Top 10 Best GTK Themes

Good evening, wonderful internet people; we’re back yet again with the best GTK themes to spice up your desktop because imagine using default themes in 2022. We are using stock Pop!_OS in the screenshots to display the theme, although you can do much more customization yourself if you so desire. Let’s get right into it!

1. Catppuccin

This one is for you for all those cafe-loving cat (or cat cafe) people out there! Unless, of course, you’re into espressos rather than cappuccinos.

There are many, many options and colours in the GitHub Releases; check them out for yourself!

If you really like this colour scheme, you can use it for a lot more than just your desktop.

GitHub - catppuccin/gtk: 🪟 Soothing pastel theme for GTK3

This GTK theme is based on the Colloid theme made by Vinceliuice Download and extract the Catppuccin-Flavour.zip file. or Catppuccin-Flavour-Color.zip file.From Release or you can install the theme from the AUR Move the theme folder to ".themes" in your home directory.

https://github.com/catppuccin/gtk

2. Nordic

For all the Viking and Norse mythology fans, here is the Nordic theme (Nordic doesn’t mean Norse, by the way).

Overall, it’s an excellent theme for those who like winter!

GitHub - EliverLara/Nordic: Dark Gtk3.20+ theme created using the awesome Nord color pallete.

Nordic is a Gtk3.20+ theme created using the awesome Nord color palette. Installation Extract the zip file to the themes directory i.e. /usr/share/themes/ or ~/.themes/ (create it if necessary). To set the theme on Gnome, run the following commands in Terminal: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme "Nordic" gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences theme "Nordic" or Change via distribution specific tweak tool.

https://github.com/EliverLara/Nordic

3. WhiteSur

As you can tell, this theme was inspired by macOS. That’s right, we took the light theme and made it dark. That’s how much we hate light mode!

Anyways, the WhiteSur repository has more than just a GTK theme. You can go as far as making your GNOME desktop environment look exactly like macOS! It even has its own icon pack (which looks extremely clean).

GitHub - vinceliuice/WhiteSur-gtk-theme: MacOS Big Sur like theme for Gnome desktops

A macOS BigSur-like theme for your GTK apps Required dependencies info for nerds imagemagick (optional for GDM theme tweak) dialog (optional for installation in dialog mode) optipng (optional for asset rendering) inkscape (optional for asset rendering) Don't worry, WhiteSur installer already provides all of those dependencies.

https://github.com/vinceliuice/WhiteSur-gtk-theme

4. Layan

The Nautilus sidebar looks very cool, although besides that, it’s not much.

GitHub - vinceliuice/Layan-gtk-theme: Layan-gtk-theme

Layan is a flat Material Design theme for GTK 3, GTK 2 and Gnome-Shell which supports GTK 3 and GTK 2 based desktop environments like Gnome, Budgie, etc. This theme is based on materia gtk theme of nana-4. Thanks nana-4 sincerely for his great job! GTK2 engine Murrine 0.98.1.1 or later.

https://github.com/vinceliuice/Layan-gtk-theme

5. Gruvbox

My favourite theme, with the slight orange hints and a warm colour palette, leaves me feeling chill and warm during those late-night study sessions. 🔥

Gruvbox GTK Theme

Gruvbox GTK ThemesGruvbox Material is a GTK theme based on the colour palette of the Gruvbox Material for Neovim by @Sainnhe, the Graphite GTK theme by @VinceLiuice and the Suru Plus Icons by...

https://www.pling.com/p/1681313/

6. Graphite

Good stuff, now you won’t blind yourself looking at your file manager… except for the sidebar, it’s pretty bright.

There are many variants (like Nord) to this theme too; it’s worth checking out!

GitHub - vinceliuice/Graphite-gtk-theme: Graphite gtk theme

Graphite gtk theme. Contribute to vinceliuice/Graphite-gtk-theme development by creating an account on GitHub.

https://github.com/vinceliuice/Graphite-gtk-theme

7. Juno

Damn, that looks nice; I like the colour palette. It gives an ocean vibe. There are quite a few variants too.

Juno

¡IMPORTANT! If you can't see the files to download, you can download them from here https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1745117 GTK themes inspired by epic vscode themesInstallation:1.- Extract...

https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1280977

Notice: The theme does have a few flaws that I experienced and are summed up well by the open issue on the themes’ GitHub page.

8. Dracula

Dayum, this thing has a GTK theme too. I see it almost everywhere, from Obsidian to VS code. I hope it keeps growing!

Dracula

The official dark theme for the awesome dracula color paletteInstallation:1.- Extract the zip file to the themes directory i.e. ~/.themes/ or /usr/share/themes/ (create it if necessary).2.-...

https://www.gnome-look.org/s/Gnome/p/1687249

9. Orchis

That orange backspace button hits hard…

Otherwise, it’s a pretty solid theme with a few variants/tweaks you can use to customize it further.

GitHub - vinceliuice/Orchis-theme: Orchis is a [Material Design](https://material.io) theme for GNOME/GTK based desktop environments.

Orchis is a Material Design theme for GNOME/GTK based desktop environments. Based on nana-4 -- materia-theme gnome-themes-extra (or gnome-themes-standard) Murrine engine - The package name depends on the distro. gtk-engine-murrine on Arch Linux gtk-murrine-engine on Fedora gtk2-engine-murrine on openSUSE gtk2-engines-murrine on Debian, Ubuntu, etc.

https://github.com/vinceliuice/Orchis-theme

10. Qogir

Finally, I get to go home; this theme looks kind of meh.

The Nautilus sidebar looks cool, but the theme is a bit square and dull. However, you can change the windows buttons to be similar to the ones on Windows if that’s what you want.

GitHub - vinceliuice/Qogir-theme: Qogir is a flat Design theme for GTK

Qogir is a flat Design theme for GTK 3, GTK 2 and Gnome-Shell which supports GTK 3 and GTK 2 based desktop environments like Gnome, Unity, Budgie, Cinnamon Pantheon, XFCE, Mate, etc.

https://github.com/vinceliuice/Qogir-theme

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