translation platform

This README is based on README from [Kooha](https://github.com/SeaDve/Kooha) by [Dave Patrick Caberto](https://github.com/SeaDve)

## 🪞 Mirrors

- [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/GradienceTeam/Gradience)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/GradienceTeam/Gradience)
- [Codeberg](https://codeberg.org/GradienceTeam/Gradience)